Varaha Purana 17.46: Adhyaya 17, Shloka 46
King Prajāpāla’s Visit to Sage Mahātapā’s Hermitage and the Doctrinal Praise of Nārāyaṇa
ततो धनपतिर् वायुर् मय्यपेते क्व सम्भवः । शरीरस्येति सोऽप्येवम् उक्त्वा मूर्धानगोऽभवत् ॥ १७.४६ ॥
tato dhanapatir vāyur mayyapete kva sambhavaḥ | śarīrasyeti so 'pyevam uktvā mūrdhānago 'bhavat || 17.46 ||
ततः धनपतिः (कुबेरः) अवदत्— “मय्यपेते सति शरीरस्य क्व सम्भवः?” इत्युक्त्वा सोऽपि मूर्धानगः अभवत्॥
Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicitly identified in the fragment)
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It reflects a Purāṇic-era synthesis of older Indic ideas about prāṇa/vāyu and the staged withdrawal of faculties at death, presented in narrative-dialogue form typical of Purāṇic instruction.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is doctrinal (body, vital air, and withdrawal).
Rather than a direct ethical rule, the verse conveys a philosophical instruction about impermanence and dependence: bodily continuity is portrayed as contingent upon sustaining forces (here framed through vāyu and withdrawal).
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