Varaha Purana 138.30 — Adhyaya 138, Shloka 30
The Episode of the Khañjarīṭa Bird
and the Saukarava Tīrtha’s Merit
गोप्रदाने न मे कार्यं मित्रं वापि न चिन्तितम् ॥ कन्यालाभे न चेच्छास्ति न च यज्ञफले तथा ॥
go-pradāne na me kāryaṁ mitraṁ vāpi na cintitam || kanyā-lābhe na cecchāsti na ca yajña-phale tathā ||
مجھے گؤدان کی کوئی حاجت نہیں، نہ میں نے ایسے دوستوں کی طلب کی ہے۔ نہ مجھے کنیا کے حصول کی خواہش ہے، اور نہ ہی اسی طرح یَجْن کے پھل کی۔
Son (the boy; responding to parents)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"observer","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"What is truly worth seeking if one rejects common dharmic rewards—wealth, alliances, marriage, and sacrificial fruits?"}
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":"The verse critiques reward-seeking: even esteemed acts (go-dāna, yajña) are refused when pursued as personal gain rather than as duty or devotion.","karmic_consequence":"Performing gifts/rituals for fruit binds one to saṃsāra; relinquishing kāmya-aims supports inner purity and higher pursuit."}
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"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"niṣkāma-karma / vairāgya","core_concept":"Even meritorious social-religious goals (dāna, yajña, marriage alliances) are secondary to the quest for the highest good when desire is extinguished.","practical_application":"Audit motivations: keep dharmic acts free from bargaining; prioritize practices that reduce craving and strengthen sattva."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Renunciation","Critique of reward-seeking"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: vairāgya
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 138.33–34 (further rejection of vocations; turn to Nārāyaṇa-kṣetra/Saukarava)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"The boy speaks with calm firmness before his parents, hands in añjali or open-palmed refusal, rejecting cows, marriage, and sacrificial rewards symbolized nearby.","item_prompts":["boy speaking with serene face","parents listening","symbolic cow-gift (cow with garland)","small yajña-kuṇḍa or ladle as symbol","bridal garland/jewelry set aside"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Iconic symbols (cow, yajña implements) arranged around the speaking boy; strong outlines, restrained palette, devotional calm.","tanjore_prompt":"Gold-leaf highlights on ritual items; boy centered with luminous aura of detachment; ornate but uncluttered.","mysore_prompt":"Naturalistic props (cow, ladle, garlands) with soft lighting; emphasis on facial serenity.","pahari_prompt":"Minimalist symbolic objects, lyrical composition; gentle landscape or veranda backdrop."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"firm renunciation, contemplative","suggested_raga":"Tōḍī","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"steady, detached, unheated"}
FAQs
It represents a recurring Purāṇic motif: a younger figure articulating restraint from common social incentives (wealth, marriage, ritual rewards), useful for studying value-discourse in Sanskrit literature.
No geographic location is named in this verse.
Non-attachment to material and ritual rewards; prioritizing intention over socially prestigious outcomes.
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