Varaha Purana 32.1: Adhyaya 32, Shloka 1
Dharma as the Bull-Form: Soma’s Transgression and the Institution of the Thirteenth Lunar Day Observance
पूर्वं ब्रह्माऽव्ययः शुद्धः परादपरसंज्ञितः । स सिसृक्षुः प्रजास्त्वादौ पालनं च विचिन्तयत् ॥ ३२.२ ॥
pūrvaṃ brahmā’vyayaḥ śuddhaḥ parādaparasaṃjñitaḥ | sa sisṛkṣuḥ prajās tv ādau pālanaṃ ca vicintayat || 32.2 ||
ໃນຕອນແຮກ ພຣະພຣະຫມາ (ບຣະຫມາ) ຜູ້ບໍ່ເສື່ອມສະລາຍ ແລະບໍລິສຸດ ຜູ້ຖືກເອີ້ນວ່າທັງ “ເຫນືອກວ່າ” (ປະຣະ) ແລະ “ຢູ່ໃນ” (ອະປະຣະ) ເມື່ອປາຖະໜາຈະສ້າງສັດທັງຫຼາຍໃນປະຖົມການ ກໍໄດ້ຄິດໄຕ່ຕອງເຖິງການປົກປ້ອງ ແລະການປົກຄອງຂອງພວກເຂົາດ້ວຍ.
Varāha (default speaker framework; explicit speaker not stated in the excerpt)
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It reflects a standard Purāṇic cosmogonic motif: creation is paired with the responsibility of maintenance (pālana), aligning cosmology with governance ethics in early Sanskrit narrative traditions.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily cosmological and administrative (creation and protection) in focus.
The verse emphasizes that initiating creation (or any foundational undertaking) is inseparable from deliberation on protection, care, and responsible governance (pālana).
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