Varaha Purana 9.24: Adhyaya 9, Shloka 24
The Sequence of Creation, the Emergence of the Praṇava, and the Fish Incarnation’s Retrieval of the Vedas
ततो रात्र्यां व्यतीतायामुत्थितः कमलेक्षणः । चिन्तयामास तान् वेदान् मातरं च चतुर्ष्वपि । चिन्तयानः स देवेशस्तान् वेदान् नाध्यगच्छत ॥ ९.२४ ॥
tato rātryāṃ vyatītāyām utthitaḥ kamalekṣaṇaḥ | cintayāmāsa tān vedān mātaraṃ ca caturṣv api | cintayānaḥ sa deveśas tān vedān nādhyagacchata || 9.24 ||
Kemudian, setelah malam itu berlalu, Tuhan bermata teratai pun bangkit. Baginda merenungkan Veda-Veda itu serta para Ibu yang empat; namun walau direnungi, Penguasa para dewa itu tidak berhasil memahami Veda-Veda tersebut.
Varāha (default dialogue framework; explicit speaker not stated in the fragment)
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It preserves a common Purāṇic narrative motif: the difficulty of fully apprehending the Vedas through reflection alone, highlighting the textual culture in which Vedic knowledge is treated as profound and not always immediately accessible.
No geographic location is mentioned in this verse; it is primarily a cosmological-literary episode centered on Vedic knowledge and divine contemplation.
The verse implies an epistemic caution: profound knowledge may not be attained merely by mental effort, suggesting the need for disciplined means of learning (e.g., instruction, transmission, or proper method) rather than asserting dogma.
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