Varaha Purana 197.16 — Adhyaya 197, Shloka 16
The Division of the Gates of Yama’s City and the Description of the Tribunal Hall
अत्रिरौद्दालकिश्चैव आपस्तम्बश्च वीर्यवान् ॥ बृहस्पतिश्च शुक्रश्च गौतमश्च महातपाः ॥
atrir auddālakiś caiva āpastambaś ca vīryavān || bṛhaspatiś ca śukraś ca gautamaś ca mahātapāḥ ||
Naroon din sina Atri at Auddālaki, at si Āpastamba na puspos ng sigla; gayundin sina Bṛhaspati at Śukra, at si Gautama na dakilang mapagtapa.
Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"None","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"None"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"A catalogue of dharma- and śāstra-authorities is invoked to frame ethical discourse as grounded in recognized lineages.","karmic_consequence":"None"}
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"}
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Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Intellectual History","Dharma Literature"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: court/assembly (sabhā)
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 197.18–22 (continuation of the sabhā/authority-list and its radiance)
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The verse functions as an index of authoritative voices associated with dharma, reflecting how Purāṇic texts interlink with Dharma-sūtra and didactic traditions.
No geographic location is named; the verse is a catalogue of sages.
Authority in ethical deliberation is grounded in disciplined, learned exemplars represented by well-known sages and teachers.
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