Varaha Purana 124.33: Adhyaya 124, Shloka 33
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Pūrva Bhāga · Avoiding Animal Rebirth and Seeking Well-being (Pṛthivī–Varāha Saṃvāda)
तिर्यग्योनिं न गच्छेत कर्मणा केन केशव ।। तन्ममाचक्ष्व सकलं येन चैव सुखं भवेत् ॥
tiryagyoniṁ na gacchet karmaṇā kena keśava || tan mamācakṣva sakalaṁ yena caiva sukhaṁ bhavet ||
tiryagyoniM na gachCheta karmaNA kena keshava || tanmamAchakShva sakalaM yena chaiva sukhaM bhavet
ข้าแต่เกศวะ ด้วยกรรมใดบุคคลจึงไม่ไปสู่ครรภ์กำเนิดเป็นสัตว์เดรัจฉาน? โปรดบอกแก่ข้าพเจ้าทั้งหมด ซึ่งด้วยสิ่งนั้นแลความผาสุกและความเกื้อกูลย่อมบังเกิด
Sandhi Notes
- तिर्यग्योनिम् = तिर्यक् + योनिम् (व्यञ्जन-सन्धि)
- ममाचक्ष्व = मम + आचक्ष्व (स्वर-सन्धि)
- चैव = च + एव (स्वर-सन्धि)
Pṛthivī
Concerned and urgent; compassionate toward embodied beings vulnerable to lower births
By what action does one avoid going to an animal womb, and what comprehensive guidance leads to happiness/well-being?
Rebirth trajectories (including animal birth) are shaped by karma; comprehensive right conduct and devotion are sought as safeguards.
Avoid cruelty, deceit, theft, intoxication, and exploitative living; cultivate compassion, truth, purity, charity, and devotion—habitualizing sattva to redirect karmic momentum away from tiryag-yoni.
Earth implores Keśava for a complete account of actions preventing animal rebirth and producing well-being; interaction is supplicatory dialogue.
Inquiry into karmic ethics: identify actions that prevent tiryag-yoni (animal rebirth) and generate sukha (well-being).
Wholesome, dharmic, and devotion-aligned actions avert degraded rebirth and yield sukha; harmful actions incline toward animal births and suffering.
Varāha Purāṇa 124.35 (avoidance of womb/rebirth)
FAQs
It illustrates Purāṇic moral causality: specific conduct is sought to prevent lower rebirths, reflecting widely attested Indian ethical-soteriological concerns.
None; the verse is soteriological rather than topographical.
To adopt actions understood to reduce harmful karmic consequences and promote sukha (well-being) and spiritual progress.
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