Varaha Purana 73.35: Adhyaya 73, Shloka 35
Rudra’s Hymn: Vision of Nārāyaṇa, the Emergence of the Ādityas, and the Mutual Boon of Hari and Hara
चतुर्मुखो यो यदि कोटिवक्त्रो भवेनरः क्वापि विशुद्धचेताः । स ते गुणानामयुतैरनेकैर्वदेत् तदा देववर प्रसीद ॥ ७३.३५ ॥
caturmukho yo yadi koṭivaktro bhaven naraḥ kvāpi viśuddha-cetāḥ | sa te guṇānām ayutair anekair vadet tadā deva-vara prasīda || 73.35 ||
Selbst wenn irgendein Mensch, irgendwo, mit geläutertem Geist viergesichtig würde—ja sogar mit Millionen von Mündern versehen—könnte er doch nur in unzähligen Zehntausenden von deinen Eigenschaften sprechen. Darum, o Bester der Götter, sei gnädig.
Pṛthivī (defaulted per dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic literary device—hyperbolic praise (stuti)—used to articulate the perceived inexhaustibility of divine attributes and to frame the ensuing discourse in a respectful, dialogic register.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the term kvāpi (“anywhere”) is non-specific and functions rhetorically rather than topographically.
The verse foregrounds intellectual humility and purity of intention (viśuddha-cetāḥ) as virtues: even extraordinary capacities are portrayed as insufficient without clarity of mind and modesty before what is considered immeasurable.
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