Varaha Purana 37.27: Adhyaya 37, Shloka 27
The Threefold Discipline (Mental, Physical, Verbal) and the Salvific Power of Hearing Nārāyaṇa’s Name
इत्युक्तोऽहं पुरा तैस्तु ब्राह्मणैर्वेदपारगैः । तमेव सर्वं संप्राप्तो ब्रह्मशापं सुपुष्कलम् ॥ ३७.२७ ॥
ity ukto 'haṃ purā tais tu brāhmaṇair vedapāragaiḥ | tam eva sarvaṃ saṃprāpto brahmaśāpaṃ supuṣkalam || 37.27 ||
वो ब्राह्मण जो वेद जानते थे, उन्होंने मुझे यह शाप दिया था। मैं अब बाघ बन गया हूँ। यह सब उनकी बात का असर है।
Varāha (default narrative instructor voice, per dialogue framework)
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It preserves a common Purāṇic narrative motif: the authority of Veda-trained brāhmaṇas and the social-ethical weight attributed to a brāhmaṇa’s curse (śāpa) as a literary device for explaining misfortune and moral causality.
No geographic location is specified in this verse fragment; it functions as a narrative transition emphasizing the speaker’s encounter with a curse.
The verse foregrounds accountability to learned counsel and the seriousness of harmful outcomes associated with transgressing or disregarding authoritative admonition, framed through the concept of brahmaśāpa.
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