Varaha Purana 98.21: Adhyaya 98, Shloka 21
Chapter on the Sacred Hill Episode: Satyatapā and the Marvel of Varāha
नो चेत्कुटुम्बः क्षुधया सीदत्यस्य न संशयः ॥ जायापुत्रसमायुक्तो लुब्धकोऽयं क्षुधान्वितः ॥
no cet kuṭumbaḥ kṣudhayā sīdaty asya na saṁśayaḥ || jāyāputrasamāyukto lubdhako 'yaṁ kṣudhānvitaḥ ||
अगर ऐसा नहीं हुआ तो उसका पूरा परिवार भूख से परेशान हो जाएगा, इसमें कोई शक नहीं है। यह शिकारी अपनी बीवी और बच्चों के साथ है और सब भूख से तड़प रहे हैं।
Varāha (default narrator/instructor framework; explicit speaker not marked in fragment)
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It reflects a recurrent Purāṇic narrative concern with household vulnerability and the ethics of livelihood, framing moral choices within material scarcity.
No explicit place-name appears in this verse fragment; it is primarily social-ethical rather than geographic.
The verse foregrounds responsibility toward dependents and the moral pressure created by hunger, setting up later choices and their consequences.
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