Varaha Purana 211.32: Adhyaya 211, Shloka 32
Methods for the Removal of Sin and the Eulogy of Prabodhinī Ekādaśī/Dvādaśī
परद्रव्यापहरणे संसक्ताश्च सुरेश्वर ॥ अभक्ष्यभक्षणरता वेदब्राह्मणनिन्दकाः
paradravyāpaharaṇe saṁsaktāś ca sureśvara | abhakṣyabhakṣaṇaratā vedabrāhmaṇanindakāḥ ||
O Panie bogów, są ludzie oddani kradzieży mienia innych; rozkoszują się spożywaniem tego, co zakazane, i znieważają Wedę oraz Brāhmaṇów.
Pṛthivī (inquirer, addressing Sureśvara)
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It reflects a Purāṇic ethical taxonomy—common in late-classical Sanskrit literature—where social harms (theft) and ritual-intellectual harms (denigrating Vedic learning communities) are listed as major moral faults.
No geographic location is named in this verse.
The verse condemns theft, consumption of prohibited items, and disparagement of authoritative learning traditions as ethically corrosive behaviors.
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