Varaha Purana 37.12: Adhyaya 37, Shloka 12
The Threefold Discipline (Mental, Physical, Verbal) and the Salvific Power of Hearing Nārāyaṇa’s Name
तं दृष्ट्वा अन्तर्गतहरिं व्याधो भीत इवाग्रतः । विहाय सशरं चापं ततो वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ ३७.१२ ॥
taṁ dṛṣṭvā antargata-hariṁ vyādho bhīta ivāgrataḥ | vihāya saśaraṁ cāpaṁ tato vacanam abravīt || 37.12 ||
शिकारी ने देखा कि भगवान उसके अंदर आ गए हैं। वो डर गया। धनुष और तीर दोनों फेंक दिए। फिर बोला।
Narrator (default framework: Varāha → Pṛthivī dialogue context, but this verse is third-person narration)
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It preserves a Purāṇic narrative motif in which a socially marginal figure (a hunter) encounters a divine presence, a common literary device used to frame ethical transformation and speech-acts within sacred storytelling.
No explicit geographic toponym appears in this verse; location must be inferred from surrounding verses in Adhyāya 37 of the received recension.
The verse foregrounds restraint and de-escalation: the hunter sets aside his weapon before speaking, signaling a shift from violence toward dialogue and accountability.
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