Instruction on the Unity of the Triad
Brahmā–Viṣṇu–Rudra
कर्मवेदयुजां विप्र ब्रह्मा विष्णुर्महेश्वरः । वयं त्रयोऽपि मन्त्राद्या नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥ ७२.१४ ॥
karmavedayujāṃ vipra brahmā viṣṇur maheśvaraḥ | vayaṃ trayo 'pi mantrādyā nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 72.14 ||
Wahai brāhmaṇa, bagi mereka yang menggabungkan Veda dan karma-ritual, Brahmā, Viṣṇu dan Maheśvara—kami bertiga—sesungguhnya ialah para penguasa yang memimpin, bermula dengan mantra; dalam hal ini tiada perlu pertimbangan lagi.
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It reflects a Purāṇic tendency to present major deities as operating within a shared ritual-linguistic framework, emphasizing mantra as a legitimizing medium in late-Vedic and early-medieval Sanskrit textual culture.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is doctrinal, focusing on divine authority and mantra.
The verse frames a philosophical instruction about epistemic authority in ritual contexts: that mantra-based foundations are treated as decisive, discouraging unnecessary disputation within the stated doctrinal scope.
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