Varaha Purana 8.2: Adhyaya 8, Shloka 2
Dialogue on the Ethical Limits of Subsistence and the Five Great Sacrifices
Dharmavyādha, Mātaṅga, and Prasanna
एकैकं स्वकुटुम्बार्थे हत्वा वनचरं मृगम् । भृत्यातिथिहुताशानां प्रीणनं कुरुते सदा ॥ ८.२ ॥
ekaikaṁ svakuṭumbārthe hatvā vanacaraṁ mṛgam | bhṛtyātithihutāśānāṁ prīṇanaṁ kurute sadā || 8.2 ||
अपने घर के लिए जंगल में एक जानवर मारता था। उसके बाद अपने लोगों, मेहमानों और अग्नि की पूजा करता था। यह रोज़ करता था।
Varāha (default, primary instructor in Varāha Purāṇa dialogue frame)
FAQs
It reflects a normative household economy and social ethic in Purāṇic literature: resources (including food procurement) are framed as serving dependents, guests, and ritual obligations, offering evidence for ideals of hospitality and domestic responsibility.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it uses a general setting of the forest (vana) as a descriptive context.
To direct one’s household sustenance and actions toward responsible provision—supporting dependents, honoring guests, and maintaining ritual obligations (symbolized by the sacrificial fire).
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