Varaha Purana 205.7: Adhyaya 205, Shloka 7
Description of the Proclamation of Auspicious and Inauspicious Karmic Results
आगमे च विपत्तौ च सर्वधर्मानुपालकाः ॥ ते तु कल्पान्बहून्स्वर्ग उषित्वा ह्यनसूयकाः ॥
āgame ca vipattau ca sarva-dharmānupālakāḥ | te tu kalpān bahūn svarga uṣitvā hy anasūyakāḥ ||
സൗഭാഗ്യത്തിലും വിപത്തിലും എല്ലാ ധർമ്മങ്ങളും അനുഷ്ഠിക്കുന്നവർ—അസൂയരഹിതർ—അനേകം കല്പങ്ങൾ സ്വർഗത്തിൽ വസിക്കുന്നു.
Ṛṣiputra (didactic narration)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"varnashrama","instruction_summary":"One should uphold dharma consistently in both prosperity (āgama) and adversity (vipatti), remaining free from envy/malice (an-asūyā).","karmic_consequence":"Steadfast dharma with non-malice yields prolonged svarga-residence across many kalpas; failure (partiality, resentment, adharma under stress) leads to diminished merit and lower rebirth."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"virtue ethics","core_concept":"Dharma is tested by circumstances; the mark of sāttvika character is consistency and freedom from asūyā (resentful fault-finding).","practical_application":"Maintain duties and ethical restraints during crisis; cultivate non-envy through self-audit, gratitude, and restraint of speech/judgment."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Cosmology"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: vīra
Type: cosmic realm
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 205 (merit and afterlife sequence)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A didactic tableau: a calm teacher-figure instructs householders/warriors who face alternating scenes of prosperity and adversity, with a distant vision of svarga.","item_prompts":["teacher seated on kuśa mat","listeners in varied attire (gṛhastha/kṣatriya)","split-scene: wealth on one side, hardship on the other","subtle svarga clouds/palace motif above","gesture of instruction (vyākhyāna-mudrā)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: narrative split-panel within one frame, bold outlines, earthy palette, teacher central, stylized svarga architecture in upper register.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: central guru figure with gold halo, two side vignettes (prosperity/adversity), gilded svarga pavilion above, ornate borders.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: refined classroom-like scene, soft gradients, detailed textiles, faint celestial city in background haze.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: lyrical hillside-like setting for instruction, delicate faces, two small narrative vignettes, pale celestial realm in the sky band."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"didactic and steady","suggested_raga":"Śrī","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"firm, even, reassuring"}
FAQs
It articulates a virtue-ethical ideal—consistency in dharma across changing circumstances—common to Dharmaśāstra-influenced Purāṇic instruction.
None; svarga is a cosmological realm.
Maintain ethical duties consistently in both favorable and unfavorable conditions, coupled with non-malice (anasūyā).
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