Varaha Purana 127.52: Adhyaya 127, Shloka 52
Description of the Brāhmaṇa Initiation Procedure
Dīkṣā-sūtra
Uttara Bhāga · Dīkṣā-vidhi: offering counts and mantra recitation
सप्तवारांस्ततो दत्त्वा विंशतिं च तिलोदनम् ॥ जानुभ्यामवनीं गत्वा इमं मन्त्रमुदाहरेत् ॥
saptavārāṃs tato dattvā viṃśatiṃ ca tilodanam || jānubhyām avanīṃ gatvā imaṃ mantram udāharet ||
saptavArAMstato dattvA viMshatiM cha tilodanam || jAnubhyAmavaniM gatvA imaM mantramudAharet
फिर सात बार आहुति दो। उसके बाद तिल और चावल से बीस बार आहुति दो। दोनों घुटनों के बल ज़मीन पर जाओ। फिर यह मंत्र बोलो।
Sandhi Notes
- saptavārāṃs → sapta-vārān
- tilodanam → tila-odanam
- mantromudāharet → mantram udāharet
Varāha
Truth and consecration require embodied humility; disciplined repetition trains attention and sincerity.
Keep a precise count; after offerings, physically lower oneself (both knees) to dissolve pride; speak the mantra only when mind is settled.
Kneeling to the earth before truth-mantra links ritual to Bhū as the support of dharma; counted offerings mirror cosmic order (ṛta) maintained through measured action.
Avanī-sparśa (touching earth) as grounding the yajña; tila-odana as purificatory oblation; number-discipline as ‘meter’ (chandas-like regularity) of the rite.
Discipline (niyama) and humility (ahaṅkāra-kṣaya) prepare the mind for satya and surrender; outer order supports inner steadiness.
Perform the offerings in prescribed counts (seven times; additionally twenty sesame-rice offerings), then kneel with both knees touching the ground and recite the next mantra.
Correct saṅkhyā (count) and humble posture complete the saṃskāra properly; deviation is treated as procedural deficiency reducing the rite’s fruit.
Varāha Purāṇa 127.58 (witness-invoking satya-mantra); Varāha Purāṇa 127.59 (cosmic dependence on truth)
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It preserves quantitative ritual prescriptions (seven and twenty), valuable for comparing regional and textual variants of offering counts across Purāṇic and Smārta traditions.
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The verse emphasizes careful, countable discipline in practice—an ethic of attention and measured action.
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