Varaha Purana 73.25: Adhyaya 73, Shloka 25
Rudra’s Hymn: Vision of Nārāyaṇa, the Emergence of the Ādityas, and the Mutual Boon of Hari and Hara
निर्वाक्यो निर्मनो विगतेन्द्रियोऽसि कर्माभवान्नो विगतैककर्मा । संसारवांस्त्वं हि न तादृशोऽसि पुनः कथं देववरासि वेद्यः ॥ ७३.२५ ॥
nirvākyo nirmano vigatendriyo ’si karmābhavānno vigataikakarmā | saṃsāravāṃs tvaṃ hi na tādṛśo ’si punaḥ kathaṃ devavarāsi vedyaḥ || 73.25 ||
أنت بلا قول، وبلا ذهن، ومتجاوز للحواس؛ متحرّر من حال الفعل، ولا يحدّك فعل واحد مُعرَّف. ومع ذلك يُقال إنك في السمسارا—والحق أنك لست من هذا القبيل؛ فكيف إذن، يا أسمى الآلهة، يمكن أن تُعرَف؟
Pṛthivī (defaulted: inquirer addressing Varāha as instructor)
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic philosophical style: framing the deity through apophatic descriptors (negations such as ‘without mind’ and ‘beyond senses’) while simultaneously questioning how such a principle can be an object of knowledge, reflecting broader South Asian debates on divine transcendence and epistemology.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily metaphysical and dialogical rather than topographical.
The verse does not issue a direct moral injunction; its philosophical instruction is to recognize the limits of ordinary categories—speech, mind, sense-perception, and action—when attempting to understand the highest principle, encouraging disciplined inquiry rather than simplistic definition.
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