Varaha Purana 9.6: Adhyaya 9, Shloka 6
The Sequence of Creation, the Emergence of the Praṇava, and the Fish Incarnation’s Retrieval of the Vedas
ततश्च जन इत्येव तपश्चात्मा प्रलीयते । एतदोतम् तथा प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव ॥ ९.६ ॥
tataś ca jana ityeva tapaś cātmā pralīyate | etad otaṃ tathā protaṃ sūtre maṇigaṇā iva || 9.6 ||
Wtedy, na poziomie zwanym Jana, asceza i jaźń rozpuszczają się. Cały ten porządek jest utkany i naciągnięty, osnowa i wątek, jak kęsy klejnotów na nici.
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; explicit speaker not stated in the fragment)
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It preserves a Purāṇic formulation of cosmic dissolution (pralaya) using a classical Sanskrit metaphor (gems on a thread) also seen across Indian philosophical and epic literature, reflecting shared intellectual idioms of composition and dependence.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; “Jana” is best read as a cosmological level (Janaloka) rather than a terrestrial location.
Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse conveys a philosophical principle of interconnectedness and dependence: phenomena are ‘woven/strung’ together, implying an ordered structure underlying cosmic processes.
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