Varaha Purana 210.37 — Adhyaya 210, Shloka 37
Inquiry into Moral Agency (Karma) and Practical Means for the Dissolution of Sin: the Śiśumāra Contemplation
नारद उवाच ॥ एतच्छ्रेयॊहितं चैव सर्वेषां वै परन्तप ॥ उपपन्नं च युक्तं च तत्त्वया समुदाहृतम् ॥
nārada uvāca | etac chreyo-hitaṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ vai parantapa | upapannaṃ ca yuktaṃ ca tattvayā samudāhṛtam ||
നാരദൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ പരന്തപ! ഇത് എല്ലാവർക്കും ശ്രേയസ്സും ഹിതവും നൽകുന്നതാണ്; ഇത് സുസ്ഥാപിതവും യുക്തിസഹവും തത്ത്വാനുസൃതവുമായി പ്രസ്താവിച്ചതുമാകുന്നു.
Nārada
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":"None"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"None","karmic_consequence":"None"}
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":"Epistemic validation of dharma discourse (yukti + tattva)","core_concept":"True instruction is ‘upapanna’ (well-grounded) and ‘yukta’ (coherent), aligned with tattva; dharma is not arbitrary but rationally and metaphysically consistent.","practical_application":"Evaluate teachings by coherence, ethical fruit, and alignment with truth; adopt practices that are both compassionate and logically consistent."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Philosophy"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: dialogue setting (unspecified)
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 210.36–39 (the content being endorsed)
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"Affirming, reflective","suggested_raga":"Khamas","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"clear, appreciative, composed"}
FAQs
It illustrates a common Purāṇic dialogic method: an interlocutor (here Nārada) validates a teaching as logically grounded and aligned with tattva, reflecting didactic norms in post-Vedic Sanskrit literature.
No geographic location is specified in this verse; the focus is evaluative and philosophical rather than topographical.
The verse emphasizes that ethical guidance should be both welfare-oriented (śreyas-hita) and rationally/ontologically grounded (yukta, tattvayā).
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