Varaha Purana 5.55: Adhyaya 5, Shloka 55
Reconciliation of Action and Knowledge: Offering All Acts to Nārāyaṇa and the Hymn to the Yajña-Puruṣa
इतीरितस्तस्य हुताशनार्चिः प्रख्यं तु तेजः पुरतो बभूव । तस्मिन् स राजा प्रविवेश बुद्धिं कृत्वा लयं प्राप्तवान् यज्ञमूर्तौ ॥ ५.५५ ॥
itīritas tasya hutāśanārciḥ prakhyaṃ tu tejaḥ purato babhūva | tasmin sa rājā praviveśa buddhiṃ kṛtvā layaṃ prāptavān yajñamūrtau || 5.55 ||
ഇങ്ങനെ ഉച്ചരിക്കപ്പെട്ടപ്പോൾ അവന്റെ മുമ്പിൽ അഗ്നിജ്വാലപോലെ പ്രസിദ്ധമായ ഒരു തേജസ് പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെട്ടു. രാജാവ് മനസ്സിനെ അതിൽ സ്ഥിരപ്പെടുത്തി അതിലേക്കു പ്രവേശിച്ചു, യജ്ഞമൂർത്തിയിൽ ലയം പ്രാപിച്ചു।
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative pattern in which royal authority is linked to ritual power (yajña) and culminates in a soteriological motif—absorption (laya) into a sacral principle—illustrating how ritual ideology is used to frame idealized kingship and liberation themes.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content centers on a visionary radiance and the king’s absorption into the yajña-form.
The verse emphasizes disciplined mental orientation (buddhiṃ kṛtvā) and the ideal of self-transcendence—portraying focused intention and relinquishment of egoic identity as a philosophical instruction within the narrative frame.
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