Varaha Purana 188.57 — Adhyaya 188, Shloka 57
Section on the Origin and Procedure of Piṇḍa-Rites and Śrāddha: Rules of Mourning Impurity
Aśauca
निवारयति यो दत्तं गुरुघात्याफलं लभेत् ॥ न देवा प्रतिगृह्णन्ति नाग्नयः पितरस्तथा ॥
nivārayati yo dattaṁ gurughātyāphalaṁ labhet || na devā pratigṛhṇanti nāgnayaḥ pitaras tathā ||
جو دیے جانے والے عطیے کو روکے، وہ استاد کشی (گروہتیا) کے برابر انجام پاتا ہے؛ نہ دیوتا اسے قبول کرتے ہیں، نہ مقدس آگیں، اور نہ ہی پِتر (اجداد)۔
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor","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":true,"topic":"prayaschitta","instruction_summary":"Do not obstruct a gift already being given (especially to a brāhmaṇa); such obstruction yields guru-hatyā-like sin, and the offering is not accepted by devas, agni, or pitṛs.","karmic_consequence":"Obstruction brings severe pāpa comparable to killing a teacher and causes ritual non-acceptance—nullifying intended merit and harming the departed’s satisfaction."}
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":"apacāra-doṣa (offense that cancels sacred efficacy)","core_concept":"Ritual and ethics are inseparable: an unethical interruption can invalidate sacred transactions and sever divine/ancestral participation.","practical_application":"Ensure gifts/offerings proceed without hindrance; if one has obstructed, seek reconciliation and appropriate expiation per dharma traditions."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Ritual Practice","Historical Dharma-śāstra"]
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: bhayānaka
Type: dāna-śālā / rite space
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 188.64 (non-obstruction); Varāha Purāṇa 188.66 (dharma undermined; preta not satisfied)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A tense moment: someone attempts to block a donation to a brāhmaṇa; the atmosphere shows cosmic disapproval—agni dimming, devas/pitṛs symbolically turning away.","item_prompts":["donor mid-offer","obstructor’s restraining hand","brāhmaṇa recipient","small ritual fire with subdued flame","shadowy pitṛ silhouettes or ancestral symbols","gesture of refusal from divine figures (symbolic)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: dramatic but controlled—strong gestures, stylized agni, symbolic devas/pitṛs in the upper register indicating non-acceptance.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style: high-contrast moral tableau, gold-leaf on agni and offering vessel, obstructor rendered with darker tones to signal adharma.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style: expressive faces and refined narrative clarity; subtle depiction of ‘non-acceptance’ via turned-away divine motifs.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari style: narrative drama in a small courtly setting; symbolic pitṛs in pale washes; emphasis on the obstructing gesture and moral tension."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"warning, grave","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi (serious, weighty)","pace":"slow with emphatic caesurae","voice_tone":"stern, resonant, cautionary"}
FAQs
It illustrates how texts enforce ritual-social norms through stated consequences and the idea of non-acceptance by key ritual agents (devas, agni, pitṛs).
No geographic location is identified in this verse.
Do not interfere with legitimate gifting; the text frames obstruction as a severe ethical violation within its normative system.
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