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
Pūrva Bhāga · Prithvī-uddhāra and Deva-stuti (Invocation/Praise Context)
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 ||
devA UchuH | jayasva govinda mahAnubhAva tvayA vayaM nAtha vareNa devAH | manuShyaloke.api bhavantamAdyaM vihAya nAsmAnbhavate ha kashchit || 10.6 ||
देवोते ने कहा, गोविंद, जीत के रहो। तुम बड़े हो। तुम ही हमारे मालिक हो और सबसे ऊपर हो। तुम्हारी वजह से हम देवता खड़े हैं। इंसानों की दुनिया में भी तुम ही पहले हो। तुम्हे छोड़ के कोई हमारा रक्षक नहीं है।
Sandhi Notes
- मनुष्यलोकेऽपि = मनुष्यलोके + अपि
- नास्मान्भवते = न + अस्मान् + भवते
- (पादान्ते) कश्चित् = कः + चित् (निपात-संयोग)
Devāḥ (the gods)
Observer
All beings, even devas, are sustained by him.
Adopt refuge-oriented devotion: remember the Lord as the final support in worldly and otherworldly crises; reduce egoic self-reliance.
Direct address ‘Govinda’ is a strong Vaiṣṇava epithet later prominent in Kṛṣṇa-bhakti; here it functions as a name of the supreme protector without explicit Mathurā setting.
Varāha Purāṇa: boon-request context initiated in 10.10.5
FAQs
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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