Shloka 138
रुद्र-स्तवराजः (Rudra-Stavarāja) — Exempla of Śiva’s Boons and the Hymn’s Phalaśruti
वरो वराहो वरदो वरेण्य: सुमहास्वन: । महाप्रसादो दमन: शत्रुहा श्वेतपिज्रल:
vayudeva uvāca | varo varāho varado vareṇyaḥ sumahāsvanaḥ | mahāprasādo damanaḥ śatruhā śvetapiṅgalaḥ ||
Vāyu dit : «Il est l’Excellent; Varāha, l’incarnation suprême du Sanglier; le dispensateur de grâces; et Celui qui mérite d’être choisi et servi. Son rugissement est vaste et puissant. Il accorde une grande faveur aux dévots, dompte les méchants, détruit les ennemis et se manifeste d’un éclat clair, fauve et lumineux.»
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises the divine as both compassionate and corrective: bestowing grace and boons upon devotees while restraining wrongdoing and destroying hostile forces. Ethically, it frames divine power as aligned with dharma—protecting the good and curbing the wicked.
Vāyudeva speaks a eulogy-like line listing honorific names and qualities of the deity—especially the Varāha form—highlighting majesty (mighty roar), benevolence (great grace), and protective strength (subduer and enemy-destroyer).