Shloka 54
Adhyaya 4 — Jaimini Meets the Dharmapakshis: Four Doubts on the Mahabharata and the Opening of Narayana Doctrine
भूत्वा पुरा वराहेण तुण्डेनापो निरस्य च ।
एकया दंष्ट्रयोत्खाता नलिनीव वसुन्धरा ॥
bhūtvā purā varāheṇa tuṇḍenāpo nirasya ca /
ekayā daṃṣṭrayotkhātā nalinīva vasundharā
In uralter Zeit, als er die Gestalt des Ebers (Varāha) annahm, drängte er die Wasser mit seinem Rüssel zurück; und mit nur einem Hauer hob er die Erde (Vasundharā) empor, wie man einen Lotusstängel aus dem Wasser zieht.
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FAQs
The verse presents the cosmos as sustained by divine intervention: when disorder (the Earth submerged in waters) prevails, the Supreme assumes an appropriate form to restore stability. Ethically, it models protective responsibility—power is exercised to uphold the world (loka-saṃgraha), not for domination.
Primarily Sarga/Pratisarga-related material (cosmogony and re-establishment of the world-order). The Varāha act is commonly used in Purāṇas to mark a restorative phase of creation after dissolution-like inundation.
Symbolically, the ‘waters’ can signify undifferentiated potential or chaos, while the ‘Earth’ represents ordered manifestation and dharma-ground. The boar’s snout and single tusk indicate decisive, focused force that separates and raises order from the undivided—an image of consciousness retrieving stability from the depths.