Varaha Purana 68.9: Adhyaya 68, Shloka 9
Dharma Across the Four Yugas, the Disruption of Social Conduct, and Ritual Purification from Varṇa-Mixing Transgressions
सर्वाशिनो भविष्यन्ति ब्राह्मणाः शौचवर्जिताः । सुरा पेयमिति प्राहुः सत्यशौचविवर्जिताः ॥ ६८.९ ॥
sarvāśino bhaviṣyanti brāhmaṇāḥ śaucavarjitāḥ | surā peyam iti prāhuḥ satyaśaucavivarjitāḥ || 68.9 ||
พราหมณ์จะกลายเป็นผู้กินทุกสิ่งและไร้ความบริสุทธิ์ (เศาจะ) ขาดทั้งความสัตย์และความบริสุทธิ์แล้วกล่าวว่า “สุราเป็นเครื่องดื่มได้”
Varāha
Implicit: ‘What happens when the very guardians of śauca and satya abandon them?’
distressed (implied by impurity among custodians of purity)
Warns against loss of śauca and indiscriminate eating; condemns normalizing surā (liquor) as acceptable, coupled with abandonment of satya/śauca.
Impurity and intoxication cloud discernment, degrade saṃskāras and adhyayana fitness, and accrue pāpa leading to suffering and loss of spiritual authority.
Śauca and satya are not cosmetic; they are instruments for clarity (viveka). When they fall, even ‘religious’ identity becomes hollow.
Maintain purity in diet and habits; avoid intoxication that erodes self-control; align speech with truth to preserve inner steadiness.
Varāha Purāṇa 68.68.6-8, 68.68.10 (same decline sequence)
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic literary motif describing perceived moral and social decline in the Kali-yuga, using normative categories (śauca, satya) to critique changing conduct.
No geographic location is specified in this verse; it is framed as a general ethical and social observation.
The verse foregrounds śauca (purity/clean conduct) and satya (truthfulness) as key ethical standards, warning against their abandonment and against normalizing intoxicants as ordinary practice.
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