Varaha Purana 5.27: Adhyaya 5, Shloka 27
Reconciliation of Action and Knowledge: Offering All Acts to Nārāyaṇa and the Hymn to the Yajña-Puruṣa
ज्वलिते तु पुनर्वह्नौ तं जालं लोहसम्भवम् । पृथक्पृथक् सहस्राणि निन्येऽन्तर्जालकैर्द्विज । एकस्थानगतस्यापि वह्नेरायसजालकैः ॥ ५.२७ ॥
jvalite tu punar vahnau taṁ jālaṁ loha-sambhavam | pṛthak pṛthak sahasrāṇi ninye ’ntar-jālakair dvija | eka-sthāna-gatasya api vahner āyasa-jālakaiḥ || 5.27 ||
ครั้นเมื่อไฟลุกโชนขึ้นอีกครั้ง โอ ทวิชะ เขาได้ดึงตาข่ายที่ทำด้วยเหล็กนั้นออกไป โดยอาศัยตาข่ายชั้นในแยกเป็นพัน ๆ ส่วน แม้ไฟจะอยู่ ณ ที่เดียวก็ถูกกั้นไว้ด้วยซี่ตะแกรงเหล็ก
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It illustrates Purāṇic narrative technique using concrete material imagery (iron nets/lattices) to describe containment and controlled extraction, reflecting the text’s broader epic-storytelling style rather than a legal or doctrinal injunction.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it focuses on an action scene involving fire and an iron mesh/net.
The verse does not present a direct ethical prescription; its philosophical value is indirect, emphasizing disciplined control and methodical action (removing in parts, containing a hazard) within a larger narrative context.
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