Varaha Purana 5.53: Adhyaya 5, Shloka 53
Reconciliation of Action and Knowledge: Offering All Acts to Nārāyaṇa and the Hymn to the Yajña-Puruṣa
संसारचक्रक्रमणक्रियायै य इज्यते सर्वगतः पुराणः । यो योगिभिर्ध्यायते चाप्रमेयस् तं यज्ञमूर्तिं प्रणतोऽस्मि नित्यम् ॥ ५.५३ ॥
saṃsāracakrakramaṇakriyāyai ya ijyate sarvagataḥ purāṇaḥ | yo yogibhir dhyāyate cāprameyas taṃ yajñamūrtiṃ praṇato ’smi nityam || 5.53 ||
నేను నిత్యం ఆ యజ్ఞమూర్తికి నమస్కరిస్తాను—ఆయనే పురాతనుడు, సర్వవ్యాపి, అప్రమేయుడు; సంసారచక్రం తిరుగుటకు కారణమైన క్రియాశక్తిగా పూజింపబడతాడు, యోగులు ధ్యానించేది ఆయనే।
Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It reflects a Purāṇic synthesis in which ritual (yajña) and contemplative practice (yogic meditation) are presented as complementary approaches to understanding the primordial, all-pervading principle, a common feature of medieval Sanskrit theological and philosophical discourse.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is conceptual (saṃsāra-cakra, yajña-mūrti, yogic contemplation).
The verse promotes disciplined reverence and sustained contemplative attention toward an immeasurable, universal principle—framing ethical orientation as continual humility (praṇati) and mindful engagement rather than coercive obligation.
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