Varaha Purana 8.4: Adhyaya 8, Shloka 4
Dialogue on the Ethical Limits of Subsistence and the Five Great Sacrifices
Dharmavyādha, Mātaṅga, and Prasanna
अग्निं परिचरन् नित्यं वदन् सत्यं सुभाषितम् । प्राणयात्रानुसक्तस्तु योऽसौ जीवं न पातयेत् ॥ ८.४ ॥
agniṃ paricaran nityaṃ vadan satyaṃ subhāṣitam | prāṇayātrānusaktas tu yo'sau jīvaṃ na pātayet || 8.4 ||
रोज़ अग्नि की पूजा करता, सच बोलता और अच्छी बातें करता। ज़िंदगी के पीछे लगा रहता था, किसी जान को मारता नहीं था।
Varāha (default attribution; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic synthesis of ritual observance (agni-service) with ethical discipline (truthful, measured speech and restraint from harming living beings), illustrating how conduct (ācāra) is framed as integral to cultural-religious life in early Sanskrit textual traditions.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is ethical and behavioral rather than topographical.
Maintain disciplined conduct—serve the sacred fire, speak truth and beneficial words, and avoid harming or killing living beings, emphasizing life-sustaining responsibility (prāṇayātrā).
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