Varaha Purana 37.29: Adhyaya 37, Shloka 29
The Threefold Discipline (Mental, Physical, Verbal) and the Salvific Power of Hearing Nārāyaṇa’s Name
षष्ठान्नकालिकस्याग्रे यस्ते स्थास्यति कश्चन । स भक्ष्यस्ते तु भविता कञ्चित्कालं नराधम ॥ ३७.२९ ॥
ṣaṣṭhānna-kālikasyāgre yas te sthāsyati kaścana | sa bhakṣyas te tu bhavitā kañcit-kālaṃ narādhama || 37.29 ||
چھٹے کھانے کے وقت جو کوئی تیرے سامنے کھڑا ہوگا، وہ نرادھم کچھ مدت تک تیرا لقمہ بنے گا۔
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic didactic style in which moral transgressions are framed through vivid consequence-imagery, functioning as social-ethical instruction within the broader Sanskrit narrative tradition.
No geographic place-name appears in this verse; it is framed as a behavioral warning rather than a tīrtha or sacred-geography reference.
The verse conveys a cautionary ethical message: certain forms of improper conduct are portrayed as leading to severe consequences, expressed here through the metaphor of becoming 'food' (bhakṣya) for a devouring agent.
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