Varaha Purana 5.24: Adhyaya 5, Shloka 24
Reconciliation of Action and Knowledge: Offering All Acts to Nārāyaṇa and the Hymn to the Yajña-Puruṣa
इत्याकर्ण्य स विप्रेन्द्रो द्विजः संयमनस्तदा । विस्मयेनाब्रवीद्वाक्यं लुब्धं निष्ठुरकं द्विजः ॥ ५.२४ ॥
ityākarṇya sa viprendro dvijaḥ saṃyamanas tadā | vismayenābravīd vākyaṃ lubdhaṃ niṣṭhurakaṃ dvijaḥ || 5.24 ||
ఇది విని బ్రాహ్మణశ్రేష్ఠుడైన ఆ ద్విజుడు సంయమనుడు అప్పుడు ఆశ్చర్యంతో, లోభభావముతో కఠినమైన మాటలు పలికెను.
Narrator (speaker not explicit in fragment; default dialogue frame: Varāha–Pṛthivī context)
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It illustrates a common Purāṇic narrative technique: ethical characterization through speech-description (e.g., labeling words as ‘greedy’ and ‘harsh’), which helps frame subsequent moral consequences within the storyline.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it focuses on a character’s reaction and manner of speech.
The verse foregrounds the moral evaluation of speech: words motivated by greed and expressed harshly are marked as ethically problematic, setting up a cautionary contrast with disciplined and truthful speech.
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