Varaha Purana 5.15: Adhyaya 5, Shloka 15
Reconciliation of Action and Knowledge: Offering All Acts to Nārāyaṇa and the Hymn to the Yajña-Puruṣa
रैभ्य उवाच । बृहस्पते कर्मणा किं प्राप्यते ज्ञानिना । अथवा । मोक्ष एतन्ममाचक्ष्व पृच्छतः संशयं प्रभो ॥ ५.१५ ॥
raibhya uvāca | bṛhaspate karmaṇā kiṃ prāpyate jñāninā. athavā | mokṣa etan mamācakṣva pṛcchataḥ saṃśayaṃ prabho || 5.15 ||
रैभ्य ने कहा, बृहस्पति, कोई इंसान जो सब जानता है, वो अपने करम से क्या पा सकता है? या फिर बताओ, मोक्ष कैसे मिलता है? मेरा सवाल का जवाब दो।
Raibhya
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It reflects a common Purāṇic pedagogical format: a named interlocutor requests clarification on the relationship between action (karma), knowledge (jñāna), and liberation (mokṣa), themes central to late-classical Sanskrit intellectual history.
No geographic location is identified in this verse; it is framed as a philosophical inquiry within a dialogue.
The verse foregrounds disciplined inquiry: the ethical-philosophical priority is to seek clarity about the value of action and the nature of liberation, explicitly requesting the removal of doubt through reasoned explanation.
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