Varaha Purana 5.7: Adhyaya 5, Shloka 7
Reconciliation of Action and Knowledge: Offering All Acts to Nārāyaṇa and the Hymn to the Yajña-Puruṣa
पथि चैत्ररथं दृष्ट्वा विद्याधरवरं नृप । अपृच्छच्च वसुः प्रीत्या ब्रह्मणोऽवसरं प्रभो ॥ ५.७ ॥
pathi caitrarathaṃ dṛṣṭvā vidyādharavaraṃ nṛpa | apṛcchac ca vasuḥ prītyā brahmaṇo 'vasaraṃ prabho || 5.7 ||
હે નૃપ, માર્ગમાં શ્રેષ્ઠ વિદ્યાધર ચૈત્રરથને જોઈ વસુએ પ્રેમપૂર્વક, હે પ્રભુ, બ્રહ્માજીના દર્શન-અવસર વિષે પૂછ્યું.
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It illustrates a common Purāṇic narrative technique: framing doctrinal or cosmological material through itinerant encounters and courteous questioning, preserving social idioms of address (nṛpa, prabho) and inquiry (apṛcchat).
No explicit geographic site is named in this verse; the setting is described generically as 'on the road' (pathi).
The verse foregrounds respectful inquiry and cordial dialogue—an interpersonal ethic of seeking knowledge through polite questioning rather than assertion.
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