Varaha Purana 187.49: Adhyaya 187, Shloka 49
Determination of the Origin and Procedure of the Ancestral Offering
Pitṛyajña/Śrāddha
धिग्वयो धिक्च मे कर्म धिग्बलं धिक्च जीवितम् ॥ पुत्रं सर्वसुखैर्युक्तं जीवितं हि न दृश्यते ॥
dhigvayo dhik ca me karma dhigbalaṃ dhik ca jīvitam || putraṃ sarvasukhairyuktaṃ jīvitaṃ hi na dṛśyate ||
“น่าติเตียนชะตา; น่าติเตียนกรรมของเรา; น่าติเตียนกำลัง; และน่าติเตียนชีวิตนี้ เพราะชีวิตที่ประกอบด้วยสุขทั้งปวง—คือบุตร—หาได้ปรากฏแก่เราไม่”
Atreya (character voice; lament)
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It reflects a lineage-centered social world where offspring are framed as a key component of well-being, and it preserves idioms of lament found across Sanskrit narrative literature.
No geographic identification occurs in this verse.
The verse does not prescribe conduct directly; it dramatizes the dangers of equating life’s value solely with a single social goal (offspring).
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