Varaha Purana 8.32: Adhyaya 8, Shloka 32
Dialogue on the Ethical Limits of Subsistence and the Five Great Sacrifices
Dharmavyādha, Mātaṅga, and Prasanna
एवं यदि विभागः स्याद् वरान्नं तद् विशुध्यति । अन्यथा व्रीहयोऽप्येते एकैकॆ मृगपक्षिणः । मन्तव्या दातृभोक्तॄणां महामांसं तु तत् स्मृतम् ॥ ८.३२ ॥
evaṃ yadi vibhāgaḥ syād varānnaṃ tad viśudhyati | anyathā vrīhayo 'py ete ekaikaṃ mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ | mantavyā dātṛbhoktṝṇāṃ mahāmāṃsaṃ tu tat smṛtam || 8.32 ||
अगर खाना सही तरह बाँट जाए तो वो शुद्ध हो जाता है। वरना हर चावल का दाना समझो जैसे कोई जानवर हो। जो खिलाए और जो खाए, दोनों के लिए यह माँस खाने जैसा है।
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; not explicit in the fragment)
FAQs
It reflects a dharma-oriented food ethic found in Purāṇic and smṛti-style discourse, where correct distribution and social-ritual procedure are treated as determinants of purity and moral accountability.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is normative instruction concerning distribution and the ethical status of food consumption.
Proper division/allotment of food is presented as ethically purifying; neglecting this is rhetorically equated with consuming animal flesh, emphasizing responsibility shared by both giver and eater.
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