Varaha Purana 5.17: Adhyaya 5, Shloka 17
Reconciliation of Action and Knowledge: Offering All Acts to Nārāyaṇa and the Hymn to the Yajña-Puruṣa
श्रूयते च द्विजश्रेष्ठ संवादो विप्रलुब्धयोः । आत्रेयो ब्राह्मणः कश्चिद् वेदाभ्यासरतो मुनिः ॥ ५.१७ ॥
śrūyate ca dvijaśreṣṭha saṃvādo vipralubdhayoḥ | ātreyo brāhmaṇaḥ kaścid vedābhyāsarato muniḥ || 5.17 ||
โอผู้ประเสริฐในหมู่ทวิชะ! ได้ยินสืบกันมาว่า มีบทสนทนาระหว่างพราหมณ์สองผู้ถูกล่อลวงให้หลงผิด ในหมู่เขานั้นมีพราหมณ์ผู้หนึ่งแห่งสกุลอาตฺเรยะ เป็นมุนีผู้ตั้งมั่นในอภยาสและสวาธยายแห่งพระเวท
Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in this verse-fragment)
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It signals a shift into an exemplum-style narrative: a reported dialogue (saṃvāda) framed as traditional oral transmission, a common Purāṇic method for presenting ethical and social instruction.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it functions as a narrative introduction focused on persons (two deceived brāhmaṇas, including an Ātreya).
The verse itself does not state an ethical maxim; it introduces characters and a dialogue framework that typically leads to a reflective lesson concerning deception, discernment, and conduct.
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