Varaha Purana 136.59: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 59

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

Devanagari script

अन्धो भूत्वा ततो देवि जन्म चैवं प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥ एवं गत्वा तु संसारं वराहमांसप्रापणात्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 136.59

Transliteration

andho bhūtvā tato devi janma caivaṁ pratiṣṭhitam || evaṁ gatvā tu saṁsāraṁ varāhamāṁsaprāpaṇāt

Translation

Wtedy, o Bogini, stał się ślepy, a jego odrodzenie zostało ustalone w ten sposób. Tak przechodzi przez kołowrót wcieleń (saṃsāra) jako skutek spożycia mięsa dzika.

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Word by Word

• andhaḥ: blind

• bhūtvā: having become

• devi: O goddess

• janma: birth/rebirth

• evaṁ: thus

• pratiṣṭhitam: established/fixed

• saṁsāra: transmigratory existence

• varāha: boar

• māṁsa: flesh

• prāpaṇa/prāpti: obtaining/coming into possession

• -āt: because of/from

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Dharma-śāstra Interface

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic ethical framework where bodily outcomes in later births are linked to prior actions, a common didactic strategy in late-classical Sanskrit literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic toponym appears in this verse; it is focused on karmic consequence rather than sacred geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Actions—here framed through food acquisition/consumption—are presented as ethically consequential, shaping future embodied experience.