Varaha Purana 39.7: Adhyaya 39, Shloka 7
Discrimination of the Three Bodies and the Dharaṇī Vow: A Manual for Dvādaśī Observance
Pūrva Bhāga · Philosophical and Yogic Discourses (Self-stability and auspicious states)
यदाष्टकं संपरिवर्तते पुमां- स्तदा त्र्यवस्थः परिकीर्त्यते तु वै । गताष्टवर्गस्त्रिगतः सदा शुभः स्थिरो भवेदात्मनि निश्चयात्मवान् ॥ ३९.७ ॥
yadāṣṭakaṃ saṃparivartate pumāṃs- tadā tryavasthaḥ parikīrtyate tu vai | gatāṣṭavargas trigataḥ sadā śubhaḥ sthiro bhaved ātmani niścayātmavān || 39.7 ||
yadAShTAkaM saMparivarttate pumAM- stadA tryavasthaH parikIrtyate tu vai | gatAShTavargastrigataH sadA shubhaH sthiro bhavedAtmani nishchayAtmavAn || 39.7 ||
Khi “bát tụ” (octad) chuyển hóa trọn vẹn trong một người, thì quả thật người ấy được nói là đã an lập trạng thái ba phần. Vượt qua nhóm tám và đạt đến “tam”, người ấy luôn cát tường; với quyết tâm kiên cố, người ấy trở nên vững trú trong Tự Ngã.
Sandhi Notes
- yadāṣṭakam = yadā + aṣṭakam
- pumāṃs- tadā → pumān tadā
- tryavasthaḥ = tri-avasthaḥ
- gatāṣṭavargaḥ = gata-aṣṭa-vargaḥ
- trigataḥ = tri-gataḥ
- niścayātmavān = niścaya-ātmavān.
Varāha
Transcend the ‘group of eight’ through complete inner transformation; establish a threefold stabilized state leading to unwavering Self-abidance.
Undertake disciplined contemplation and ethical restraint until the mind’s composite tendencies are reconfigured; cultivate niścaya (clear ascertainment) and remain steady in ātman regardless of changing states.
The ‘octad’ (aṣṭaka) signifies the psycho-physical complex to be transformed and transcended; the ‘triad’ (trika) indicates stabilized realization in a threefold contemplative poise (e.g., knower–knowing–known resolved into non-dual steadiness). Varāha’s teaching voice frames liberation as moving from multiplicity (varga) to a unified, auspicious self-abidance (ātma-niṣṭhā).
Implicit yajña-logic: transformation (pari-vartana) of constituents and ‘passing beyond’ (gata) the aggregate mirrors the ritual ‘refinement’ of offerings into a single oblation of awareness.
Aṣṭaka→trika functions like prakṛti-aggregate→sākṣin-stability: when the mind’s manifold modifications are reworked and surpassed, niścaya (firm ascertainment) yields ātma-sthairya (steadiness in the Self), aligning with nididhyāsana culminating in sahaja-samādhi.
Varāha Purāṇa 39.39.8 (abandoning ‘fives’ to attain Brahman); Varāha Purāṇa 39.39.9–10 (means of Brahman-knowledge; karma–jñāna relation)
FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic tendency to integrate soteriological and yogic vocabulary (states, transformation, steadiness in the Self) into narrative scripture, illustrating the cross-pollination between Purāṇas and philosophical traditions.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily philosophical and concerned with inner states rather than sacred geography.
The verse emphasizes disciplined transformation and firm resolve (niścaya) leading to steadiness in the Self, presenting self-mastery as a beneficial and stabilizing principle.
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