Varaha Purana 3.5: Adhyaya 3, Shloka 5
Nārada’s Account of a Former Birth and a Hymn to Nārāyaṇa
ततो ध्यातं मयैकान्ते किमनेन करोम्यहम् । द्वन्द्वेन सर्वमेतद्धि न्यस्त्वा पुत्रेषु याम्यहम् । तपसे धृतसङ्कल्पः सरः सारस्वतं द्रुतम् ॥ ३.५ ॥
tato dhyātaṃ mayaikānte kimanena karomy aham | dvandvena sarvam etaddhi nyastvā putreṣu yāmy aham | tapase dhṛtasaṅkalpaḥ saraḥ sārasvataṃ drutam || 3.5 ||
Dann, in der Einsamkeit nachsinnend, dachte ich: „Was soll ich mit all dem tun? Wahrlich, dies alles ist an die Paare der Gegensätze (Dvandva) gebunden. Ich werde es meinen Söhnen anvertrauen und fortgehen.“ Entschlossen zur Askese (tapas) begab er sich rasch zum Sārasvata-See.
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It preserves a Purāṇic narrative motif of withdrawal from household obligations—after delegating responsibilities to heirs—followed by movement toward a named tīrtha-like landscape (here, the Sārasvata lake), reflecting the text’s linkage of ethical life-stages with sacred geography.
The verse names “Sārasvata saraḥ” (Sārasvata lake), a toponym associated in Sanskrit literature with the Sarasvatī cultural-geographic sphere; precise modern identification varies across scholarly proposals due to the broad and shifting use of “Sārasvata/Sarasvatī” in sources.
The passage foregrounds detachment from dvandvas (pairs of opposites) and the ethical transition toward disciplined austerity (tapas) after responsibly transferring worldly duties—an articulation of renunciation framed as deliberate and accountable.
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