Varaha Purana 71.7 — Adhyaya 71, Shloka 7
Vision of the Trimūrti in Rudra, the Gautama Curse, the Manifestation of the Godāvarī, and the Niḥśvāsa-saṃhitā Account
नास्माकं विविधो भावो वर्तते मुनिसत्तमाः । सम्यग्दृशः प्रपश्यन्ति विपरीतेष्वनेकशः ॥ ७१.७ ॥
nāsmākaṃ vividho bhāvo vartate munisattamāḥ | samyagdṛśaḥ prapaśyanti viparīteṣv anekaśaḥ || 71.7 ||
“اے مُنیوں کے سردارو! ہم میں کوئی گوناگوں اور منقسم کیفیت نہیں؛ جو درست نظر والے ہیں وہ مخالف دکھائی دینے والی باتوں میں بھی کئی طرح سے حقیقت کو دیکھ لیتے ہیں۔”
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"None"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"None","karmic_consequence":"None"}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":true,"symbolic_interpretation":"Varāha as teacher of non-division: the apparent plurality of divine ‘bhāvas’ is a perceptual/interpretive overlay; right vision (samyag-dṛṣṭi) sees unity even amid oppositions.","yajna_varaha_imagery":"Implicit: as in yajña one offering reaches one reality, so in doctrine one truth is seen through many viewpoints; no explicit body-part yajña mapping here.","vedantic_connection":"Epistemic soteriology: samyag-darśana dissolves bheda-bhrānti; resonates with Upaniṣadic insistence that multiplicity is appearance while tattva is one."}
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Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Philosophy of perception","Epistemology"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: jñāna (śānta-adhikya)
Type: teaching-dialogue setting
Related Themes: 71.71.5-6 (unity behind Trimūrti and yajña shares); 71.71.8-9 (question about Moha-śāstra—why delusion arises)
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"philosophical calm","suggested_raga":"Shankarabharanam","pace":"slow","voice_tone":"measured, authoritative, soothing"}
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic didactic style in which epistemic clarity (right seeing) is presented as a stabilizing principle amid conflicting views, aligning the Varāha Purāṇa with broader Sanskrit discourse on discernment and interpretive plurality.
No geographic site is named in this verse fragment; the content is philosophical rather than topographical.
The verse emphasizes disciplined discernment: those with correct vision can recognize what is sound or true even when confronted with contradictory appearances or arguments.
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