Varaha Purana 136.77: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 77
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
हीनपादेन जायेत चैकं जन्म वसुन्धरे ॥ मूर्खश्च क्रोधनश्चैव मद्भक्तश्चैव जायते ॥
hīnapādena jāyeta caikaṃ janma vasundhare | mūrkhaś ca krodhanaś caiva madbhaktaś caiva jāyate ||
ഹേ വസുന്ധരാ, അവൻ ഒരു ജന്മം ദോഷമുള്ള പാദത്തോടെ ജനിക്കുന്നു; കൂടാതെ മൂഢനും ക്രോധിയുമായും ജനിക്കുന്നു—എങ്കിലും എന്റെ ഭക്തനായി തന്നെയും ജനിക്കുന്നു।
Varāha
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It shows a nuanced Purāṇic moral psychology: consequences may manifest bodily and temperamentally, while devotional orientation can persist as a residual disposition.
No geographic location is identified.
Moral causality is presented as complex: actions can yield impairments and temperamental tendencies, even when devotion is present.
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