Varaha Purana 18.5: Adhyaya 18, Shloka 5
The Origin of Fire and the Liturgical Names of Agni
महातपा उवाच । योगसाध्यः स्वरूपेण आत्मा नारायणात्मकः । सर्वज्ञः क्रीडतस्तस्य भोगेच्छा चात्मनात्मनि । क्षोभितेऽभून्महाभूते एतच्छब्दं तदद्भुतम् ॥ १८.५ ॥
mahātapā uvāca | yogasādhyaḥ svarūpeṇa ātmā nārāyaṇātmakaḥ | sarvajñaḥ krīḍatas tasya bhogecchā cātmanātmani | kṣobhite 'bhūn mahābhūte etacchabdaṃ tad adbhutam || 18.5 ||
महातपा ने कहा, आत्मा अपने असली रूप में नारायण जैसी है। योग से इसको जाना जाता है। वो सब जानता है, फिर भी खेल में आके भोग की इच्छा होती है। जब महाभूत हिला, तब एक अजब शब्द बना।
Mahātapā
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It reflects a Purāṇic synthesis of yogic soteriology with Vaiṣṇava metaphysics, presenting the Self as realizable through yoga and described in Nārāyaṇa-centric terms—typical of medieval Sanskrit theological-philosophical discourse.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily philosophical and cosmological.
Rather than a direct moral rule, the verse conveys a philosophical instruction: self-knowledge through yoga is framed as realizing the Self’s essential nature, while desires and experiential engagement are described as arising within the domain of play (krīḍā/līlā).
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