Varaha Purana 75.5: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 5
Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure
अचिन्त्याः खलु ये भावाः न तांस्तर्केण साधयेत् । प्रकृतिभ्यः परं यच्च तदचिन्त्यं विभाव्यते ॥ ७५.५ ॥
acintyāḥ khalu ye bhāvā na tāṁs tarkeṇa sādhayet | prakṛtibhyaḥ paraṁ yac ca tad acintyaṁ vibhāvyate || 75.5 ||
कुछ चीज़ें दिमाग से सोची नहीं जाती। उन्हे लॉजिक से समझने की कोशिश मत करो। जो प्रकृति से पारे हैं, वो समझ में नहीं आते।
Varāha (default, instructor voice in Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic and broader Sanskrit intellectual stance that logical inference (tarka) has limits, especially regarding metaphysical claims, aligning the text with classical Indian debates on valid means of knowledge (pramāṇa).
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is a general philosophical statement about knowledge and the inconceivable.
The verse advises intellectual restraint: do not force proof of what is described as 'inconceivable' through reasoning alone, and recognize that what transcends material nature (prakṛti) is categorized as beyond conceptual grasp.
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