Varaha Purana 5.30: Adhyaya 5, Shloka 30
Reconciliation of Action and Knowledge: Offering All Acts to Nārāyaṇa and the Hymn to the Yajña-Puruṣa
ततोऽब्रवील्लुब्धकस्तु ब्राह्मणं तं तपोधनम् । भगवन् या त्वया ज्वाला गृहोतासीद्धुताशनात् । प्रयच्छ येन मार्गाणि मांसान्यानाय्य भक्षये ॥ ५.३० ॥
tato 'bravīl lubdhakas tu brāhmaṇaṃ taṃ tapodhanam | bhagavan yā tvayā jvālā gṛhotāsīd dhutāśanāt | prayaccha yena mārgāṇi māṃsāny ānāyya bhakṣaye || 5.30 ||
फिर शिकारी ने उस ब्राह्मण से कहा, "भगवान, वो ज्वाला जो आपके घर में आग से निकली थी, उसका तरीका बताओ। मैं उससे माँस ला के खाना चाहता हूँ।"
Lubdhaka (the hunter)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative technique: ethical inquiry is staged through dialogue between socially distinct figures (here, a hunter and an ascetic brāhmaṇa), allowing the text to frame moral reasoning through everyday conflicts of livelihood and restraint.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the setting is described generically as the brāhmaṇa’s house and a fire arising there.
The verse introduces a tension between ascetic power (tapas) and worldly appetite (consumption of meat). Its ethical thrust is preparatory: it sets up a request that will likely be evaluated or corrected by the ascetic figure in subsequent verses.
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