Varaha Purana 17.43: Adhyaya 17, Shloka 43
King Prajāpāla’s Visit to Sage Mahātapā’s Hermitage and the Doctrinal Praise of Nārāyaṇa
ततः कामादिरुत्थाय गणो मातृविसंज्ञितः । न मया व्यतिरिक्तस्य शरीरस्य व्यवस्थितिः । एवमुक्त्वा स यातस्तु शरीरं तन्न शीryते ॥ १७.४३ ॥
tataḥ kāmādir utthāya gaṇo mātṛ-visañjñitaḥ | na mayā vyatiriktasya śarīrasya vyavasthitiḥ | evam uktvā sa yātas tu śarīraṃ tan na śīryate || 17.43 ||
ต่อมา หมู่คณะผู้มีนามว่า ‘มาตฤ’ อันเริ่มด้วยกามะ ลุกขึ้นกล่าวว่า “หากปราศจากเรา กายย่อมไม่มีความตั้งมั่น” กล่าวแล้วก็จากไป แต่กายนั้นมิได้เสื่อมสลาย
Varāha (default speaker framework; explicit speaker not stated in excerpt)
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It reflects a Purāṇic mode of explaining embodied existence through personified forces (e.g., Kāma and associated gaṇas), illustrating how metaphysical ideas are narrated in classical Sanskrit literature.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment.
Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse emphasizes a philosophical principle: the body’s continuance is portrayed as dependent on an underlying sustaining agency, framed through personification.
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