Varaha Purana 138.28 — Adhyaya 138, Shloka 28
The Episode of the Khañjarīṭa Bird
and the Saukarava Tīrtha’s Merit
अष्टौ सम्पूर्णधुर्याणां हलानां तावतां शतम् ॥ वैश्यकर्म समादाय किं पुनः प्राप्तुमिच्छसि ॥
aṣṭau sampūrṇa-dhuryāṇāṁ halānāṁ tāvatāṁ śatam || vaiśya-karma samādāya kiṁ punaḥ prāptum icchasi ||
มีชุดคันไถที่เทียมครบถ้วนแปดชุด และคันไถชนิดนั้นอีกหนึ่งร้อยคัน—เมื่อรับเอากิจการอันเหมาะแก่ไวศยะแล้ว เจ้าปรารถนาจะได้สิ่งใดอีกเล่า
Pṛthivī (default dialogue frame)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"questioner","bhu_devi_state":"curious; assessing dharmic sufficiency of worldly prosperity","key_question":"Having already assumed the full measure of Vaiśya-appropriate agrarian wealth and duty, what further goal remains to be sought?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"varnashrama","instruction_summary":"Vaiśya-dharma is framed through productive agrarian labor (ploughing/teams) as a legitimate, sufficient pursuit within one’s varṇa-duty.","karmic_consequence":"Upholding one’s svadharma supports social order and merit; craving ‘more’ beyond dharma-honoring sufficiency implies lobha and risks ethical decline."}
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":"dharma-viveka (discrimination of ends)","core_concept":"Artha gained through svadharma has a natural limit; the deeper question is the puruṣārtha beyond accumulation.","practical_application":"After meeting responsibilities, examine motives: is the next step ‘more possession’ or a higher aim (dharma/inner freedom)?"}
Subject Matter: ["Economy","Agriculture","Ethics"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: vicāra
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 138.31–34 (boy’s reply: rejection of rewards; turn to sacred goal)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A didactic exchange framed in a household/agrarian setting: a speaker points to abundant plough-teams and many ploughs, questioning the need for further gain.","item_prompts":["yoked oxen teams","ploughs stacked or lined","granary/fields in background","elder speaking with instructive gesture","youth listening thoughtfully"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Earth-toned agrarian courtyard, stylized oxen and ploughs, expressive hand-gestures, flat perspective, ornate borders.","tanjore_prompt":"Central figures with gold-leaf halos, symbolic ploughs and oxen rendered iconically, rich reds/greens, embossed ornaments.","mysore_prompt":"Refined courtly realism: detailed textiles, soft shading, calm faces; agrarian tools carefully drawn.","pahari_prompt":"Himalayan miniature palette, rolling fields, delicate linework; intimate domestic dialogue with narrative clarity."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"inquisitive, reflective","suggested_raga":"Ārabhi","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"clear, slightly interrogative with a calm finish"}
FAQs
It provides concrete agrarian imagery—ploughs and draught teams—useful for contextualizing material culture and occupational ideals in Sanskrit narrative sources.
No geographic location is named in this verse.
Questioning excess desire by highlighting sufficiency of resources and the defined scope of one’s chosen work.
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