Varaha Purana 32.21: Adhyaya 32, Shloka 21
Dharma as the Bull-Form: Soma’s Transgression and the Institution of the Thirteenth Lunar Day Observance
न त्वया रहितं किञ्चिज्जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् । विद्यते त्वद्विहीनं तु सद्यो नश्यति वै जगत् ॥ ३२.२२ ॥
na tvayā rahitaṃ kiñcij jagat sthāvarajaṅgamam | vidyate tvad-vihīnaṃ tu sadyo naśyati vai jagat || 32.22 ||
Di jagat ini, baik yang tak bergerak maupun yang bergerak, tiada sesuatu pun yang terpisah dari-Mu. Bila tanpa-Mu, dunia ini seketika binasa.
Varāha (default dialogue attribution: instructor voice addressing Pṛthivī)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"dialogue","earth_interaction":"Instructional reassurance to Pṛthivī: the world’s existence depends on the Lord’s presence/support."}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"curious/attentive (as recipient of ontological teaching)","key_question":"What is the ontological dependence of all beings (moving and unmoving) upon the Supreme, and what happens in his absence?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":true,"symbolic_interpretation":"Radical dependence: all sthāvara-jaṅgama are upheld by the divine; removal of the sustaining principle implies pralaya-like collapse—Varāha as cosmic support (dhāraṇa).","yajna_varaha_imagery":"Not explicit; conceptually parallels yajña as that which ‘holds’ the world—without it, order disintegrates.","vedantic_connection":"Satkārya/adhisthāna logic in Purāṇic idiom: the Lord as the substratum (adhiṣṭhāna) and inner controller; without Brahman/Īśvara, nāmarūpa cannot persist."}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"ontology","core_concept":"Nothing exists independently of the Supreme; separation from the sustaining ground entails dissolution.","practical_application":"Cultivate īśvara-smṛti (remembrance) and humility; see all beings as dependent and therefore worthy of non-harm and reverence."}
Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Ontology","Philosophical Instruction","Interdependence of Life"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: ontological/cosmological
Related Themes: 32.32.21 (pālana of Earth and triloka); 32.32.23 (Lord as ātman and guṇa-forms)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha/Viṣṇu teaching Bhū-devī: a vision of the cosmos with moving and unmoving beings shown as resting within the Lord’s radiance; a contrasting shadowed ‘absence’ implying dissolution.","item_prompts":["teacher posture (upadeśa-mudrā)","miniature animals/trees (jaṅgama/sthāvara) within a cosmic aura","fading silhouettes to suggest ‘without you, perishes’","Bhū-devī listening attentively"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: didactic tableau with the Lord’s aura containing flora/fauna motifs, strong outlines, symbolic fading at the edges for pralaya suggestion.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: central luminous Lord with gold aura enclosing tiny beings, embossed border showing stability vs dissolution, Bhū-devī at side in reverent pose.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: nuanced chiaroscuro—bright divine center, dim periphery; delicate rendering of animals/trees; calm instructional mood.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: poetic cosmic bubble containing birds/trees, soft washes; a pale dissolving margin to indicate ‘sadyo naśyati’."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"philosophical gravity","suggested_raga":"Darbārī Kānaḍā","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"deep, instructive, emphatic on ‘na tvayā rahitam’ and ‘sadyo naśyati’"}
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic cosmological idiom—classifying existence as sthāvara (immobile) and jaṅgama (mobile)—and frames the cosmos as dependent on a singular sustaining principle, a theme widely attested in early medieval Sanskrit religious literature.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is a universal cosmological statement rather than a tīrtha or regional description.
The verse conveys an interdependence principle: the world’s continuity is portrayed as contingent on its sustaining foundation, encouraging a view of existence as relational rather than isolated—an idea that can inform stewardship-oriented readings without prescribing sectarian obligation.
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