Varaha Purana 5.50: Adhyaya 5, Shloka 50
Reconciliation of Action and Knowledge: Offering All Acts to Nārāyaṇa and the Hymn to the Yajña-Puruṣa
दधार मायामयमुग्रतेजा जयाय चक्रं त्वमलांशुशुभ्रम् । गदासिशार्ङ्गादिचतुर्भुजोऽयं तं यज्ञमूर्तिं प्रणतोऽस्मि नित्यम् ॥ ५.५० ॥
dadhāra māyāmayam ugratejā jayāya cakraṁ tv amalāṁśuśubhram | gadāsiśārṅgādicaturbhujo ’yaṁ taṁ yajñamūrtiṁ praṇato ’smi nityam || 5.50 ||
आपका तेज बड़ा ज़बरदस्त है। आपने जीत के लिए चक्र धारण किया। वो चक्र बिल्कुल साफ है, चमक रहा है। आप चार हाथ वाले हैं। आपके हाथ में गदा, तलवार, धनुष है। मैं उस यज्ञ रूप वाले भगवान को हमेशा नमस्ते करता हूँ।
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It reflects a Purāṇic style of maṅgalācaraṇa (invocatory praise) and preserves classical iconographic vocabulary (cakra, gadā, śārṅga) used in textual and visual traditions of Vaiṣṇava representation.
No geographic location is mentioned in this verse; it is primarily an iconographic and conceptual praise of the deity as yajñamūrti.
The verse presents a philosophical instruction of reverence toward the principle of yajña (sacrificial order) embodied as a cosmic stabilizing force, framed through disciplined humility (praṇāma) rather than prescriptive command.
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