Varaha Purana 135.49: Adhyaya 135, Shloka 49
Prescriptions for Expiation of Offences: Red/Black Garments, Improper Touch in Darkness, Impure Leftovers, Eating Boar-Meat, and Consuming Jālapāda
कुम्भीरो दश वर्षाणि पञ्च वर्षाणि सूकरः ॥ तावद्भ्रमति संसारे मम चैवापराधतः ॥
kumbhīro daśa varṣāṇi pañca varṣāṇi sūkaraḥ || tāvad bhramati saṃsāre mama caivāparādhataḥ ||
สิบปีเขาย่อมเป็นกุมภีระ (kumbhīra) และห้าปีเป็นสุกร; ตลอดเวลานั้นย่อมเวียนว่ายในสังสารวัฏ—แท้จริงเพราะความล่วงเกินต่อเรา
Varāha (default dialogue framework)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"curious; seeking clarity on karmic consequences and expiation","key_question":"What is the karmic consequence of committing an offense (aparādha) and how long does one suffer transmigratory punishment?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"prayaschitta","instruction_summary":"An offense (aparādha) against the Lord results in specified non-human births and saṃsāric wandering for fixed durations, implying the need for expiation and offense-avoidance.","karmic_consequence":"Ten years as a kumbhīra and five years as a boar, followed by continued wandering in saṃsāra due to the offense."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"karma-vipāka (moral causality)","core_concept":"Aparādha binds the jīva to painful embodiments; ethical restraint and reverence are prerequisites for spiritual progress.","practical_application":"Avoid vaiṣṇava/aparādha; cultivate humility and corrective practice when transgression occurs."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Ritual Expiation"]
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 135.55–58 (continuation: purification and prāyaścitta regimen)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha as a divine teacher pronouncing the karmic result of offense: the soul’s fall into crocodile-like and boar births, wandering through saṃsāra.","item_prompts":["Varāha seated/standing in teaching posture","Bhu Devī listening reverently","shadowed vignettes of kumbhīra (crocodile/gharial) and boar forms","wheel/ocean motif for saṃsāra","scriptural palm-leaf or rosary indicating instruction"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: majestic Varāha with ornate jewelry, calm teaching gesture (vyākhyāna-mudrā), Bhu Devī attentive; subdued side-panels showing kumbhīra and boar births; deep reds/ochres/greens, bold outlines.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style: central Varāha with heavy gold-leaf ornaments and halo; Bhu Devī at lower right; small gold-framed medallions depicting kumbhīra and boar; rich maroons and emeralds.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style: delicate linework, soft shading; Varāha instructing with serene face; symbolic saṃsāra wheel behind; miniature narrative of animal births in the background.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari style: lyrical landscape with river (kumbhīra) and forest (boar); Varāha as teacher under a canopy; Bhu Devī seated; pale washes and fine facial features."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"admonitory, grave, didactic","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"firm, weighty, warning-inflected"}
FAQs
It preserves a didactic karmic framework common in Purāṇas, using animal embodiments and fixed time spans to communicate the gravity of aparādha (offense).
No location is specified in this verse.
Transgression (aparādha) is portrayed as producing prolonged adverse consequences within saṃsāra.
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