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The Glory of Varāha’s Rite: Merits of Cow-dung Plastering, Sweeping, Singing, Instrumental Music, and Dance
with a Truth-Vow Exemplum
मद्भक्तश्चैव जायेत सर्वधर्मविदां वरः॥ अथ द्वादशवर्षाणि मच्छ्रितः सुदृढव्रतः॥
madbhaktaś caiva jāyeta sarvadharmavidāṃ varaḥ || atha dvādaśavarṣāṇi macchritaḥ sudṛḍhavrataḥ ||
फिर वो मेरा भक्त बनके पैदा होता है, धरम के बारे में सब जानने वालों में बड़ा माना जाता है। बारह साल तक मेरा नाम लेता है, व्रत पक्का रखता है।
Varāha
It shows the integration of bhakti vocabulary with dharma discourse, reflecting a Purāṇic synthesis where devotion, ethical knowledge, and disciplined practice are jointly valorized.
No geographic location is named in this verse.
To cultivate disciplined commitment (sudṛḍha-vrata) grounded in refuge (śaraṇāgati) and informed by dharma-knowledge.
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