Varaha Purana 207.1: Adhyaya 207, Shloka 1
Section on the ‘Person’ who Entices Beings within the Cycle of Rebirth
अथ संसारचक्रपुरुषविलोभनप्रकरणम् ॥ ऋषिपुत्र उवाच ॥ इदमन्यन्महाभागान्नारदात्कलहप्रियात् ॥ श्रुतं विप्रा यथा तत्र यमस्य सदसि स्वयम् ॥
atha saṃsāracakrapuruṣavilobhanaprakaraṇam || ṛṣiputra uvāca || idam anyan mahābhāgān nāradāt kalahapriyāt || śrutaṃ viprā yathā tatra yamasya sadasi svayam
บัดนี้เริ่มปกรณ์ว่าด้วย “บุรุษผู้เย้ายวนแห่งจักรสังสารวัฏ” บุตรฤๅษีกล่าวว่า “โอ้พราหมณ์ผู้มีบุญทั้งหลาย ข้าพเจ้าได้สดับเรื่องอื่นจากนารทผู้ชอบก่อวิวาท ว่าเหตุการณ์นั้นเกิดขึ้นอย่างไร ณ สภาของยมะเอง”
Ṛṣiputra (explicit)
FAQs
It marks a new topical unit (prakaraṇa) and preserves the Purāṇic practice of attribution through transmission chains (hearing from Nārada), useful for textual and narratological study.
No earthly geography is specified; the narrated locus is Yama’s assembly (yamasya sadas), a mythic-judicial setting.
By introducing saṃsāra-cakra, it frames forthcoming instruction around how beings are enticed and bound within cyclic existence—an ethical-philosophical setup rather than a direct command.
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