Varaha Purana — Chapter 116
VrP 116.1
अथ सुखदुःखनिरूपणम्।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। मया प्रोक्तविधानेन यस्तु कर्माणि कारयेत् ।। तच्छृणुष्व महाभागे यो साफल्यमाप्नुयात्
atha sukhaduḥkhanirūpaṇam|| śrīvarāha uvāca || mayā proktavidhānena yastu karmāṇi kārayet || tacchṛṇuṣva mahābhāge yo sāphalyamāpnuyāt
Now, the exposition of pleasure and pain. The glorious Boar said: Whoever performs the rites by the procedure I have declared — hear about that, greatly fortunate one, (hear) who attains success (in it).
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VrP 116.2
एकचित्तः समास्थाय अहङ्कारविवर्ज्जितः ।। मच्चित्तसंहतो नित्यं क्षान्तो दांतो जितेन्द्रियः
ekacittaḥ samāsthāya ahaṅkāravivarjjitaḥ || maccittasaṃhato nityaṃ kṣānto dāṃto jitendriyaḥ
Abiding with a single-pointed mind, free of egotism, his thought ever joined to me, patient, self-restrained, with senses subdued —
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VrP 116.3
फलमूलानि शाकानि द्वादश्यां वा कदाचन।। पयोव्रतं च तत्काले पुनरेव निरामिषः
phalamūlāni śākāni dvādaśyāṃ vā kadācana|| payovrataṃ ca tatkāle punareva nirāmiṣaḥ
(He should take) fruits, roots and vegetables, or occasionally (only) on the twelfth day; and at that time a vow of (living on) milk, and again free of flesh-food.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 116.4
षष्ठ्यष्टमी ह्यमावास्या तूभयत्र चतुर्दशी ।। मैथुनं नाभिसेवेत द्वाद्वश्यां च तथा प्रिये
ṣaṣṭhyaṣṭamī hyamāvāsyā tūbhayatra caturdaśī || maithunaṃ nābhiseveta dvādvaśyāṃ ca tathā priye
The sixth, the eighth, the new-moon day, the fourteenth in both (fortnights) — on these one should not indulge in sexual intercourse, and likewise on the twelfth, beloved.
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VrP 116.5
एवं योगविधानेन कर्म कुर्याद्दृढव्रतः ।। पूतात्मा धर्मसंयुक्तो विष्णुलोकं तु गच्छति
evaṃ yogavidhānena karma kuryāddṛḍhavrataḥ || pūtātmā dharmasaṃyukto viṣṇulokaṃ tu gacchati
Thus, firm in his vow, he should perform the rite according to the discipline of yoga; purified in self and joined with dharma, he goes to the world of Viṣṇu.
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VrP 116.6
न ग्लानिर्न जरा तस्य न मोहो रोग एव च ।। भुजाष्टादश जायन्ते धन्वी खड्गी शरी गदी
na glānirna jarā tasya na moho roga eva ca || bhujāṣṭādaśa jāyante dhanvī khaḍgī śarī gadī
For him there is no weariness, no old age, no delusion nor disease; eighteen arms come to be (for him), bearing bow, sword, arrow and mace.
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VrP 116.7
तेषां व्युष्टिं प्रवक्ष्यामि मम कर्मसमुत्थिताम् ।। षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि षष्टिवर्षशतानि च
teṣāṃ vyuṣṭiṃ pravakṣyāmi mama karmasamutthitām || ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭivarṣaśatāni ca
I shall declare the reward of those (deeds), arisen from rites done for me: for sixty thousand years and sixty hundred years,
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VrP 116.8
ममार्चनविधिं कृत्वा मम लोके महीयते ।। दुःखमेवं प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे
mamārcanavidhiṃ kṛtvā mama loke mahīyate || duḥkhamevaṃ pravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva vasundhare
having performed the rite of worshipping me, he is honoured in my world. Thus shall I declare the pain (side); hear that, Vasundharā.
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VrP 116.9
उचितेनोपचारेण दुःखमोक्षविनाशनम् ।। अहङ्कारावृतो नित्यं नरो मोहेन चावृतः
ucitenopacāreṇa duḥkhamokṣavināśanam || ahaṅkārāvṛto nityaṃ naro mohena cāvṛtaḥ
By the proper attendance (upon me comes) the destruction and release from pain. A man ever enveloped in egotism and enveloped in delusion,
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VrP 116.11
यो न मां प्रतिपद्येत ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ।। प्राप्तकाले वैश्वदेवे दृष्ट्वा चातिथिमागतम्
yo na māṃ pratipadyeta tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim || prāptakāle vaiśvadeve dṛṣṭvā cātithimāgatam
who would not turn to me — what is more painful than that? When the time for the Vaiśvadeva offering has come, and having seen a guest arrive,
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VrP 116.12
अदत्त्वा तस्य यो भुंक्ते ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ।। सर्वान्नानि तु सिद्धानि पाकभेदं करोति यः
adattvā tasya yo bhuṃkte tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim || sarvānnāni tu siddhāni pākabhedaṃ karoti yaḥ
he who eats without giving to him — what is more painful than that? When all the foods are ready, he who makes a distinction in the cooking (for himself and others) —
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VrP 116.13
तस्य देवा न चाश्नन्ति ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ।। असन्तुष्टस्तु वैषम्ये परदाराभिमर्शकः
tasya devā na cāśnanti tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim || asantuṣṭastu vaiṣamye paradārābhimarśakaḥ
the gods do not eat his (offering): what is more painful than that? Unsatisfied amid inequity, one who touches another's wife,
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VrP 116.14
परोपतापी मन्दात्मा ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ।। अकृत्वा पुष्कलं कर्म गृहे संवसते नरः
paropatāpī mandātmā tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim || akṛtvā puṣkalaṃ karma gṛhe saṃvasate naraḥ
tormenting others, dull-witted — what is more painful than that? Without having done ample (meritorious) work, a man dwells in his house,
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VrP 116.15
मृत्युकालवशं प्राप्तस्ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ।। हस्त्यश्वरथयानानि गम्यमानानि पश्यति
mṛtyukālavaśaṃ prāptastato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim || hastyaśvarathayānāni gamyamānāni paśyati
and comes under the power of death's hour: what is more painful than that? He sees elephants, horses, chariots and carriages going along,
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VrP 116.16
धावन्त्यस्याग्रतः पृष्ठे ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ।। अश्नन्ति पिशितं केचित्केचिच्छालिसमन्वितम्
dhāvantyasyāgrataḥ pṛṣṭhe tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim || aśnanti piśitaṃ kecitkecicchālisamanvitam
they run before him and behind: what is more painful than that? Some eat meat, some (eat food) together with fine rice,
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VrP 116.17
शुष्कान्नं केचिदश्नन्ति ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ।। वरवस्त्रावृतां शय्यां समासेवति भूषिताम्
śuṣkānnaṃ kecidaśnanti tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim || varavastrāvṛtāṃ śayyāṃ samāsevati bhūṣitām
some eat dry food: what is more painful than that? (One) enjoys a bed covered with excellent cloth and adorned,
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VrP 116.18
केचित्तृणेषु शेरन्ते ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ।। सुरूपो दृश्यते कश्चित्पुरुषश्चात्मकर्मभिः
kecittṛṇeṣu śerante tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim || surūpo dṛśyate kaścitpuruṣaścātmakarmabhiḥ
some lie on straw: what is more painful than that? Some man is seen to be handsome through his own deeds,
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VrP 116.19
केचिद्विरूपा दृश्यन्ते ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ।। विद्वान् कृती गुणज्ञश्च सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः
kecidvirūpā dṛśyante tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim || vidvān kṛtī guṇajñaśca sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ
some are seen deformed: what is more painful than that? A learned man, capable, knowing merits, skilled in all the treatises,
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VrP 116.21
दरिद्रो जायते दाता ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ।। द्विभार्यः पुरुषो यस्तु तयोरेकां प्रशंसति
daridro jāyate dātā tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim || dvibhāryaḥ puruṣo yastu tayorekāṃ praśaṃsati
a giver, is born poor: what is more painful than that? A man who has two wives praises one of the two,
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VrP 116.22
एका तु दुर्भगा तत्र ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ।। ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियो वैश्यस्त्रयो वर्णाः सुमध्यमे
ekā tu durbhagā tatra tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim || brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vaiśyastrayo varṇāḥ sumadhyame
but one there is ill-favoured: what is more painful than that? Brahmin, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya — the three classes, fair-waisted one,
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VrP 116.23
पापकर्मरता ह्यासन्ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ।। लब्ध्वा तु मानुषीं संज्ञां पंचभूत समन्विताम्
pāpakarmaratā hyāsantato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim || labdhvā tu mānuṣīṃ saṃjñāṃ paṃcabhūta samanvitām
they were devoted to evil deeds — what is more painful than that? But having obtained human consciousness, joined with the five elements,
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VrP 116.24
मामेव न प्रपद्यन्ते ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ।। एतत्ते कथितं भद्रे दुःखकर्मविनिश्चयम्
māmeva na prapadyante tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim || etatte kathitaṃ bhadre duḥkhakarmaviniścayam
(yet) they do not turn to me — what is more painful than that? This has been told to you, good lady: the determination of painful deeds,
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VrP 116.25
सर्वभूताहितं पापं यत्त्वया परिपृच्छितम् ।। यच्च मां पृच्छते भद्रे शुभं कीदृशमुच्यते
sarvabhūtāhitaṃ pāpaṃ yattvayā paripṛcchitam || yacca māṃ pṛcchate bhadre śubhaṃ kīdṛśamucyate
the sin that is harmful to all beings, which was asked about by you; and as to what you ask me, good lady — of what kind the auspicious is said to be,
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VrP 116.26
तच्छृणुष्वानवद्याङ्गि मम कर्मविनिश्चयम् ।। कृत्वा तु विपुलं कर्म मद्भक्तेषु निवेदयेत्
tacchṛṇuṣvānavadyāṅgi mama karmaviniścayam || kṛtvā tu vipulaṃ karma madbhakteṣu nivedayet
hear that, O faultless-limbed one, my determination of deeds: having performed an abundant work, one should present it to my devotees.
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VrP 116.27
यस्य बुद्धिर्विजायेत स दुःखायोपजायते ।। मां पूजयित्वा नैवेद्यं विशिष्टं परिकल्प्य च
yasya buddhirvijāyeta sa duḥkhāyopajāyate || māṃ pūjayitvā naivedyaṃ viśiṣṭaṃ parikalpya ca
He in whom such a thought arises is born for sorrow. Having worshipped me and having prepared a choice food-offering,
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VrP 116.28
शेषमन्नं समश्नाति ततः सौख्यतरं नु किम् ।। त्रिकालं ये प्रपद्यन्ते मयोक्तेन वसुन्धरे
śeṣamannaṃ samaśnāti tataḥ saukhyataraṃ nu kim || trikālaṃ ye prapadyante mayoktena vasundhare
he eats the remaining food — what is happier than that? Those who approach (me) at the three times, in the manner declared by me, O Earth,
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VrP 116.29
कृत्वा सायाह्निकं कर्म ततः सौख्यतरं नु किम् ।। देवतातिथिमर्त्त्यानां त्यक्त्वा चान्नं वसुन्धरे
kṛtvā sāyāhnikaṃ karma tataḥ saukhyataraṃ nu kim || devatātithimarttyānāṃ tyaktvā cānnaṃ vasundhare
having performed the evening rite — what is happier than that? And having set aside food for the gods, for guests and for men, O Earth,
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VrP 116.31
येन केनचिद्दत्तेन ततः सौख्यतरं नु किम् ।। मासि मास्येकदिवसस्त्वमावास्येति योच्यते
yena kenaciddattena tataḥ saukhyataraṃ nu kim || māsi māsyekadivasastvamāvāsyeti yocyate
by giving with whatever there may be — what is happier than that? The one day in each month which is called the new moon —
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VrP 116.32
पितरो यस्य तृप्यन्ति ततः सौख्यतरं नु किम् ।। भोजनेषु प्रपन्नेषु यवान्नं यः प्रयच्छति
pitaro yasya tṛpyanti tataḥ saukhyataraṃ nu kim || bhojaneṣu prapanneṣu yavānnaṃ yaḥ prayacchati
he whose fathers are satisfied (on it) — what is happier than that? He who offers barley-food to those who have come for a meal
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VrP 116.33
अभिन्नमुखरागेण ततः सौख्यतरं नु किम् ।। उभयोरपि भार्यासु यस्य बुद्धिर्न नश्यति
abhinnamukharāgeṇa tataḥ saukhyataraṃ nu kim || ubhayorapi bhāryāsu yasya buddhirna naśyati
with an unaltered look on his face — what is happier than that? He whose judgement is not destroyed with regard to the wives of both,
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VrP 116.34
समं पश्यति यो देवि ततः सौख्यतरं नु किम् ।। अहिंसनं तु कुर्वीत विशुद्धेनान्तरात्मना
samaṃ paśyati yo devi tataḥ saukhyataraṃ nu kim || ahiṃsanaṃ tu kurvīta viśuddhenāntarātmanā
who looks on (them) as the same, O goddess — what is happier than that? One should practise non-injury with a wholly purified inner self.
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VrP 116.35
अहिंसोपरतः शुद्धः स सुखायोपजायते ।। परभार्यां सुरूपां तु दृष्ट्वा दृष्टिर्न चाल्यते
ahiṃsoparataḥ śuddhaḥ sa sukhāyopajāyate || parabhāryāṃ surūpāṃ tu dṛṣṭvā dṛṣṭirna cālyate
He who has desisted from injury, being pure, is born for happiness. When he has seen another's beautiful wife his gaze is not turned (to her);
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VrP 116.36
यस्य चित्तं न गच्छेत्तु ततः सौख्यतरं नु किम् ।। मौक्तिकादीनि रत्नानि तथैव कनकानि च
yasya cittaṃ na gacchettu tataḥ saukhyataraṃ nu kim || mauktikādīni ratnāni tathaiva kanakāni ca
he whose mind does not go (after her) — what is happier than that? Pearls and other jewels, and likewise gold —
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VrP 116.37
लोष्टवत्पश्यते यस्तु ततः सौख्यतरं नु किम् ।। मुदिते वाश्वनागेन्द्रे उभे सैन्ये पथि स्थिते
loṣṭavatpaśyate yastu tataḥ saukhyataraṃ nu kim || mudite vāśvanāgendre ubhe sainye pathi sthite
he who looks upon (them) as a lump of clay — what is happier than that? When the lordly horses and elephants are in rut and the two armies stand upon the road,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 116.38
यस्तु प्राणान्प्रमुच्येत ततः सौख्यतरं नु किम्।। लब्धेन चाप्यलब्धेन कुत्सितं कर्म गर्हयन्
yastu prāṇānpramucyeta tataḥ saukhyataraṃ nu kim|| labdhena cāpyalabdhena kutsitaṃ karma garhayan
he who then gives up his life — what is happier than that? Whether he has gained or not gained, censuring despicable work,
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VrP 116.39
यस्तु जीवति संतुष्टः स सुखायोपपद्यते ।। भर्तुस्तु वै व्रतं स्त्रीणामेवमेव वसुन्धरे
yastu jīvati saṃtuṣṭaḥ sa sukhāyopapadyate || bhartustu vai vrataṃ strīṇāmevameva vasundhare
he who lives content attains happiness. And the vow of women toward the husband is just the same, O Earth.
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VrP 116.41
निगृहीतेन्द्रियः पंच ततः सौख्यतरं नु किम् ।। सहते चावमानं तु व्यसने न तु दुर्मनाः
nigṛhītendriyaḥ paṃca tataḥ saukhyataraṃ nu kim || sahate cāvamānaṃ tu vyasane na tu durmanāḥ
His five senses restrained — what is happier than that? He bears insult and is not disheartened in misfortune;
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VrP 116.42
यस्येदं विदितं सर्वं ततः सौख्यतरं नु किम् ।। अकामो वा सकामो वा मम क्षेत्रे वसुंधरे
yasyedaṃ viditaṃ sarvaṃ tataḥ saukhyataraṃ nu kim || akāmo vā sakāmo vā mama kṣetre vasuṃdhare
he to whom all this is known — what is happier than that? Whether unwilling or willing, in my field, O Earth,
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VrP 116.43
यस्तु प्राणान्प्रमुच्येत ततः सौख्यतरं नु किम् ।। मातरं पितरं चैव यः सदा पूजयेन्नरः
yastu prāṇānpramucyeta tataḥ saukhyataraṃ nu kim || mātaraṃ pitaraṃ caiva yaḥ sadā pūjayennaraḥ
he who gives up his life (there) — what is happier than that? The man who always honours his mother and his father,
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VrP 116.44
देवतेव सदा पश्येत्ततः सौख्यतरं नु किम् ।। ऋतुकाले तु यो गच्छेन्मासेमासे च मैथुनम्
devateva sadā paśyettataḥ saukhyataraṃ nu kim || ṛtukāle tu yo gacchenmāsemāse ca maithunam
who always regards (them) as a deity — what is happier than that? He who goes for intercourse at the fertile season, month by month,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 116.45
अनन्यमानसो भूत्वा ततः सौख्यतरं नु किम्।। प्रयुक्तः सर्वदेवानां यो मामेवं प्रपूजयेत्
ananyamānaso bhūtvā tataḥ saukhyataraṃ nu kim|| prayuktaḥ sarvadevānāṃ yo māmevaṃ prapūjayet
— having become single-minded (toward none other): what is more blissful than that? Whoever, being enjoined to all the gods, worships me in this way —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 116.46
तस्याहं न प्रणश्यामि स च मे न प्रणश्यति ।। एतत्ते कथितं भद्रे शुभनिर्देशनिश्चयः ।। सर्वलोकहितार्थाय यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि
tasyāhaṃ na praṇaśyāmi sa ca me na praṇaśyati || etatte kathitaṃ bhadre śubhanirdeśaniścayaḥ || sarvalokahitārthāya yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi
— I do not perish for him, and he does not perish for me. This has been told to you, good lady: the settled declaration of what is auspicious, for the welfare of all the world, since you ask me (about it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 116.116
यो मां नैव प्रपद्येत ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ।। सर्वाशी सर्वविक्रेता नमस्कारविवर्जितः केचिन्मूकाश्च दृश्यन्ते ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ।। विद्यमाने धने केचित्कृपणा भोगवर्जिताः यश्चात्मा वै समश्नाति ततः सौख्यतरं नु किम् ।। प्रविष्टस्त्वतिथिर्यस्य निराशो यन्न गच्छति या तोषयति भर्त्तारं ततः सौख्यतरं नु किम् ।। विद्यते विभवेनापि पुरुषो यस्तु पण्डितः
yo māṃ naiva prapadyeta tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim || sarvāśī sarvavikretā namaskāravivarjitaḥ kecinmūkāśca dṛśyante tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim || vidyamāne dhane kecitkṛpaṇā bhogavarjitāḥ yaścātmā vai samaśnāti tataḥ saukhyataraṃ nu kim || praviṣṭastvatithiryasya nirāśo yanna gacchati yā toṣayati bharttāraṃ tataḥ saukhyataraṃ nu kim || vidyate vibhavenāpi puruṣo yastu paṇḍitaḥ
Whoever does not take refuge in me — what is more sorrowful than that? An eater of everything, a seller of everything, devoid of (offering) salutation; and some are seen to be mute — what is more sorrowful than that? Though wealth exists, some are misers, deprived of enjoyment; but he who himself eats (his wealth) — what is more blissful than that? He into whose (house) a guest has entered and does not go away disappointed; she who pleases her husband — what is more blissful than that? A man who is wise exists even with (great) wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain