Varaha Purana 69.40: Adhyaya 69, Shloka 40
Agastya’s Vision of Varuṇa as Nārāyaṇa in Ilāvṛta
यावत्पश्याम्यहं राजन् तं ऋषिं तच्च वै पुरम् । तावन्मेरुगिरेर्मूर्ध्निं पश्याम्यात्मानमात्मना ॥ ६९.४० ॥
yāvat paśyāmy ahaṃ rājan taṃ ṛṣiṃ tac ca vai puram | tāvan merugirer mūrdhniṃ paśyāmy ātmānam ātmanā || 69.40 ||
O König, solange ich jenen Rishi und jene Stadt erblicke, so lange erblicke ich auch mich selbst—durch mein inneres Selbst—auf dem Gipfel des Berges Meru.
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It illustrates a Purāṇic narrative technique in which sacred geography (a city and a sage) is linked to cosmography (Meru), reflecting how place and visionary experience are intertwined in the textual tradition.
Mount Meru is named; in Purāṇic cosmography it functions as a central cosmic mountain rather than a single securely identified modern terrestrial peak.
The verse primarily conveys a philosophical instruction about disciplined perception and inner awareness (seeing oneself 'by oneself') rather than an explicit moral injunction.
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