Varaha Purana 8.5: Adhyaya 8, Shloka 5
Dialogue on the Ethical Limits of Subsistence and the Five Great Sacrifices
Dharmavyādha, Mātaṅga, and Prasanna
Pūrva Bhāga · Narrative Dharma and Lineage Accounts
एवं तु वसतस्तस्य धर्मबुद्धिर्महातपाः । पुत्रस्त्वर्जुनको नाम बभूव मुनिवद्वशी ॥ ८.५ ॥
evaṃ tu vasatas tasya dharmabuddhir mahātapāḥ | putras tv arjunako nāma babhūva munivad vaśī || 8.5 ||
evaM tu vasatastasya dharmabuddhirmahAtapAH | putrastvarjunako nAma babhUva munivadvashI || 8.5 ||
एवं तस्य वसतः धर्मबुद्धिः स महातपाः, अर्जुनक इति नाम पुत्रोऽभवत्, मुनिवद्वशी।
Sandhi Notes
- धर्मबुद्धिर्महातपाः = धर्मबुद्धिः महातपाः
- पुत्रस्त्वर्जुनको = पुत्रः तु अर्जुनकः
- मुनिवद्वशी = मुनि-वत् वशी
Varāha
Curious about lineage and dharmic outcomes
What fruits arise in a lineage when one lives with dharma-buddhi and tapas—how does virtue manifest in progeny and character?
Inner orientation (dharma-buddhi) and disciplined living (tapas) shape outcomes in family and society, producing self-restraint and sage-like qualities in successors.
Cultivate daily restraint, truth, and ritual/ethical discipline; prioritize saṃskāra and education that form self-control in the next generation.
Dharma-grounded intelligence and tapas in household/life lead to orderly lineage: a son arises who is self-controlled like a sage.
Implied: dharmic living yields auspicious progeny and stability; adharma would yield disorder and decline (implied by contrast).
Varāha Purāṇa 8.8.1-8.8.4 (the ethical regimen that precedes this genealogical फल)
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic historiographical style in which ethical character (dharma-oriented intellect and tapas) legitimizes lineage narration, presenting moral exemplarity alongside genealogical continuity.
No specific place-name is mentioned in this verse; it references residence in a previously established location from the surrounding passage.
The verse foregrounds dharma-informed judgment and disciplined self-control (vaśitva) as virtues associated with both ascetic life and exemplary progeny.
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