Varaha Purana 195.25 — Adhyaya 195, Shloka 25
Description of Sinners Abiding in Yama’s Realm
Catalog of Transgressions and the Logic of Retribution
किं च किंच तु कुर्वाणाः किंच किंच समाचरन्॥ न चेतो लभते जन्तुच्छादितं पूर्वतेजसा॥
kiṃ ca kiṃ ca tu kurvāṇāḥ kiṃ ca kiṃ ca samācaran || na ceto labhate jantuś chāditaṃ pūrvatejasā
किं किं तु कुर्वाणाः, किं किं समाचरन्, तथापि जन्तुश्चेतो न लभते; पूर्वतेजसा छादितं हि तत्॥
Varāha (default, not explicit in fragment)
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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"}
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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"}
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Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Cosmology"]
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Type: inner/psychological
Related Themes: 195.29.0
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FAQs
It shows a Purāṇic idiom for explaining constrained agency: mental clarity is obstructed by residual forces from prior actions or states.
No geographic location is named; the verse is psychological-ethical rather than topographical.
It implies that ethical transformation requires more than restless activity; one must address the underlying causes that veil discernment.
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