Varaha Purana 69.7: Adhyaya 69, Shloka 7
Agastya’s Vision of Varuṇa as Nārāyaṇa in Ilāvṛta
Pūrva Bhāga · Narrative Dialogue (Varāha–Pṛthivī Framework)
एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य प्रविष्टोऽहं कुटीं तु ताम् । तावत्पश्याम्यहं विप्रं ज्वलन्तमिव तेजसा ॥ ६९.७ ॥
etac chrutvā vacas tasya praviṣṭo ’haṃ kuṭīṃ tu tām | tāvat paśyāmy ahaṃ vipraṃ jvalantam iva tejasā || 69.7 ||
etachChrutvA vachastasya praviShTo.ahaM kuTIM tu tAm | tAvat pashyAmyahaM vipraM jvalantamiva tejasA || 69.7 ||
उनकी बात सुन के मैं उस झुपड़ी में गया। तब मैंने देखा कि वो ब्राह्मण इतना चमक रहा था जैसे अग्नि जल रही हो।
Sandhi Notes
- एतच्छ्रुत्वा = एतत् + श्रुत्वा
- प्रविष्टोऽहम् = प्रविष्टः + अहम्
- तावत्पश्यामि = तावत् + पश्यामि
Varāha
True spiritual stature is perceived as tejas; sanctity is not dependent on external grandeur.
Approach holy persons with humility; cultivate purity and tapas so that inner luminosity (tejas) arises.
Varāha Purāṇa 69.69.6 (invitation to hospitality); Varāha Purāṇa 69.69.8 (the brāhmaṇa’s huṃkāra as power)
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative motif: the encounter with a brāhmaṇa or ascetic described through the idiom of tejas (radiant power), a literary marker of authority, discipline, and perceived spiritual potency in classical Sanskrit texts.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it only mentions entry into a kuṭī (hut/cottage), a generic setting often associated with hermitages or ascetic dwellings.
Implicitly, the verse foregrounds attentive listening and respectful approach to learned figures—hearing counsel (śrutvā vacas) and then acting—presented as a disciplined mode of conduct within the narrative.
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