Varaha Purana 8.16: Adhyaya 8, Shloka 16
Dialogue on the Ethical Limits of Subsistence and the Five Great Sacrifices
Dharmavyādha, Mātaṅga, and Prasanna
श्वश्र्वा अहम् उक्ता तीव्रेण कोपेन महता पितः । जीवहन्तुः सुतेत्युच्चैरसकृद् व्याधजेति च ॥ ८.१६ ॥
śvaśrvāham uktā tīvreṇa kopena mahatā pitaḥ | jīvahantuḥ sutety uccair asakṛd vyādha jeti ca || 8.16 ||
उसने कहा, पिताजी, मेरी सास ने बहुत गुस्से में मुझसे बोला। उन्होंने ज़ोर से बार-बार कहा कि तू जीव मारने वाले की बेटी है, तू शिकारी है।
Pṛthivī (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It preserves a Purāṇic narrative motif of domestic conflict and verbal aggression, illustrating how moral discourse is embedded in family settings and everyday speech.
No geographic location is mentioned in this verse fragment.
The verse foregrounds the social and ethical weight of speech—how anger-driven accusations and stigmatizing labels (e.g., “slayer of living beings”) function as moral condemnation within familial relations.
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