Varaha Purana 121.8 — Adhyaya 121, Shloka 8
Avoidance of Rebirth in the Womb: Ethical Conduct and the Prevention of Degraded Rebirth
यो वियोनिं न गच्छेत मम कर्मपरायणः ॥ जीवहिंसानिवृत्तस्तु सर्वभूतहितः शुचिः
yo viyoniṃ na gaccheta mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ || jīvahiṃsā-nivṛttas tu sarvabhūta-hitaḥ śuciḥ
എന്റെ ഉപദേശിച്ച കർമമാർഗത്തിൽ പരായണനായി അശുഭ യോനിയിൽ വീഴാത്തവൻ; ജീവഹിംസയിൽ നിന്നു വിരമിച്ചവൻ, സർവ്വഭൂതഹിതൻ, ശുചിയായവൻ.
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"Varāha elaborates to Bhū-devī the decisive virtues—devotion to his discipline, ahiṃsā, universal beneficence, and purity—as safeguards against inauspicious rebirth."}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"earnest, burden-aware yet hopeful","key_question":"What concrete disciplines prevent fall into duryoni, and what is the ethical essence of your path?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"prayaschitta","instruction_summary":"Avoid harming living beings, act for the welfare of all, maintain purity, and remain devoted to the Lord’s prescribed conduct to avoid inauspicious rebirth.","karmic_consequence":"Ahiṃsā and śauca generate protective merit and sattva leading to auspicious destiny and spiritual progress; violence and impurity precipitate suffering and lower births."}
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":"Ahiṃsā-centered dharma aligned with bhakti","core_concept":"The Lord’s ‘karma’ (discipline of action) is ethically defined by non-harm, purity, and sarva-bhūta-hita—benefit to all beings.","practical_application":"Adopt non-violent livelihood and diet where possible, reduce harm in daily routines, practice cleanliness of body and mind, and choose actions by the test: ‘does this help beings?’"}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Dharma (Right Conduct)"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: kāruṇya
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 121.7 (avoid duryoni; attain Lord’s realm); Varāha Purāṇa 121.4-6 (supporting virtues: satya, fidelity, generosity, reverence)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha teaches Bhū-devī; around them, scenes of compassion: a person refrains from striking an animal, offers water/food to creatures, keeps a clean sacred space; a luminous aura indicates śuci (purity).","item_prompts":["Varāha in teaching posture","Bhū-devī listening","animals (cow, deer, birds) unharmed","hand lowered in non-violence gesture","clean water pot and bathing/ablution motif","lamp and white lotus for purity","community welfare scene (feeding, sheltering)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural with multiple compassionate vignettes, Varāha central, Bhū-devī serene, vivid greens and reds, clear depiction of animals protected and ritual cleanliness.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore gold accents on Varāha halo and purity symbols (lotus, lamp), embossed details, devotional composition with small welfare scenes in corners.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style gentle realism, soft palette, emphasis on tenderness toward animals and serene purity, fine ornamentation.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature with pastoral landscape, protected animals near a hermitage, Varāha and Bhū-devī in a pavilion, delicate flora and calm atmosphere."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"compassionate, reformative","suggested_raga":"Ahir Bhairav","pace":"slow","voice_tone":"soft but firm, morally earnest"}
FAQs
It reflects Purāṇic moral instruction that aligns social-ethical behavior (especially non-harm) with karmic outcomes, a recurring theme in Dharma discourse across early medieval Sanskrit literature.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse.
To abstain from harming living beings and to act for the welfare of all creatures, framed as conduct influencing the quality of rebirth.
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