Varaha Purana 36.22 — Adhyaya 36, Shloka 22
Account of the Maṇija Kings and a Hymn to Govinda Leading to Liberation
जयस्व गोविन्द महानुभाव जयस्व विष्णो जय पद्मनाभ । जयस्व सर्वज्ञ जयाप्रमेय जयस्व विश्वेश्वर विश्वमूर्ते ॥ ३६.२२ ॥
jayasva govinda mahānubhāva jayasva viṣṇo jaya padmanābha | jayasva sarvajña jayāprameya jayasva viśveśvara viśvamūrte || 36.22 ||
জয় হওক গোবিন্দ, হে মহানুভাৱ; জয় হওক বিষ্ণু; পদ্মনাভৰ জয়। সৰ্বজ্ঞৰ জয়, অপ্ৰমেয়ৰ জয়; হে বিশ্বেশ্বৰ, বিশ্বমূৰ্তে, তোমাৰ জয় হওক।
Pṛthivī (default, as speaker is not explicit in the fragment)
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":"devotee","bhu_devi_state":"devotional, uplifted, praising the Lord with reverence","key_question":"None"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"Govinda as the supreme name anticipates later Krishna-centric devotion, but no Mathura-topography is invoked here."}
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":"The stuti universalizes Viṣṇu as viśvamūrti (the cosmos as his body), aligning avatāra-devotion with a non-dual, all-pervading Supreme (Paramātman) theology.","yajna_varaha_imagery":"Implied rather than explicit: Padmanābha/Viśveśvara epithets support the Purāṇic identification of the Lord as the ground of yajña and the cosmos, though no limb-to-yajña mapping is stated.","vedantic_connection":"Viśvamūrti + aprameya + sarvajña gestures to Brahman/Paramātman attributes (sarvavyāptitva, anantatva, sarvajñatva) expressed in personal-theistic address."}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"theology / īśvara-tattva","core_concept":"The Supreme is immeasurable, omniscient, and identical with the universe (viśvamūrti) while remaining the Lord of it (viśveśvara).","practical_application":"Cultivate remembrance and praise through divine names/epithets to stabilize devotion and contemplative absorption."}
Subject Matter: ["Devotional Praise (Stuti)","Theology (Vaiṣṇava epithets)","Philosophical Attributes of the Divine"]
Primary Rasa: bhakti (śānta-bhāva)
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: None
Related Themes: 36.36.23 (mergence into Govinda after stuti); 37.37.2 (bhāva as the means to attain the Lord)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A devotional figure (Earth as personified goddess, or a royal devotee in narrative frame) offers a victory-hymn to Viṣṇu as Govinda/Padmanābha/Viśveśvara, with the Lord shown as cosmic-form (viśvarūpa) or enthroned with lotus-navel symbolism.","item_prompts":["Viṣṇu with lotus emerging from navel (Padmanābha)","cosmic aura/viśvarūpa backdrop (stars, worlds)","hands in añjali of the devotee","inscribed epithets (Govinda, Viṣṇu, Padmanābha) as halo-text","conch and discus as subtle attributes"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: deep earthy reds/greens, stylized Padmanābha with lotus-navel, devotee in añjali, layered cosmic mandala behind, crisp black outlines and ornamental jewelry.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: central Viṣṇu as Padmanābha with heavy gold-leaf ornaments and embossed halo, devotee at lower corner, rich gem-like colors, conch/discus highlighted in gold.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: delicate linework, soft shading, serene Govinda face, lotus-navel emphasized, restrained but luminous palette, devotee in reverent posture.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: lyrical hillsky background transformed into cosmic expanse, slender figures, expressive eyes, Viṣṇu with radiant aureole and lotus-navel, devotee singing stuti."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"maṅgala-stuti, triumphant yet serene","suggested_raga":"Bilahari or Kalyani","pace":"medium-fast (jaya-refrain cadence)","voice_tone":"clear, ringing, celebratory with devotional gravity"}
FAQs
It exemplifies the Purāṇic stuti style—formulaic praise using multiple epithets—to frame theological discourse within the Varāha Purāṇa’s narrative setting and to signal the authority of the addressed deity in the surrounding dialogue.
No geographic toponym is present in this verse; it functions as a hymn of praise rather than a sacred-geography marker.
The verse conveys a philosophical instruction of reverential recognition—affirming qualities such as omniscience (sarvajña) and immeasurability (aprameya)—rather than a direct prescriptive ethical rule.
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