Varaha Purana 10.6: Adhyaya 10, Shloka 6
The Threefold Division by the Guṇas, the Deities’ Attainment of Worship, and the Opening of the Durjaya Episode
देवा ऊचुः । जयस्व गोविन्द महानुभाव त्वया वयं नाथ वरेण देवाः । मनुष्यलोकेऽपि भवन्तमाद्यं विहाय नास्मान्भवते ह कश्चित् ॥ १०.६ ॥
devā ūcuḥ | jayasva govinda mahānubhāva tvayā vayaṁ nātha vareṇa devāḥ | manuṣyaloke 'pi bhavantam ādyaṁ vihāya nāsmān bhavate ha kaścit || 10.6 ||
Die Götter sprachen: „Sei siegreich, Govinda, o großherziger! Durch dich — unseren Herrn, den Höchsten unter den Göttern — werden wir Götter erhalten. Selbst in der Menschenwelt gibt es, außer dir, dem Uranfänglichen, wahrlich niemanden, der für uns zum Beschützer wird.“
Devāḥ (the gods)
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic literary mode: divine speakers (devāḥ) offering formal praise (stuti) to a supreme protector figure, reflecting the text’s devotional and cosmological framing rather than a purely narrative report.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it instead contrasts realms in general terms (e.g., manuṣyaloka, “the human world”).
The verse foregrounds reliance on an idealized protector and the recognition of a foundational source of support—an ethical posture of humility and acknowledgment of dependency within the cosmic order.
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