Varaha Purana 3.10: Adhyaya 3, Shloka 10
Nārada’s Account of a Former Birth and a Hymn to Nārāyaṇa
प्रियव्रत उवाच । कीदृशं ब्रह्मपारं तु श्रोतुमिच्छामि सत्तम । कथयस्व प्रसादेन देवर्षे सुप्रसन्नधीः ॥ ३.१० ॥
priyavrata uvāca | kīdṛśaṃ brahmapāraṃ tu śrotum icchāmi sattama | kathayasva prasādena devarṣe suprasannadhīḥ || 3.10 ||
प्रियव्रत ने कहा, मैं सुनना चाहता हूँ कि ब्रह्मा का असली मतलब क्या है। आप बड़े अच्छे हैं। देवरिशि, आप खुश रहो और मुझे बताओ।
Priyavrata
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It exemplifies a standard Purāṇic instructional setting: a named interlocutor formally requests teaching from a recognized sage, framing the transmission of philosophical material within a dialogic and didactic genre.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily philosophical and dialogic rather than topographical.
The verse models disciplined inquiry and respectful discourse: the student requests instruction humbly, while the teacher is characterized as possessing a calm, clear intellect—an ethical ideal for knowledge transmission.
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