Varaha Purana 162.68: Adhyaya 162, Shloka 68
The Efficacy and Merit of Cakra-tīrtha
सा तु हृष्टेन मनसा भर्तारं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ भोजनं कुरु मे दत्तं हत्यां लक्ष्यामि ते गताम् ॥
sā tu hṛṣṭena manasā bhartāraṃ vākyam abravīt || bhojanaṃ kuru me dattaṃ hatyāṃ lakṣyāmi te gatām ||
सा तु हृष्टमनाः स्वं भर्तारं वाक्यमब्रवीत्— “मया दत्तं भोजनं भुङ्क्ष्व; तव हत्यापापस्य आगमनं लक्ष्ये।”
Unspecified (default dialogue frame: Varāha as narrator/instructor)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"observer","key_question":"How can one recognize the onset of pāpa (here, the sin of killing) in another, and what is the proper response within household ethics?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"prayaschitta","instruction_summary":"Even within domestic life, one should not ignore signs of hiṃsā-doṣa; the ethically alert spouse/householder should prompt scrutiny and remedial action before accepting/consuming what is offered.","karmic_consequence":"If hiṃsā-doṣa is recognized and addressed, the doer is steered toward expiation and reduced demerit; if ignored and one proceeds heedlessly, the pāpa is reinforced and may implicate both agent and accomplice through consent/participation."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"Ethical discernment (pāpa-bodha) in gṛhastha-dharma","core_concept":"Inner moral perception can detect adharma’s ‘arrival’ (āgama) before it ripens; delight (hṛṣṭa-manas) can coexist with vigilance, showing dharma as attentive care rather than mere suspicion.","practical_application":"Cultivate conscience and accountability in family life: question sources of food/wealth, avoid complicity in harm, and initiate confession/expiation when signs of wrongdoing appear."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: karuṇa
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa: gṛhastha-dharma and hiṃsā-doṣa discussions in adjacent narrative units (contextual)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A household scene: a wife, inwardly pleased yet morally alert, addresses her husband as he is about to eat; her gesture suggests warning and insight into an unseen stain of violence.","item_prompts":["simple domestic interior","husband seated with food plate","wife standing/sitting nearby speaking","subtle shadow motif indicating ‘sin of killing’ approaching","expressions: her gentle seriousness, his hesitation"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style, warm earthy palette, stylized faces and eyes; domestic courtly interior; the wife’s hand in a teaching/indicating mudrā; a faint dark aura behind the husband symbolizing hiṃsā-doṣa.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting, gold-leaf highlights on vessels and ornaments; central figures with rounded faces; food plate rendered with ornate detail; a small symbolic dark cloud behind the husband to indicate pāpa.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style, delicate linework and soft shading; intimate interior; restrained ornamentation; emphasis on facial expression and moral tension.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature, cool interior tones; narrative clarity; the wife pointing toward the food; a small allegorical figure/shape (dark bird/cloud) near the husband indicating the ‘arrival’ of sin."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"introspective and cautionary","suggested_raga":"Ābhōgī or Śrī (gentle gravity)","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"soft, admonitory, clear diction on hṛṣṭena/manasā and hatyām"}
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It demonstrates how Purāṇic narratives connect everyday acts (food, speech) with moral consequence, using the technical term hatyā as an ethical marker.
No geographic reference appears in this verse.
The verse ties harmful action to moral ‘stain’ recognizable in social interaction, emphasizing consequence and recognition rather than endorsing violence.
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