Varaha Purana 52.9: Adhyaya 52, Shloka 9
The Genealogy of Trivarṇa, Manohvā, and the Akṣa Lineage, with the Construction of the Nine-Gated City
Pūrva Bhāga · Narrative Genealogy and Royal Dharma (Karmakāṇḍa–Yoga Motif)
स कदाचिन्नृपः खिन्नः कर्मकाण्डं प्ररोचयन् । सर्वज्ञो योगनिद्रायां स्थित्वा पुत्रं ससर्ज ह ॥ ५२.९ ॥
sa kadācin nṛpaḥ khinnaḥ karmakāṇḍaṃ prarocayan | sarvajño yoganidrāyāṃ sthitvā putraṃ sasarja ha || 52.9 ||
sa kadAchinnRRipaH khinnaH karmakANDaM prarochayan | sarvaj~no yoganidrAyAM sthitvA putraM sasarja ha || 52.9 ||
ഒരിക്കൽ ആ രാജാവ് ക്ഷീണിതനായി കർമകാണ്ഡത്തിലേക്ക് രുചി തിരിച്ചു; സർവജ്ഞൻ യോഗനിദ്രയിൽ നിലകൊണ്ട് ഒരു പുത്രനെ സൃഷ്ടിച്ചു.
Varāha
Weariness in action can be met by returning to disciplined duty, while deeper creative power arises from inner stillness (yoganidrā).
Balance outward responsibilities with inward restoration—regular meditation/sleep discipline—so decisions and creativity (projects/lineage) arise from clarity, not exhaustion.
‘Yoganidrā’ signals the cosmic pause from which creation/emanation proceeds; progeny arising from yogic absorption echoes Purāṇic cosmogony where manifest order emerges from divine stillness.
Yoga-nidrā as liminal state between unmanifest and manifest; suggests īśvara’s effortless sovereignty (sarvajñatva) over creation.
A ruler, even when weary, reorients to karmakāṇḍa (ritual governance) and ensures lineage/continuity—linking political stability with ritual order.
Ritual alignment and rightful progeny secure continuity of rule; neglect risks succession crisis and dharma’s weakening in the realm.
52.52.10 (fourfold iconography/authority; control over animals and beings)
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative technique: linking royal lineage and governance to ritual orthopraxy (karmakāṇḍa) while also invoking yogic states (yoganidrā) as a legitimizing, cosmically sanctioned mode of creation or succession.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it functions within a narrative sequence focused on kingship, ritual inclination, and progeny.
The verse implicitly juxtaposes ritual engagement (karmakāṇḍa) with contemplative/yogic authority (yoganidrā), suggesting that political or personal weariness may lead rulers to seek stabilization through established ritual order and sanctioned succession.
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