Varaha Purana 138.30 — Adhyaya 138, Shloka 30
The Episode of the Khañjarīṭa Bird
and the Saukarava Tīrtha’s Merit
गोप्रदाने न मे कार्यं मित्रं वापि न चिन्तितम् ॥ कन्यालाभे न चेच्छास्ति न च यज्ञफले तथा ॥
go-pradāne na me kāryaṁ mitraṁ vāpi na cintitam || kanyā-lābhe na cecchāsti na ca yajña-phale tathā ||
ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າບໍ່ຈໍາເປັນຕ້ອງໄດ້ຮັບການຖວາຍງົວ (ໂກທານ) ແລະກໍບໍ່ໄດ້ແສວງຫາມິດແບບນັ້ນ ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າບໍ່ປາຖະນາຈະໄດ້ຄູ່ຄອງຍິງ ແລະກໍບໍ່ປາຖະນາຜົນແຫ່ງຍັດຍະເຊັ່ນກັນ
Son (the boy; responding to parents)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"observer","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"What is truly worth seeking if one rejects common dharmic rewards—wealth, alliances, marriage, and sacrificial fruits?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"dana","instruction_summary":"The verse critiques reward-seeking: even esteemed acts (go-dāna, yajña) are refused when pursued as personal gain rather than as duty or devotion.","karmic_consequence":"Performing gifts/rituals for fruit binds one to saṃsāra; relinquishing kāmya-aims supports inner purity and higher pursuit."}
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":"niṣkāma-karma / vairāgya","core_concept":"Even meritorious social-religious goals (dāna, yajña, marriage alliances) are secondary to the quest for the highest good when desire is extinguished.","practical_application":"Audit motivations: keep dharmic acts free from bargaining; prioritize practices that reduce craving and strengthen sattva."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Renunciation","Critique of reward-seeking"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: vairāgya
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 138.33–34 (further rejection of vocations; turn to Nārāyaṇa-kṣetra/Saukarava)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"The boy speaks with calm firmness before his parents, hands in añjali or open-palmed refusal, rejecting cows, marriage, and sacrificial rewards symbolized nearby.","item_prompts":["boy speaking with serene face","parents listening","symbolic cow-gift (cow with garland)","small yajña-kuṇḍa or ladle as symbol","bridal garland/jewelry set aside"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Iconic symbols (cow, yajña implements) arranged around the speaking boy; strong outlines, restrained palette, devotional calm.","tanjore_prompt":"Gold-leaf highlights on ritual items; boy centered with luminous aura of detachment; ornate but uncluttered.","mysore_prompt":"Naturalistic props (cow, ladle, garlands) with soft lighting; emphasis on facial serenity.","pahari_prompt":"Minimalist symbolic objects, lyrical composition; gentle landscape or veranda backdrop."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"firm renunciation, contemplative","suggested_raga":"Tōḍī","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"steady, detached, unheated"}
FAQs
It represents a recurring Purāṇic motif: a younger figure articulating restraint from common social incentives (wealth, marriage, ritual rewards), useful for studying value-discourse in Sanskrit literature.
No geographic location is named in this verse.
Non-attachment to material and ritual rewards; prioritizing intention over socially prestigious outcomes.
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