Varaha Purana 197.45 — Adhyaya 197, Shloka 45
The Division of the Gates of Yama’s City and the Description of the Tribunal Hall
वाजिकुञ्जरयुक्तानि हंसयुक्तानि चापरे ॥ शरभैरृषभैश्चापि हस्तिभिश्च सुदर्शनैः ॥
vājikuñjarayuktāni haṃsayuktāni cāpare || śarabhairṛṣabhaiścāpi hastibhiśca sudarśanaiḥ ||
ചില യാനങ്ങൾ കുതിരകളും ആനകളും ചേർത്തതായിരുന്നു; മറ്റുചിലത് ഹംസങ്ങളാൽ ചേർത്തതായിരുന്നു. ചിലത് ശരഭങ്ങളാലും ഋഷഭങ്ങളാലും, അതുപോലെ അത്യന്തം സുന്ദരമായ ആനകളാലും വലിക്കപ്പെട്ടു।
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"None"}
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":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"symbolic-narrative","core_concept":"The cosmos of Purāṇic imagination integrates the natural and the marvelous; power is portrayed as harmonizing diverse beings into ordered service.","practical_application":"Read mythic animal imagery as a call to see dharma as ‘yoking’ (yoga) diverse impulses into a single purposeful direction."}
Subject Matter: ["Mythic zoology","Iconography","Material culture"]
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vīra
Type: mythic/unspecified setting
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 197.45-48 (same procession/retinue description)
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"wonder-and-pageantry","suggested_raga":"Hamsadhwani","pace":"medium-fast","voice_tone":"bright, animated, enumerative"}
FAQs
It combines real and mythic fauna in procession imagery, offering evidence for how Purāṇic texts blend zoological observation with symbolic and legendary motifs.
No geographic location is specified.
The verse primarily functions descriptively; any ethical import is contextual—reinforcing the magnitude and reach of Kṛtānta’s domain.
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