Varaha Purana 34.3: Adhyaya 34, Shloka 3
Account of the Origin of the Ancestors (Pitṛs) and the Regulations for Śrāddha Offerings
Pūrva Bhāga · Cosmogonic Narratives (Yoga and Elemental Evolution)
तस्यात्मनि तदा योगं गतस्य परमेष्ठिनः । तन्मात्रा निर्ययुर्देहाद् धूमवर्णाकृतित्विषः ॥ ३४.३ ॥
tasyātmani tadā yogaṃ gatasya parameṣṭhinaḥ | tanmātrā niryayur dehād dhūmavarṇākṛtitviṣaḥ || 34.3 ||
tasyAtmani tadA yogaM gatasya parameShThinaH | tanmAtrA niryayurdehAd dhUmavarNAkRRititviShaH || 34.3 ||
जब वो ब्रह्मा अंदर ध्यान में डूब गया, उसकी बॉडी से धुआँ जैसी चीज़ें निकलने लगी। वो हल्की-हल्की, धुआँ जैसी रंग और शेप में थी।
Sandhi Notes
- तस्यात्मनि = तस्य + आत्मनि
- तन्मात्रा = तत् + मात्राः
- निर्ययुर्देहाद् = निर्ययुः + देहात्
- धूमवर्णाकृतित्विषः = धूम + वर्ण + आकृति + त्विषः (समास)
Varāha
In yogic absorption, subtle categories can be conceived as emergent potentials; form and luster arise prior to gross elements, indicating graded manifestation.
Contemplate graded causality (subtle→gross) in meditation and study; use the imagery to understand how inner states condition outer experience.
Emanation is depicted as subtle principles issuing from the creator’s body during yoga: the cosmos is a ‘bodying forth’ of tattvas from concentrated consciousness.
Smoke-colored emergence evokes sacrificial smoke (dhūma) as a liminal medium between subtle and manifest—creation as a kind of cosmic homa where essences rise and take form.
Suggests a Purāṇic model where yogic samādhi is causal for manifestation; aligns with the idea that nāma-rūpa unfold from a subtler ground while Brahman remains the support.
Direct continuation of 34.2’s meditation leading to tanmātra emanation
FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic synthesis of Sāṃkhya-style cosmology (tanmātras as subtle potentials) with yogic language, illustrating how early medieval Sanskrit texts integrated philosophical vocabularies into narrative cosmogenesis.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is cosmological and describes emanation of subtle elements rather than sacred topography.
The verse does not present an explicit ethical injunction; its philosophical instruction is descriptive—linking inner yogic absorption with the emergence of subtle constituents of the cosmos.
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