Varaha Purana 144.48 — Adhyaya 144, Shloka 48
The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape
मूढस्य जगतो मध्ये स्थिता किञ्चिदजानती ॥ त्वया धृता कृता चास्मि योग्यायोग्यमविन्दती ॥
mūḍhasya jagato madhye sthitā kiñcid ajānatī || tvayā dhṛtā kṛtā cāsmi yogyāyogyam avindatī ||
ຢູ່ທ່າມກາງໂລກທີ່ຫຼົງຜິດ ຮູ້ເພີຍນ້ອຍ ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຖືກພຣະອົງຄ້ຳຈຸນ ແລະປັ້ນແຕ່ງ; ແຕ່ກໍຍັງພົບທັງສິ່ງທີ່ຄວນ ແລະບໍ່ຄວນຢູ່ເລື້ອຍໆ.
Pṛthivī (default)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"Implicit: the Lord upholds and ‘shapes’ Earth (dhṛtā, kṛtā) as cosmic support"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"observer","bhu_devi_state":"burdened yet grateful; morally perplexed amid worldly delusion","key_question":"How can discernment of right/wrong be stabilized when I (and beings upon me) am upheld by you yet remain amid delusion?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"None","karmic_consequence":"None"}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":true,"symbolic_interpretation":"Earth acknowledges being ‘upheld’—a Varāha-echo even without boar imagery: the Lord is dhāraṇa-śakti sustaining the moral arena where dharma/adharma are encountered and sorted.","yajna_varaha_imagery":"Dhṛtā (upheld)=supporting the yajña-bhūmi (earth as altar); kṛtā (shaped)=ordering cosmos so karma can fructify; ‘yogya/ayogya’ mirrors ritual propriety (yogyatā) vs impropriety.","vedantic_connection":"Guṇa-moha: beings misperceive; yet īśvara as antaryāmin sustains and guides toward viveka. The verse hints at the need for buddhi-yoga/discernment under divine support."}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"Ethics and discernment (viveka) under divine providence","core_concept":"Even when upheld by God, the world remains moha-prone; discernment of proper/improper must be cultivated and guided.","practical_application":"Use śāstra, sādhus, and devotion to refine moral judgment; interpret life’s ‘yogya/ayogya’ encounters as prompts for dharmic alignment."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Philosophy of guidance","Human limitation"]
Primary Rasa: Karुणा
Secondary Rasa: Śānta
Type: Cosmic realm
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 144.54 (request for mahattva/eminence)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Earth-goddess speaks of being upheld and formed by the Lord while surrounded by a deluded world—moral contrasts shown as vignettes of dharma and adharma.","item_prompts":["Bhu-devī seated on a globe/lotus","supporting divine presence implied (pillar of light or unseen hands)","two side vignettes: charity/ritual vs violence/greed","crowded world scene with haze to indicate moha"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: Bhu-devī central; background split into dharmic/adharmic panels; soft smoky wash for delusion; divine support as luminous vertical aura behind her.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold-backed central Bhu-devī; embossed motifs of balance/scales for yogya/ayogya; small narrative panels at sides.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: detailed genre scenes of moral contrast; gentle divine glow outlining Bhu-devī to show ‘upheld’.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: simplified dual scenes with clear color coding; misty middle ground for ‘jagato moha’; lyrical composition."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"reflective, ethically searching","suggested_raga":"Kalyani","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"thoughtful, steady"}
FAQs
It records a conventional Purāṇic voice of the petitioner: acknowledging moral ambiguity (yogya/ayogya) while attributing stability to divine support.
No geographic identifier appears in this verse.
Develop moral discernment (yogya vs. ayogya) while recognizing the need for guidance when knowledge is limited.
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