Varaha Purana 136.9 — Adhyaya 136, Shloka 9
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
मम दोषापराधस्य शृणु तत्त्वेन यत्फलम् ॥ जम्बुको जायते भूमौ वर्षाणां नव पञ्च च ॥
mama doṣāparādhasya śṛṇu tattvena yatphalam || jambuko jāyate bhūmau varṣāṇāṃ nava pañca ca ||
จงฟังผลแห่งโทษและความผิดของข้าพเจ้าโดยความจริง: ผู้หนึ่งย่อมเกิดบนแผ่นดินเป็นสุนัขจิ้งจอกเป็นเวลาเก้ากับห้าปี คือสิบสี่ปี
Unspecified (dialogue frame suggests Varāha addressing Pṛthivī, but not explicit in this verse)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"Karmic consequence is stated ‘on earth’; within the dialogue frame it functions as Varāha’s warning to Bhū about doṣa results"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"concerned","key_question":"What is the precise fruit (phala) of committing the stated doṣa/aparādha—how does it manifest as rebirth?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"narakas","instruction_summary":"For the specified doṣa/aparādha, the concrete karmic result is rebirth as a jackal for fourteen years.","karmic_consequence":"Violation yields animal rebirth (jackal) for a fixed term; implied avoidance through śauca and proper conduct prevents such degradation."}
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":"karma-phala doctrine","core_concept":"Actions and ritual faults yield specific, proportionate embodied consequences; moral causality is exacting.","practical_application":"Treat purity rules and sacred boundaries seriously; use repentance, cleansing, and corrective rites to prevent karmic descent."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Karmic Consequence","Didactic Narrative"]
Primary Rasa: bhayānaka
Secondary Rasa: śānta
Type: cosmic/moral geography
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 136.8 (the triggering impurity act)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A didactic warning scene: the consequence of offense is depicted as a human’s fall into jackal-birth for a fixed span, set against the moral landscape of Earth.","item_prompts":["transition motif (human silhouette to jackal)","earth/ground as stage","stern instructive presence (implied teacher)","time marker (fourteen notches/beads)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: symbolic metamorphosis panel, jackal rendered stylized, moral-text banding, restrained dark palette.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: iconic jackal figure with ornamental framing, gold accents on didactic border, emphasis on karmic decree.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: narrative transformation with classical restraint, clear jackal anatomy, sober tones.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: storybook transformation in a natural landscape, jackal near cremation-ground edge to echo prior verse."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"warning-declarative","suggested_raga":"Bhairav","pace":"slow","voice_tone":"authoritative, grave"}
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic didactic mode in which ethical transgression is explained through karmic consequence and rebirth imagery, used to communicate moral causality in narrative form.
No specific toponym is named in this verse; it only states 'on the earth' (bhūmau).
Actions described as fault/offense (doṣa–aparādha) are presented as producing concrete consequences, underscoring moral accountability.
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