Varaha Purana 37.5: Adhyaya 37, Shloka 5
The Threefold Discipline (Mental, Physical, Verbal) and the Salvific Power of Hearing Nārāyaṇa’s Name
एकभक्तं तथा नक्तमुपवासादिकं च यत् । तत्सर्वं कायिकं पुंसां व्रतं भवति नान्यथा ॥ ३७.५ ॥
ekabhaktaṃ tathā naktaṃ upavāsādikaṃ ca yat | tatsarvaṃ kāyikaṃ puṃsāṃ vrataṃ bhavati nānyathā || 37.5 ||
Amalan makan sekali sehari (ekabhakta), makan pada waktu malam sahaja (nakta), serta apa jua yang berkaitan dengan puasa dan disiplin seumpamanya—semuanya itu adalah vrata jasmani (kāyika) bagi manusia, bukan selainnya.
Varāha (default, instructor voice in the Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)
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It reflects a systematic Purāṇic tendency to classify religious and ethical observances by the mode of practice—here, identifying food-restriction disciplines as bodily (kāyika) vows, paralleling broader dharma-śāstra taxonomies.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it focuses on categorizing observances (vrata) rather than sacred geography.
The verse presents a classificatory instruction: dietary restraints such as single-meal, night-only eating, and fasting are to be understood as bodily disciplines (kāyika-vrata), emphasizing the physical dimension of ethical self-regulation.
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