Varaha Purana 8.5: Adhyaya 8, Shloka 5
Dialogue on the Ethical Limits of Subsistence and the Five Great Sacrifices
Dharmavyādha, Mātaṅga, and Prasanna
एवं तु वसतस्तस्य धर्मबुद्धिर्महातपाः । पुत्रस्त्वर्जुनको नाम बभूव मुनिवद्वशी ॥ ८.५ ॥
evaṃ tu vasatas tasya dharmabuddhir mahātapāḥ | putras tv arjunako nāma babhūva munivad vaśī || 8.5 ||
अशा रीतीने तेथे वसताना त्या महातपस्वीची बुद्धी धर्मात स्थिर होती; त्याला अर्जुनक नावाचा पुत्र झाला, जो मुनिसारखा संयमी होता।
Varāha (default speaker framework; not explicit in the excerpt)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic historiographical style in which ethical character (dharma-oriented intellect and tapas) legitimizes lineage narration, presenting moral exemplarity alongside genealogical continuity.
No specific place-name is mentioned in this verse; it references residence in a previously established location from the surrounding passage.
The verse foregrounds dharma-informed judgment and disciplined self-control (vaśitva) as virtues associated with both ascetic life and exemplary progeny.
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