Varaha Purana 7.43: Adhyaya 7, Shloka 43
The Sanctity of Gayā: Raibhya’s Encounter and Hymn to Viṣṇu
Gadādhara
Pūrva Bhāga · Dialogic Narratives (Transmission of Divine Knowledge)
देव उवाच । एवमस्त्विति ते ब्रह्मन्नित्युक्त्वा ऽन्तरधी यत । भगवानपि रैभ्यस्तु दिव्यज्ञानसमन्वितः ॥ ७.४३ ॥
deva uvāca | evam astv iti te brahmann ity uktvā 'ntaradhīyata | bhagavān api raibhyas tu divyajñāna-samanvitaḥ || 7.43 ||
deva uvAcha | evamastviti te brahmannityuktvA.antaradhIyata | bhagavAnapi raibhyastu divyaj~nAnasamanvitaH || 7.43 ||
ദേവൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“എവമസ്തു.” ഹേ ബ്രാഹ്മണാ, ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞ് അദ്ദേഹം അന്തർധാനം ചെയ്തു. റൈഭ്യനും ദിവ്യജ്ഞാനസമ്പന്നനായി (ആ നിലയിൽ) നിലകൊണ്ടു.
Sandhi Notes
- एवमस्त्विति = एवम् अस्तु इति (म्+अ→म)
- ब्रह्मन्नित्युक्त्वा = ब्रह्मन् इति उक्त्वा (न्+इ→न्नि)
- उक्त्वा ऽन्तरधी यत = उक्त्वा अन्तरधीयत (ऽ = अ)
- divyajñāna-samanvitaḥ is a tatpuruṣa compound
Deva (speaker indicated by 'deva uvāca')
FAQs
It exemplifies a common Purāṇic narrative device: a divine interlocutor confirms a request or statement (“evam astu”) and then disappears, marking a transition in the transmission of authority and knowledge within the dialogue.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content focuses on a dialogic closure and the characterization of Raibhya as endowed with divine knowledge.
Rather than a direct ethical injunction, the verse emphasizes epistemic authority—divine affirmation and the presence of divinely grounded knowledge (divyajñāna) as a legitimizing basis for subsequent teaching or narration.
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