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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
ततः स भूमौ जायेत वैष्णवैः सह संस्थितः ॥ गायन्मम यशो नित्यं भक्त्या परमया युतः
tataḥ sa bhūmau jāyeta vaiṣṇavaiḥ saha saṃsthitaḥ || gāyan mama yaśo nityaṃ bhaktyā paramayā yutaḥ
फिर वो धरती पर पैदा होता है। विष्णु के भक्तों के साथ रहता है। वो रोज़ मेरा नाम गाता है। उसके दिल में बड़ा प्यार होता है।
Varāha
It highlights the social dimension of devotion—association with Vaiṣṇava communities—useful for historians of sectarian identity and practice.
The location is general—'earth' (bhūmi)—without a specific toponym.
Sustained devotion is expressed through continual praise and ethical affiliation with a community of practitioners.
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