Varaha Purana 8.25: Adhyaya 8, Shloka 25
Dialogue on the Ethical Limits of Subsistence and the Five Great Sacrifices
Dharmavyādha, Mātaṅga, and Prasanna
व्याध उवाच । सहस्रशः कोटिशश्च जीवान् हंसि दिने दिने । अथेदृशस्य पापस्य कोऽन्नं भुञ्जति सत्पुमान् ॥ ८.२५ ॥
vyādha uvāca | sahasraśaḥ koṭiśaś ca jīvān haṁsi dine dine | athedṛśasya pāpasya ko 'nnaṁ bhuñjati satpumān || 8.25 ||
นายพรานกล่าวว่า: "ท่านฆ่าสิ่งมีชีวิตนับพันนับล้านทุกวันคืน แล้วคนดีที่ไหนจะกินอาหารของคนที่มีบาปเช่นนี้?"
Vyādha (the hunter)
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It exemplifies a Purāṇic ethical mode of instruction through dialogue, using everyday acts (killing, eating) to frame discussions of moral responsibility and the social implications of harm.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is ethical rather than topographical.
The verse foregrounds accountability for harm to living beings and questions the moral acceptability of benefiting (eating food) from actions characterized as gravely sinful.
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