Varaha Purana 5.29: Adhyaya 5, Shloka 29
Reconciliation of Action and Knowledge: Offering All Acts to Nārāyaṇa and the Hymn to the Yajña-Puruṣa
एवमुक्त्वा हुताशे तु तोयपूर्णं घटं द्रुतम् । चिक्षेप सहसा वह्निः प्रशशामाशु पूर्ववत् ॥ ५.२९ ॥
evam uktvā hutāśe tu toyapūrṇaṁ ghaṭaṁ drutam | cikṣepa sahasā vahniḥ praśaśāmāśu pūrvavat || 5.29 ||
So sprechend warf er rasch einen wassergefüllten Krug ins Feuer; die Flamme erlosch plötzlich und beruhigte sich schnell wie zuvor.
Varāha (default speaker framework; explicit speaker not stated in this verse fragment)
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It illustrates a common Purāṇic narrative technique: concise action-driven description using elemental motifs (fire and water), reflecting the text’s wider didactic style rather than a datable historical event.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it focuses on an immediate narrative action involving fire and a water-filled vessel.
The verse primarily conveys a pragmatic principle through imagery—restraint and resolution of destructive force (fire) via an appropriate countermeasure (water)—rather than an explicit moral injunction.
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