Varaha Purana 195.10 — Adhyaya 195, Shloka 10
Description of Sinners Abiding in Yama’s Realm
Catalog of Transgressions and the Logic of Retribution
भूम्यामनृतवादी च वेदजीवी च यो द्विजः ॥ नक्षत्री च निमित्ती च चाण्डालाध्यापकस्तथा ॥ सर्वमैथुनकर्ता च अगम्यागमने रतः ॥ मायिका रतिकाश्चैव तुलाधाराश्च ये नराः ॥ सर्वपापसुसङ्गाश्च चिन्तका येऽतिवैरिणः ॥ स्वाम्यर्थे न हता ये च ये च युद्धपराङ्मुखाः ॥
bhūmyāmanṛtavādī ca vedajīvī ca yo dvijaḥ | nakṣatrī ca nimittī ca cāṇḍālādhyāpakas tathā | sarvamaithunakartā ca agamyāgamane rataḥ | māyikā ratikāś caiva tulādhārāś ca ye narāḥ | sarvapāpasusaṅgāś ca cintakā ye 'tivairiṇaḥ | svāmyarthe na hatā ye ca ye ca yuddhaparāṅmukhāḥ ||
Kẻ nói dối trong việc đất đai, và người dvija lấy Veda làm kế sinh nhai; kẻ xem sao (nakṣatra) và kẻ luận điềm (nimitta), cùng kẻ dạy dỗ cho Caṇḍāla; kẻ giao hợp bừa bãi với mọi người, và kẻ say mê việc giao cấu với người bị cấm; những kẻ dùng mưu thuật để lừa dối, kẻ phóng đãng, và người gian lận cân đong; những kẻ thân cận với mọi tội lỗi, và kẻ mưu tính thù địch cực độ; những kẻ không hy sinh mạng sống vì chủ, và những kẻ quay lưng trước chiến trận—đều được liệt kê.
Varāha (default, dialogue framework)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"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":"rajaniti","instruction_summary":"Uphold truth in land matters, avoid exploitative ‘Veda-trade’, reject deceptive professions and fraud (false weights), avoid forbidden sex, do not consort with sin, and fulfill duty to master and in battle.","karmic_consequence":"Fraud, sexual transgression, and treachery corrode dharma and lead to loss of status and severe karmic downfall; cowardice/dereliction in rightful duty brings dishonor and painful results here and hereafter."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":true,"vrata_name":"General vrata-observance (vrata-bhaṅga implied by ‘all-sin association’ and libertinism)","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"Self-restraint and truthful livelihood preserve dharma and yield puṇya; transgression yields pratyavāya (negative accrual) and social-spiritual ruin."}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"dharma as social truth-order","core_concept":"Dharma is sustained by satya, śīla, and niyama across domains—property, livelihood, sexuality, commerce, loyalty, and courage.","practical_application":"Be truthful in land testimony, earn without exploiting sacred knowledge, avoid deceitful trades and false weights, practice sexual restraint, keep good company, and perform rightful duties with courage."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Social conduct","Economic integrity"]
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 195 (extended catalogue of adharmic types)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A panoramic ‘moral city’ scene: land dispute with false testimony, a Veda-reciter taking payment, astrologer/omen-reader, a teacher instructing outcaste pupils (as framed by the text), libertines and illicit couples, a trickster with false scales, hostile schemers, and soldiers turning away from battle.","item_prompts":["land boundary map/scroll and disputants","brahmin with palm-leaf Veda and coins","astrolabe/horoscope chart","omen tokens (birds/marks)","illicit couple in shadowed corner","merchant’s balance with tampered weights","soldier dropping shield and retreating"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: multi-panel frieze with each condemned type in a compartment; Varāha as instructor at top center; bold outlines and symbolic props (scales, horoscope, boundary stones).","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: central Varāha with gold halo; surrounding circular medallions for each offense (false land speech, false scales, illicit sex, cowardice); heavy ornamentation and gold accents on props.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: courtly urban setting; detailed costumes; emphasis on facial expression (deceit, fear, hostility); balanced composition with Varāha’s didactic presence.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: narrative strip with delicate line; hillside fort in background for battle-cowardice vignette; soft colors; expressive gestures for deceit and retreat."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"prosecutorial, expansive catalogue","suggested_raga":"Kalyani","pace":"medium-fast (list-style)","voice_tone":"clear, rhythmic enumeration with strong caesurae at each clause"}
FAQs
It compiles a broad moral inventory spanning land disputes, professional ethics, sexual norms, commercial honesty (weights/measures), and loyalty in warfare—useful for studying social ideals and anxieties reflected in Purāṇic discourse.
No explicit location is named; the reference to bhūmi (land) is thematic rather than geographic.
It condemns falsehood, deceit, sexual misconduct, dishonest trade practices, harmful associations, and dereliction of duty—framing them as socially corrosive behaviors.
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