Varaha Purana 211.46 — Adhyaya 211, Shloka 46
Methods for the Removal of Sin and the Eulogy of Prabodhinī Ekādaśī/Dvādaśī
किं तेन न कृतं पापं दुर्वृत्तेनात्मघातिना ॥ एकादश्यां विशालाक्षि भुक्तं येन विजानता
kiṁ tena na kṛtaṁ pāpaṁ durvṛttena ātmaghātinā || ekādaśyāṁ viśālākṣi bhuktaṁ yena vijānatā
ഹേ വിശാലാക്ഷി! ദുർവൃത്തനും ആത്മനാശകനുമായ ഒരാൾ അറിഞ്ഞുകൊണ്ട് ഏകാദശിയിൽ ഭക്ഷിച്ചാൽ, അവൻ ചെയ്യാത്ത പാപം ഏതാണ്?
Varāha (default dialogue frame)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"Direct address to Earth as ‘viśālākṣi’ (large-eyed), within the dialogue frame"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"addressed intimately; positioned as listener and moral witness","key_question":"What is the moral gravity of knowingly breaking Ekādaśī (eating on it), and why is it self-destructive?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"Knowingly eating on Ekādaśī is portrayed as comprehensive wrongdoing—an act of durvṛtta leading to self-harm.","karmic_consequence":"Such deliberate violation accrues heavy pāpa and spiritual self-destruction (ātmaghātin), obstructing higher attainments."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":true,"vrata_name":"Ekādaśī-vrata (emphasis on intentionality)","tithi_month":"Ekādaśī (general)","promised_fruit":"Implied: protection from sin and preservation of spiritual progress through faithful observance; contrasted with severe demerit for violation."}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"moral psychology of vow-breaking","core_concept":"Intentional violation (jñānatā) corrupts character (durvṛtta) and rebounds as self-injury; ethics is inwardly causal.","practical_application":"Treat vows as conscious commitments; if weakness arises, choose permitted accommodations rather than deliberate breach."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Ritual Discipline"]
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: bībhatsa
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 211.52 (accommodations for inability)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha sternly admonishes, addressing Bhu Devī as ‘large-eyed’, condemning the knowingly indulgent eater on Ekādaśī as self-destructive.","item_prompts":["Varāha with stern expression","Bhu Devī’s large eyes emphasized","symbolic broken vow (half-eaten food set aside)","darkened aura around ‘durvṛtta’ figure (optional)","Ekādaśī moon in background"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: intense facial expression; Varāha’s admonishing hand; Bhu Devī with wide, expressive eyes; muted palette to convey warning; minimal narrative props.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: dramatic contrast—gold halo for Varāha, subdued tones for the transgressor; Bhu Devī attentive; symbolic plate of food as moral caution.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: refined but stern didactic scene; emphasis on expression and gesture; subtle moral tableau with food vessel pushed away.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: compact narrative—Varāha admonishes; a small figure tempted by food; moonlit Ekādaśī; expressive eyes and gestures."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"admonitory, grave","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"stern, weighty, morally urgent"}
FAQs
The verse uses strong moral rhetoric to reinforce communal vrata norms, showing how Purāṇic compilers employed ethical language to stabilize calendrical observances.
No geographic identification appears in this verse.
Intentional violation of Ekādaśī discipline is portrayed as ethically self-damaging, encouraging conscientious adherence.
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