Varaha Purana 5.33: Adhyaya 5, Shloka 33
Reconciliation of Action and Knowledge: Offering All Acts to Nārāyaṇa and the Hymn to the Yajña-Puruṣa
एतस्मिञ्ज्वलितो वह्निर्बहुशाखश्च सत्तम । मूलनाशे भवेन्नाशस्तद्वदेतदपि द्विज ॥ ५.३३ ॥
etasmiñ jvalito vahnir bahuśākhaś ca sattama | mūlanāśe bhaven nāśas tadvad etad api dvija || 5.33 ||
देखो, आग जल रही है और कई तरफ फैल रही है। जब जड़ खत्म हो जाती है, तो पूरा पेड़ खत्म हो जाता है। यहाँ भी वही बात है, ब्राह्मण।
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; not explicit in the fragment)
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It illustrates a common Purāṇic didactic method: teaching ethical and metaphysical causality through concrete analogies (fire, roots), reflecting broader Sanskrit scholastic styles of reasoning.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it functions as a general philosophical analogy rather than a site-specific description.
The verse emphasizes foundational causality: addressing the root cause (mūla) is presented as decisive, since the removal of the foundation leads to the cessation of dependent outcomes.
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