Shloka 37
The Thirty-Two Offenses: Rules of Purity and Proper Conduct in Worship
आचार्यभक्ता देवेषु भक्ता भर्तरि वत्सला ॥ संसारेष्वपि वर्तन्ती गच्छन्ती त्वग्रतो यदि
ācāryabhaktā deveṣu bhaktā bhartari vatsalā || saṁsāreṣvapi vartantī gacchantī tvagrato yadi
បើនាងមានភក្តីចំពោះអាចារ្យ មានភក្តីក្នុងការបូជាទេវតា និងមានសេចក្តីស្រឡាញ់ទន់ភ្លន់ចំពោះប្តី—ទោះនៅក្នុងសង្សារក៏ប្រព្រឹត្តត្រឹមត្រូវ—ដូច្នេះបើនាងដំណើរទៅ នាងទៅមុនអ្នក។
Varāha (default dialogue framework)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"concerned/curious about relational dharma and afterlife order (implied)","key_question":"What qualities in a woman (devotion to teacher, gods, husband; proper conduct in saṃsāra) determine her spiritual precedence/destination?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"varnashrama","instruction_summary":"A woman devoted to her ācārya, devoted in worship, affectionate and faithful to her husband, and properly conducting herself in worldly life attains precedence (goes ‘before you’).","karmic_consequence":"Such conduct yields elevated post-mortem status/priority and auspicious passage; neglect implies loss of merit/status (implied)."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"dharma as supportive of bhakti within social roles","core_concept":"Devotion expressed through right relationships (guru-bhakti, deva-bhakti, pati-vrata affection) is spiritually efficacious.","practical_application":"Honor teachers, maintain regular worship, cultivate kindness and fidelity in marriage, and uphold integrity amid worldly pressures."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: vātsalya
Type: transcendent realm + worldly life
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 117.42 (continues husband–wife/afterlife relation theme)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A virtuous woman shown honoring her teacher, performing worship, and standing affectionately beside her husband; Varāha indicates her auspicious precedence on the path beyond.","item_prompts":["Varāha gesturing toward a luminous path","woman offering respects to an ācārya","household shrine with lamp/incense","husband and wife in dignified posture"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: domestic shrine scene with bright lamp; ācārya seated; woman in respectful pose; Varāha presiding as divine narrator.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold-highlighted shrine and haloed Varāha; richly ornamented household setting; emphasis on devotional gestures.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: courtly interior; refined expressions; narrative clarity across teacher-worship-husband panels.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: intimate household vignette; delicate architecture; soft colors; Varāha as divine presence in upper register."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"instructive, gentle","suggested_raga":"Shree","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"warm, composed, explanatory"}
FAQs
It documents a Purāṇic social-ethical ideal linking teacher-respect, worship practice, and household affection—useful for studying normative roles in Sanskrit literature.
No geographic location is mentioned.
Sustain respectful relationships (teacher, worship, household) and maintain ethical conduct even within ordinary worldly life.