Varaha Purana 75.43: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 43
Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure
Pūrva Bhāga · Stotra / Theological Epithets within Pr̥thivī-Varāha Dialogue
महायोगी महादेवो जगद्ध्येयो जनार्दनः । सर्वलोकगतोऽनन्तो व्यापको मूर्तिरव्ययः ॥ ७५.४३ ॥
mahāyogī mahādevo jagaddhye yo janārdanaḥ | sarvalokagato 'nanto vyāpako mūrtir avyayaḥ || 75.43 ||
mahAyogI mahAdevo jagaddhyeyo janArdanaH | sarvalokagato.ananto vyApako mUrttiravyayaH || 75.43 ||
वो बड़ा योगी है, बड़ा देवता है। जनार्दन को दुनिया भगती है। वो हर जगह है, खत्म नहीं होता, सब में फैला हुआ है, उसकी कोई मूर्ति है जो कभी खत्म नहीं होती।
Sandhi Notes
- जगद्ध्येयो → जगत् + ध्येयः (t + dh → ddh)
- गतोऽनन्तो → गतः अनन्तः (visarga sandhi)
Varāha
Janārdana is the universal object of contemplation: infinite, all-pervading, yet personally present as mūrti.
Adopt dhyāna on the all-pervading Lord—see him in all lokas and in one’s own heart; stabilize mind through yoga and devotion.
The Lord is simultaneously yogin (inner mastery) and jagad-vyāpaka (cosmic pervasion): Varāha’s ‘embodied’ presence is not limiting but a vehicle of the infinite.
‘Jagaddhyeya’ aligns with yajña as dhyāna: the world’s sustaining rite is meditation on Janārdana; ‘sarvalokagata’ echoes the deity pervading all ritual spaces.
Saguna–nirguna bridge: ‘mūrti’ (form) with ‘ananta/avyaya’ (infinite/imperishable) supports the doctrine of a transcendental yet immanent Brahman (Viṣṇu) accessible to meditation.
75.75.44 (clarifies that the ‘mūrti’ is not prākṛta); 75.75.42 (attainment of Puruṣottama)
FAQs
It exemplifies a Purāṇic stotra-style accumulation of divine epithets, a common literary device used to summarize theological attributes (pervasiveness, eternity, meditability) within the broader Purāṇic narrative framework.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; its focus is on cosmological pervasion across 'all worlds' (sarvaloka).
The verse emphasizes contemplative orientation (jagaddhye yaḥ)—the philosophical instruction is to cultivate meditation on the imperishable and all-pervading principle as a means of aligning thought and conduct with enduring values.
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