Varaha Purana 33.2: Adhyaya 33, Shloka 2
The Origin of Rudra, the Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, and the Establishment of Paśupati
जातः प्रजानां पतिरुग्रतेजा ज्ञानं परं तत्त्वभावं विदित्वा । सृष्टिं सिसृक्षुः क्षुभितोऽतिकोपाद् वृद्धिकाले जगतः प्रकामम् ॥ ३३.२ ॥
jātaḥ prajānāṁ patir ugratejā jñānaṁ paraṁ tattvabhāvaṁ viditvā | sṛṣṭiṁ sisṛkṣuḥ kṣubhito 'tikopād vṛddhikāle jagataḥ prakāmam || 33.2 ||
Als Herr der Geschöpfe geboren, von gewaltiger Ausstrahlung, und nachdem er das höchste Wissen—die wahre Natur der Wirklichkeit (tattva)—erkannt hatte, geriet er, die Schöpfung hervorbringen wollend, in Erregung; und durch übermäßigen Zorn, zur Zeit der Ausdehnung der Welt, vollzog sich die Schöpfung in ganzer Fülle.
Varāha (default framework: instructor voice in Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue)
The verse frames cosmogony as arising from the Lord-as-Prajāpati who, having realized paramajñāna (tattvabhāva), initiates manifestation; the ‘stirring’ (kṣobha) and ‘ugra’ energy function like the activating impulse that sets prakṛti’s expansion in motion (Sāṃkhya-adjacent kṣobha leading to sṛṣṭi).
Implicit yajña-cosmogony: ‘pati of creatures’ and ‘world’s expansion’ suggest the Lord as the inner sacrificer whose tapas/tejas becomes the productive heat; no explicit limb-to-yajña mapping is stated.
Brahman/Īśvara as the knower of tattva who wills (sṛṣṭim sisṛkṣuḥ) without losing transcendence; kṣobha can be read as māyā/śakti’s activation under īśvara-saṅkalpa, while ‘param jñāna’ signals jñāna as the ground of creative sovereignty.
Creation proceeds from supreme knowledge and sovereign will; the ‘kṣobha’ of the cosmic principle catalyzes full manifestation.
Contemplate tattva-jñāna as the stabilizing center behind change; interpret intense energies (kopa/tejas) as forces to be disciplined and redirected toward constructive dharma rather than personal harm.
Varāha Purāṇa cosmology sequences around adhyāya 33 (sṛṣṭi-prakaraṇa); Nearby narration of Rudra/Dakṣa mind-born creation (33.33.4–6)
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It preserves a standard Purāṇic cosmogonic motif: a primordial lord (prajāpati-type figure) initiates creation after realizing highest knowledge, reflecting layered doctrinal synthesis (metaphysics combined with mythic narration) characteristic of Purāṇic redaction.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily cosmological and metaphysical rather than topographical.
The verse does not present a direct moral injunction; its philosophical instruction emphasizes that ordered creation is grounded in knowledge of reality (tattva) and describes the dynamic forces (agitation/anger) that accompany cosmic manifestation.
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