Varaha Purana 49.13: Adhyaya 49, Shloka 13
The Padmanābha Dvādaśī Observance, with the Eulogy of Lamp-Offering Merit
तृतीयेऽहनि तां दृष्ट्वा पुनरेवमुवाच ह । अहो मूढा न जानन्ति गोविन्दं परमेश्वरम् । य एकेऽह्नि फलं चै तद् राज्ञे तुष्टः प्रदत्तवान् ॥ ४९.१३ ॥
tṛtīye 'hani tāṃ dṛṣṭvā punar evam uvāca ha | aho mūḍhā na jānanti govindaṃ parameśvaram | ya eke 'hni phalaṃ ca etad rājñe tuṣṭaḥ pradattavān || 49.13 ||
Am dritten Tag, als er sie sah, sprach er wiederum: „Ach, die Verblendeten erkennen Govinda, den höchsten Herrn, nicht. Diese Frucht, die schon an einem einzigen Tag erlangt wird, hat Er, zufrieden, dem König gewährt.“
Varāha (default, speaker not explicitly stated in the fragment)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic mode of moral instruction where recognition of the supreme principle (here expressed through the epithet “Govinda”) is contrasted with worldly misunderstanding, and where royal recipients function as key agents in narratives of patronage and merit.
No explicit geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it focuses on recognition of the divine principle and the bestowal of merit to a king.
The verse emphasizes discernment and correct recognition (jñāna/understanding) as ethically important, and it highlights the idea that merit (phala) can be conferred through a pleased benefactor—framed within royal and devotional discourse.
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