Varaha Purana 67.3: Adhyaya 67, Shloka 3
On the Two ‘Sita-Kṛṣṇā’ Figures, the Sevenfold Ocean, and the Twelvefold Year
Pūrva Bhāga · Cosmological Inquiry (Dialogue Frame: Varāha–Pṛthivī)
दाम्पत्यं च द्विजश्रेष्ठ कृतसूर्योदयादनम् । कस्मादेतज्जगदिदं विततं द्विजसत्तम ॥ ६७.३ ॥
dāmpatyaṃ ca dvijaśreṣṭha kṛtasūryodayādanam | kasmādetajjagadidaṃ vitataṃ dvijasattama || 67.3 ||
dampatyaM cha dvijashreShTha kRRitasUryodayAdanam | kasmAdetajjagadidaM vitataM dvijasattama || 67.3 ||
द्विज, पति-पत्नी का धरम भी बतादो। सूरज निकलने का पूजा कैसे करते हैं? यह दुनिया इतनी बड़ी कैसे फैल गई? सब कैसे चल रहा है?
Sandhi Notes
- कस्मादेतज्जगदिदं = कस्मात् + एतत् + जगत् + इदम् (त्/द्-सन्धि; तज्जगत्)
Pṛthivī
Curious, ethically attentive
How is conjugal life (dāmpatya) to be understood along with the sunrise rite, and for what reason is this world spread out/manifest as it is?
Private life (marriage) and public cosmic order are continuous: disciplined gṛhastha-dharma and daily rites participate in sustaining the world.
Maintain morning disciplines (snāna, sandhyā, japa, offerings) and ethical conjugal conduct; treat household life as a yajña rather than mere enjoyment.
The question links microcosm (marriage/householder discipline) with macrocosm (world’s expansion): dharma is the ‘binding’ principle by which the manifest world is sustained—an implicit yajña-logic where daily rites uphold cosmic continuity.
Implicit: sunrise rite as daily yajña-marker; the world’s ‘vitatam’ (spread) corresponds to yajña’s extension through time.
Loka-saṅgraha: action/ritual performed in right spirit sustains order; manifestation is intelligible through dharma-kāraṇa (instrumental causality) under īśvara.
Householder life (dāmpatya/gṛhastha) is to be aligned with daily rites such as sunrise observances, integrating sexuality, livelihood, and worship into dharma.
Alignment yields stability, progeny, and merit (puṇya) supporting cosmic order; neglect of nitya-karmas and dharmic restraint leads to disorder and demerit (pāpa) that burdens society/world.
The inquiry is about ritual/ethics and cosmological manifestation.
67.67.2 (metaphysical enumeration); 67.67.4 (symbolic decoding continues)
FAQs
It illustrates a common Purāṇic pedagogical pattern: a question framed through ritual and social categories (e.g., household life and daily observances) that leads into broader cosmological explanation, reflecting how cosmology and dharma-discourse are interwoven in Purāṇic literature.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse fragment; it is framed as a general cosmological inquiry rather than a place-based (tīrtha/kshetra) description.
Rather than issuing a direct injunction, the verse foregrounds inquiry into the rationale behind social-ritual life (dāmpatya; sunrise observance), implying that ethical practice is to be grounded in understanding of cosmic order and causality.
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