Varaha Purana 139.30: Adhyaya 139, Shloka 30
The Glory of Varāha’s Rite: Merits of Cow-dung Plastering, Sweeping, Singing, Instrumental Music, and Dance
with a Truth-Vow Exemplum
गायमानश्च गीतानि संवत्सरगणान्बहून् ॥ श्वपाकः स गुणज्ञश्च मद्भक्तश्चैव सुन्दरी ॥
gāyamānaś ca gītāni saṃvatsaragaṇān bahūn || śvapākaḥ sa guṇajñaś ca madbhaktaś caiva sundarī ||
वो भजन गाता रहता था, सालों साल तक। वो श्वपक था, पर समझदार था। सुंदर, वो मेरा भक्त भी था।
Varāha
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The verse illustrates long-duration practice as a narrative proof of devotional discipline, while also preserving historically loaded social terms requiring contextual reading.
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