Varaha Purana 8.10: Adhyaya 8, Shloka 10
Dialogue on the Ethical Limits of Subsistence and the Five Great Sacrifices
Dharmavyādha, Mātaṅga, and Prasanna
मतङ्ग उवाच । प्रसन्नोऽयं मम सुतः सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः । गृह्णाम्यर्जुनकीं कन्यां त्वत्सुतां व्याधसत्तम ॥ ८.१० ॥
mataṅga uvāca | prasanno 'yaṁ mama sutaḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ | gṛhṇāmy arjunakīṁ kanyāṁ tvatsutāṁ vyādhasattama || 8.10 ||
मटंग ने कहा, यह मेरा बेटा बहुत अच्छा इंसान है। वो सब किताबें पढ़ चुका है। तो मैं उसके लिए अर्जुनकी को माँग लेता हूँ, जो तुम्हारी बेटी है। तुम शिकारियों में बड़े हो।
Mataṅga
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It reflects a Purāṇic narrative motif where scholarly competence (śāstra-knowledge) and personal disposition are cited as qualifications within social arrangements such as marriage, offering evidence for how learning and lineage are rhetorically framed in classical Sanskrit storytelling.
No explicit geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily a dialogue line within a narrative episode involving Mataṅga and a hunter (vyādha).
The verse foregrounds evaluative criteria—good disposition and learned proficiency—as socially valued traits, presenting an ethical emphasis on education and character in interpersonal and familial decision-making.
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