Varaha Purana 162.23 — Adhyaya 162, Shloka 23
The Efficacy and Merit of Cakra-tīrtha
शूद्रान्नं भक्षितं तेन नित्यकालं द्विजोत्तम ॥ तस्य चाहारदोषेण मृत्युर् दूरं गतः पितुः ॥
śūdrānnaṁ bhakṣitaṁ tena nitya-kālaṁ dvijottama || tasya cāhāra-doṣeṇa mṛtyur dūraṁ gataḥ pituḥ ||
హే ద్విజోత్తమా! అతడు నిత్యకాలం శూద్రాన్నం భుజిస్తున్నాడు; ఆ ఆహారదోషం వల్ల తండ్రి మరణం దూరమై (వాయిదా పడి) ఉంది.
Śvaśura (father-in-law) within the embedded story; overall frame default: Varāha → Pṛthivī
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"prayaschitta","instruction_summary":"A dvija’s habitual consumption of śūdra-annam is treated as a serious dietary/ācāra fault affecting purity and life-course outcomes.","karmic_consequence":"The fault is said to ‘push away’ (defer) the father’s death; implied reversal if the fault ceases, and implied demerit/impurity from the transgressive diet."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"karma-ethics (ācāra)","core_concept":"Seemingly private habits (food/ācāra) are karmically efficacious and can shape even life-and-death timing within a family line.","practical_application":"Maintain disciplined āhāra and social-ritual boundaries as prescribed for one’s varṇa/āśrama; treat food as a moral act, not mere nutrition."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Social Conduct"]
Primary Rasa: bibhatsa
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Type: domestic/lineage space
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 162.26-29 (continuation of the śūdra-annam motif and its bodily localization)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A father-in-law admonishes a ‘best of twice-born’ about habitual eating of śūdra-food and its ominous effect on the father’s death.","item_prompts":["elder father-in-law speaking","dvija listener with anxious posture","simple meal/food vessel as symbol","shadowy motif of ‘deferred death’ (distant Yama imagery)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Indoor court scene with stylized elders; emphasize didactic gesture (mudrā), muted tones, and symbolic food bowl; faint Yama silhouette in background.","tanjore_prompt":"Gold-backed domestic scene; father-in-law seated, dvija standing; ornate food vessel highlighted; subtle gold haloing for moral gravity.","mysore_prompt":"Refined palace-interior realism; expressive faces showing admonition and worry; warm morning lamp-light; food plate as focal prop.","pahari_prompt":"Intimate hillside miniature style; sparse interior, strong narrative clarity; elder pointing, younger attentive; symbolic dark cloud near doorway for impending fate."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"didactic and ominous","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"grave, advisory, slightly foreboding"}
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It preserves a normative discourse on diet and social boundaries found across Dharma-śāstra and Purāṇic materials, useful for studying historical social ethics.
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Diet (āhāra) is presented as ethically consequential, influencing wellbeing and mortality within the narrative’s moral logic.
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