Varaha Purana 116.28 — Adhyaya 116, Shloka 28
An Exposition on the Causes of Happiness and Suffering
येन केनचिद्दत्तेन ततः सौख्यतरं नु किम् ॥ मासि मास्येकदिवसस्त्वमावास्येति योच्यते ॥
yena kenacid dattena tataḥ saukhyataraṃ nu kim || māsi māsy ekadivasas tv amāvāsyeti yocyate ||
جس طرح بھی کچھ دیا جائے، اس سے بڑھ کر راحت بخش کیا ہے؟ ہر مہینے میں ایک دن ہوتا ہے جسے اَماوَسیا، یعنی نئے چاند کی تِتھی، کہا جاتا ہے۔
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"Addresses Bhū-devī while transitioning from general dāna praise to calendrical marker (amāvāsyā)"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"curious; attentive to time-based dharma","key_question":"Which times are especially potent for giving, and why is amāvāsyā singled out each month?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"dana","instruction_summary":"Giving—by whatever means/according to one’s capacity—is supremely welfare-producing; amāvāsyā is a recurring monthly sacred day in the ritual calendar.","karmic_consequence":"Dāna brings sukha and merit; neglecting giving, especially on sacred times, forfeits auspicious results."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":true,"vrata_name":"Amāvāsyā-vrata / Amāvāsyā-dāna","tithi_month":"Monthly (each amāvāsyā)","promised_fruit":"Sukha, increased puṇya; suitability for pitṛ-related merit (implied by amāvāsyā framing)."}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"ethics of capacity (yathā-śakti)","core_concept":"Merit is accessible through intention and capacity-based giving; sacred time structures ethical life.","practical_application":"Practice regular charity within one’s means; mark amāvāsyā monthly for dāna, restraint, and remembrance of pitṛs."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Ritual Calendar","Gift-Giving"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 116.32 (pitṛ satisfaction; feeding)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha points to the lunar sky, explaining the monthly amāvāsyā and praising dāna done by any means; Bhū-devī listens as the moon disappears into darkness.","item_prompts":["dark new-moon sky","calendar/palm-leaf almanac","gift bundle (cloth, grain, coins)","Varāha teaching gesture","Bhū-devī attentive posture"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: deep indigo background for amāvāsyā; Varāha with expressive hand-mudrā; symbolic lunar disc faint/absent; dāna items arranged neatly.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold ornamental frame with dark sky panel; Varāha haloed; embossed alms bowl and cloth-gift; subtle crescent motif fading to black.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: elegant astronomical cue (thin clouded sky); refined depiction of palm-leaf pañcāṅga and dāna items; calm didactic mood.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: night landscape with village silhouettes; emphasis on lunar absence; small scene of giving at a doorway; Varāha instructing Bhū-devī."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"measured, contemplative","suggested_raga":"Puriya","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"clear, explanatory"}
FAQs
It links ethical practice (dāna, giving) with calendrical observance, reflecting how Purāṇic literature integrates lunar time-reckoning into household and commemorative rites.
No geographic location is mentioned; the focus is calendrical (amāvāsyā).
To value giving as a source of well-being and to recognize the monthly new-moon day as a significant observance point.
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