Varaha Purana 8.9: Adhyaya 8, Shloka 9
Dialogue on the Ethical Limits of Subsistence and the Five Great Sacrifices
Dharmavyādha, Mātaṅga, and Prasanna
एवं सञ्चिन्त्य मातङ्गः प्रसन्नं प्रति सोद्यतः । उवाच तस्य पितरं प्रसन्नायार्ज्जुनीं भवान् । गृहाण तपतां श्रेष्ठ स्वयं दत्तां महात्मने ॥ ८.९ ॥
evaṃ saṃcintya mātaṅgaḥ prasannaṃ prati sodyataḥ | uvāca tasya pitaraṃ prasannāyārjunīṃ bhavān | gṛhāṇa tapatāṃ śreṣṭha svayaṃ dattāṃ mahātmane || 8.9 ||
かく思い定めたマタンガは、ただちにプラサンナのもとへ赴き、その父に告げた。「苦行者の中の最勝よ、我が自らの意志により授けるアルジュニーを、あの大心の者のために受け取り給え。」
Mātaṅga
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It preserves a Purāṇic narrative formula in which social alliances and ethical legitimacy are framed through consent (prasannā) and formal transfer (dattā), reflecting how later Sanskrit texts encode customary norms within story cycles.
No geographic toponym appears in this verse; the passage is primarily interpersonal and ritual-social rather than site-specific.
The verse foregrounds deliberation (saṃcintya) and consensual disposition (prasannā) as prerequisites for a socially consequential act of giving/acceptance (gṛhāṇa, dattām), emphasizing responsible decision-making within established norms.
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