Varaha Purana 70.44: Adhyaya 70, Shloka 44
Nārāyaṇa as the Sacrificial Principle, Analysis of the Three Guṇas, and the Account of Delusion-Doctrines
वेदमूर्तिरहं विप्र नान्यशास्त्रार्थवादिभिः । ज्ञायते मत्स्वरूपं तु मुक्त्वा वेदमनादिमत् । वेदवेद्योऽस्मि विप्रर्षे ब्राह्मणैश्च विशेषतः ॥ ७०.४४ ॥
vedamūrtir ahaṃ vipra nānyaśāstrārthavādibhiḥ | jñāyate matsvarūpaṃ tu muktvā vedam anādimat | vedavedyo 'smi viprarṣe brāhmaṇaiś ca viśeṣataḥ || 70.44 ||
„O Brāhmaṇa, ich bin als Veda verkörpert. Mein eigenes Wesen wird von denen, die nur die Bedeutungen anderer Lehrschriften auslegen und dabei den anfangslosen Veda beiseitelassen, nicht wahrhaft erkannt. O Bester der Weisen, ich bin durch den Veda zu erkennen — besonders durch die Brāhmaṇas.“
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It reflects a common Purāṇic strategy of grounding later theological discourse in Vedic authority, presenting the Veda as the primary means for knowing ultimate reality within the Sanskrit intellectual tradition.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily epistemological and theological rather than topographical.
The verse promotes disciplined reliance on foundational sources of knowledge (here, the Veda) and cautions against reducing understanding to secondary or merely rhetorical exposition of other treatises.
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