Varaha Purana 52.11: Adhyaya 52, Shloka 11
The Genealogy of Trivarṇa, Manohvā, and the Akṣa Lineage, with the Construction of the Nine-Gated City
तस्मिन् समुद्रे स नृपो वने तस्मिंस्तथैव च । तृणादिषु नृपस्सैव हस्त्यादिषु तथैव च । समोऽभवत् कर्मकाण्डादनुज्ञाय महामते ॥ ५२.११ ॥
tasmin samudre sa nṛpo vane tasmiṁs tathaiva ca | tṛṇādiṣu nṛpassaiva hastyādiṣu tathaiva ca | samo 'bhavat karmakāṇḍād anujñāya mahāmate || 52.11 ||
उस समय वो राजा समुंदर में भी था, जंगल में भी। घास और पेड़ों में भी वोही राजा था, हाथी और जानवरों में भी। कर्म कांड ने उसे परमिशन दी, और वो सब जगह एक जैसा हो गया।
Varāha (default speaker framework; explicit speaker not indicated in the excerpt)
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It reflects a Purāṇic narrative technique that links social status (kingship) to karmic causality, emphasizing that ritual and action-based consequences can override worldly hierarchy in the cycle of embodied existence.
Only generic environments are named—“ocean” (samudra) and “forest” (vana). No specific tīrtha or historically identifiable place-name appears in this verse fragment.
The verse underscores the philosophical instruction that embodied forms and social rank are not absolute; karmic causality can render one ‘equal’ across diverse life-forms, encouraging humility and ethical responsibility.
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