Varaha Purana 136.28: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 28
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
Pūrva Bhāga · Śaiva–Vaiṣṇava Dialogue (Yoga, Māyā, Restoration of Awareness)
लब्धो योगश्च साङ्ख्यं च जातोऽस्मि विगतज्वरः ॥ त्वत्प्रसादेन जातोऽस्मि पूर्णाम्बुरिव सागरः
labdho yogaś ca sāṅkhyaṃ ca jāto'smi vigatajvaraḥ || tvatprasādena jāto'smi pūrṇāmbur iva sāgaraḥ
labdho yogashcha sA~NkhyaM cha jAto.asmi vigatajvaraH || tvatprasAdena jAto.asmi pUrNAmburiva sAgaraH
मुझे योग और ज्ञान वापस मिल गया। मैं परेशानी से आज़ाद हो गया। तुम्हारे कारण मैं वापस ठीक हो गया। जैसे समुंदर पानी से भरता है, वैसे मैं भी भर गया।
Maheśvara (Śiva) (inferred continuation of speech)
Spiritual ‘fever’ (jvara) is cured when discernment (sāṅkhya) and disciplined absorption (yoga) are restored, often through anugraha.
Balance analysis of mind/world (tattva-viveka) with steady practice (abhyāsa); treat agitation as a symptom to be cooled by discipline, devotion, and right understanding.
Restoration of yoga and sāṅkhya in a great deity signals cosmic re-alignment: right knowledge (sāṅkhya) and right integration (yoga) return through divine grace, like the ocean refilled—order replenished after depletion.
Sāṅkhya-Yoga as complementary means: discernment of tattvas and cessation of kleśa; grace accelerates the return to sattva and steadiness (sthiti).
Varāha Purāṇa: didactic passages linking liberation to yoga and knowledge (general motif)
FAQs
It explicitly pairs Yoga and Sāṅkhya, reflecting a classical Indian tendency to treat them as complementary disciplines within broader Purāṇic synthesis.
No specific location is named; “ocean” functions as a metaphor rather than a site identifier.
It emphasizes gratitude and the restoration of composure/health (vigatajvara) through guidance and supportive intervention.
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