Varaha Purana 41.27: Adhyaya 41, Shloka 27
Rite of the Varāha Dvādaśī Vow and an Exemplary Narrative on Expiation for Brahmin-Slaying
तथा वर्षे व्यतिक्रान्ते वीरधन्वा महीपतिः । तत्राजगाम यस्मिंस्ते चरन्ति मृगरूपिणः ॥ ४१.२७ ॥
tathā varṣe vyatikrānte vīradhanvā mahīpatiḥ | tatrājagāma yasmiṁs te caranti mṛgarūpiṇaḥ || 41.27 ||
پھر جب ایک سال گزر گیا تو بادشاہ ویرَدھنوا اُس جگہ آیا جہاں وہ ہستیاں ہرن کی صورت اختیار کرکے گھوم رہی تھیں۔
Varāha (default narrative voice per dialogue framework)
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Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
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Subject Matter: ["Narrative Chronology","Kingship","Mythic Zoology (Shape-shifting)","Sacred/Notable Geography (unspecified location)"]
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vira
Type: forest/wilderness locale (implicit)
Related Themes: 41.41.28-31 (misrecognition → killing → fear → prāyaścitta)
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FAQs
It illustrates a common Purāṇic narrative technique: marking time (a year elapsing) to transition into a new episode involving royal movement and a consequential encounter.
The verse refers to an unspecified ‘there’ (tatra) and ‘where’ (yasmin) without naming a site; identification depends on surrounding verses in Adhyāya 41.
No explicit ethical injunction is stated here; the verse primarily functions as narrative linkage, introducing a king’s arrival at a place associated with deer-formed beings.
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