Varaha Purana 116.12: Adhyaya 116, Shloka 12
An Exposition on the Causes of Happiness and Suffering
Uttara Bhāga · Food Ethics and Ritual Reciprocity
तस्य देवा न चाश्नन्ति ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ।। असन्तुष्टस्तु वैषम्ये परदाराभिमर्शकः
tasya devā na cāśnanti tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim || asantuṣṭas tu vaiṣamye paradārābhimarśakaḥ
tasya devA na chAshnanti tato duHkhataraM nu kim || asantuShTastu vaiShamye paradArAbhimarshakaH
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Sandhi Notes
- चाश्नन्ति = च + अश्नन्ति
Varāha
Inner dispositions (asantoṣa, vaiṣamya) and grave adharma (paradāra) sever one’s eligibility for divine reciprocity.
Cultivate contentment and impartiality; guard marital boundaries; treat others’ spouses as mother/sister; align ritual acts with moral integrity.
For one who violates hospitality and lives in dissatisfaction and inequity—especially one who violates another’s wife—the devas do not accept his offerings.
Loss of devatā-prasāda (offerings become fruitless), accumulation of grave pāpa (paradāra-gamana), and consequent suffering in this life and beyond.
Varāha Purāṇa 116.11–116.12 (hospitality failures)
FAQs
It reflects a moral economy motif in Purāṇic texts, where ethical breaches disrupt reciprocity between humans and the divine order.
No geographic location is identified.
Cultivate contentment and fairness, and avoid sexual misconduct framed here as violation of another’s spouse.
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