Varaha Purana 44.9: Adhyaya 44, Shloka 9
The Vaiśākha Bright-Twelfth Observance: Worship of Hari as Jāmadagnya and Its Fruits
चरस्तत्तपो घोरं याज्ञवल्क्यो महामुनिः । आजगाम महायोगी तं दृष्ट्वा नातिदूरतः ॥ ४४.९ ॥
caratas tat tapo ghoraṃ yājñavalkyo mahāmuniḥ | ājagāma mahāyogī taṃ dṛṣṭvā nātidūrataḥ || 44.9 ||
جب مہامنی یاج्ञولکْیَ اس سخت تپسیا میں مشغول تھے تو ایک مہایوگی وہاں آیا؛ اسے زیادہ دور سے ہی دیکھ کر وہ قریب آ پہنچا۔
Varāha (default narrative frame; speaker not explicit in this verse-fragment)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative pattern in which renowned sages (e.g., Yājñavalkya) are situated within ascetic practice and then encountered by another accomplished figure, framing subsequent teaching, testing, or transmission of knowledge.
No explicit place-name appears in this verse; the setting is described only by proximity (“from not too far away”), so modern geographic identification is not possible from this line alone.
The verse foregrounds disciplined austerity (tapas) and yogic approach as culturally valued modes of seeking and transmitting knowledge, without prescribing a specific rule; it functions as narrative preparation for instruction or dialogue.
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