Varaha Purana 9.11: Adhyaya 9, Shloka 11
The Sequence of Creation, the Emergence of the Praṇava, and the Fish Incarnation’s Retrieval of the Vedas
स हि नारायणो देवः प्राजापत्येन तेजसा । अकाराद्यं स्वरं नाभ्यां हलं च विससर्ज ह ॥ ९.११ ॥
sa hi nārāyaṇo devaḥ prājāpatyena tejasā | akārādyaṃ svaraṃ nābhyāṃ halaṃ ca visasarja ha || 9.11 ||
Sesungguhnya dewa Nārāyaṇa itu, dengan cahaya daya penciptaan (seperti Prajāpati), memancarkan dari pusatnya vokal yang bermula dengan ‘a’—bunyi asal—serta juga bajak.
Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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The verse reflects a Purāṇic motif in which creation is articulated through both sound (phonemic/linguistic origin, here ‘akāra’) and practical culture (the plough), illustrating how cosmology and social-material life are linked in early Sanskrit narrative traditions.
No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse; the content is primarily cosmogonic and symbolic (sound and plough) rather than topographical.
Rather than a direct injunction, the verse conveys a philosophical principle: generative power (tejas) manifests as both knowledge/meaning (sound) and cultivation/sustenance (plough), implying an integrated view of culture, learning, and responsible stewardship of the earth’s productivity.
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