Varaha Purana 196.11 — Adhyaya 196, Shloka 11
Description of the City of Dharmarāja
Yama
अङ्गानि चैव सीदन्ति मनो विह्वलतीव मे ॥ दिव्यभावाः स्पृशन्त्येते चिन्तयानस्य तत्फलम्
aṅgāni caiva sīdanti mano vihvalatīva me || divya-bhāvāḥ spṛśanty ete cintayānasya tat-phalam
Воистину, мои члены слабеют, и ум мой словно приходит в смятение. Эти божественные состояния касаются меня, когда я созерцаю плод того.
Varāha (default dialogue frame)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"None"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"None","karmic_consequence":"None"}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"contemplative ethics","core_concept":"Deep reflection on karmic consequences can destabilize ordinary identification and open contact with higher (divya) states.","practical_application":"Practice daily karmaphala-anusandhāna (review of actions and consequences) to cultivate vairāgya and ethical restraint."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Psychology of Experience","Cosmology"]
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: inner landscape / contemplative state
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 196.8-11 (karmic panorama leading to this contemplative reaction)
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"introspective, trembling-with-insight","suggested_raga":"Todi","pace":"slow","voice_tone":"soft, slightly quivering, with long pauses after key phrases"}
FAQs
It shows how Purāṇic texts integrate moral causality with embodied affect—weakening limbs and mental disturbance as narrative markers of insight or shock.
No location is specified; the verse is introspective and experiential.
Reflective contemplation on consequences (phala) is portrayed as transformative, underscoring responsibility for actions.
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