Varaha Purana 67.5: Adhyaya 67, Shloka 5
On the Two ‘Sita-Kṛṣṇā’ Figures, the Sevenfold Ocean, and the Twelvefold Year
Pūrva Bhāga · Cosmological and Elemental Exposition (Samudra and Sevenfold Schema)
यः पुमान् सप्तधा जात एको भूत्वा नरेश्वर । स समुद्रस्तु विज्ञेयः सप्तधैकॊ व्यवस्थितः ॥ ६७.५ ॥
yaḥ pumān saptadhā jāta eko bhūtvā nareśvara | sa samudras tu vijñeyaḥ saptadhaiko vyavasthitaḥ || 67.5 ||
yaH pumAn saptadhA jAta eko bhUtvA nareshvara | sa samudrastu vij~neyaH saptadhaiko vyavasthitaH || 67.5 ||
राजा, एक ही पुरुष है जो सात रूप में पैदा हुआ। वो समुंदर है, समझो एक है, लेकिन सात हिस्सों में बंटा है।
Sandhi Notes
- सप्तधैकः → सप्तधा एकः (स्वर-सन्धि)
- समुद्रस्तु → समुद्रः तु (विसर्ग-सन्धि)
Varāha
Unity of the cosmic Person underlying apparent multiplicity (one ocean, sevenfold manifestation).
Contemplate the world as pervaded by the One; cultivate non-fragmented vision (ekatva-darśana) amid diversity.
The ‘single Puruṣa’ manifests as a sevenfold oceanic principle—unity appearing as differentiated cosmic structure; a Purāṇic way of reading sacred geography as the body of the One.
Ocean as the one Puruṣa ‘set’ in seven modes (often read alongside sapta-samudra / sapta-dvīpa cosmography).
Bhedābheda-style cosmology: the One reality appears as many without losing unity; supports Viṣṇu-as-cosmic-substratum readings.
Varāha Purāṇa adhyāya 67 cosmology sequence (ocean/time/celestials leading to Viṣṇu-supremacy)
FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic cosmological style in which natural features (such as the ocean) are explained through symbolic and enumerative frameworks (here, a sevenfold schema), a common method of organizing cosmological knowledge in early Sanskrit literature.
No specific terrestrial location is named in this verse; the term samudra (“ocean”) is presented as a cosmological category rather than a single identifiable modern geographic site.
The verse primarily conveys a philosophical instruction about understanding unity expressed through multiplicity (one reality articulated in sevenfold form), rather than a direct prescriptive ethical rule.
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