Varaha Purana 207.52 — Adhyaya 207, Shloka 52
Section on the ‘Person’ who Entices Beings within the Cycle of Rebirth
दुर्ल्लभं त्रिषु लोकेषु यच्च प्रियतरं तव ॥ तपोमयानां सर्वेषां द्विजातीनां च सुव्रत
durllabhaṃ triṣu lokeṣu yac ca priyataraṃ tava || tapomayānāṃ sarveṣāṃ dvijātīnāṃ ca suvrata
يا صاحب النذر الحسن، إن ما يعسر نيله في العوالم الثلاثة، وما هو أحبّ إليك: يُعلَّم هذا لجميع أهل التنسك (التَّبَس) وللثنائيّي الميلاد (دْفِجَا) أيضًا.
Varāha (default, instructional voice)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"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":true,"topic":"varnashrama","instruction_summary":"What is rare in the three worlds and most dear is taught as an ethical-ascetic ideal for tapasvins and the twice-born.","karmic_consequence":"Upholding tapas-oriented dharma leads to prized attainments (esteem, spiritual progress); neglect implies loss of the ‘rare’ good (merit/inner excellence)."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"sādhana/ethics","core_concept":"The highest ‘dear and rare’ good is accessed through tapas-aligned conduct, especially for dvijas and ascetics.","practical_application":"Prioritize austerity, restraint, and dharmic commitments over worldly attainments; treat ethical excellence as the true ‘rare treasure’."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Ascetic Ideals"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: upadeśa
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa: adjacent dharma-upadeśa verses in adhyāya 207 (virtues, tapas, dāna)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha as a divine teacher delivering dharma-upadeśa—calm, authoritative, addressing an unseen audience of tapasvins/dvijas.","item_prompts":["seated divine figure (Varāha implied) in teaching posture","palm-leaf manuscript or rosary","listeners as ascetics with matted hair and dvijas with yajñopavīta","forest hermitage ambience"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural palette; serene Varāha-teacher with subtle boar features, halo, seated in āśrama setting; ascetics and dvijas attentive; flat decorative foliage.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style; central enthroned Varāha-guru with prabhāmaṇḍala and gold-leaf ornaments; small rows of dvija/ascetic devotees; rich architectural frame.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting; delicate linework, soft shading; Varāha in calm upadeśa mudrā; hermitage props (kamandalu, deer-skin seat).","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature; hillside āśrama, Varāha as teacher under a tree; intimate group of sages; cool colors and lyrical landscape."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"didactic, contemplative","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"steady, clear, instructive"}
FAQs
It uses standard Purāṇic address and social categories (dvijāti, tapas) to frame ethical teaching, reflecting the didactic style of Sanskrit narrative literature.
No geographic location is mentioned; “three worlds” is cosmological rather than geographical.
The verse introduces a teaching aimed at disciplined living (tapas) and moral restraint, presented as rare and highly valued.
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