Varaha Purana 165.8 — Adhyaya 165, Shloka 8
The Glory of Mathurā: The Account of Piṇḍa-Offering at the Catuḥsāmudrika Well
धनयुक्तोऽपि पापोऽसौ न ददाति कदाचन ॥ नैवान्यमतिदातारं शक्नोति च निरीक्षितुम् ॥
dhanayukto 'pi pāpo 'sau na dadāti kadācana || naivānyam atidātāraṃ śaknoti ca nirīkṣitum ||
செல்வம் இருந்தும் அந்தப் பாவி ஒருபோதும் தானம் செய்யவில்லை. மிகுந்த தானம் செய்பவரை பார்க்கவும் அவனால் தாங்க முடியவில்லை.
Varāha (narrating)
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":true,"topic":"dana","instruction_summary":"Wealth without dāna is ethically sterile; envy/aversion toward great donors is itself a sign of deeper pāpa and social-dharmic rupture.","karmic_consequence":"Isolation from sādhus and puṇya-fields; intensified inner mala (envy, hatred) leading to further demerit and unfavorable rebirth trajectories per purāṇic moral causality."}
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":"Moral psychology of dveṣa","core_concept":"Adharma matures from non-performance (not giving) into active hostility toward dharma embodied in others (hatred of the generous).","practical_application":"Counter envy by deliberate praise of virtue, small anonymous giving, and seeking satsanga with charitable people rather than avoiding them."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Social Psychology"]
Primary Rasa: bibhatsa
Secondary Rasa: raudra
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 165.7 (no intention to give)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A rich man clutching his wealth, glaring or turning away as a renowned donor gives freely to others.","item_prompts":["two contrasting figures: miser vs generous donor","coins/grain being given","miser’s averted gaze","crowd receiving gifts"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: strong color contrast—dark aura around miser, luminous aura around donor; stylized hand gestures of giving and refusal.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: donor with gold-highlighted gifts; miser with heavy jewelry yet tense posture; embossed coins and vessels.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: elegant courtly setting; psychological expression emphasized—tight lips, narrowed eyes; donor calm and radiant.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: hillside or town vignette; donor distributing alms; miser peering from a doorway; soft palette with moral contrast."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"Reproving, morally intense","suggested_raga":"Todi","pace":"medium-fast","voice_tone":"firm, sharpened on the contrastive phrases"}
FAQs
It intensifies the ethical portrait by adding social aversion to generosity, a narrative technique that depicts vice as both personal habit and social disposition.
No new geographic name is introduced in this verse.
Material capacity is not treated as an excuse; refusal to give despite wealth—and resentment toward generous people—is framed as a serious moral failing.
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