Shloka 27
Varāha-avatāra: The Boar Incarnation Lifts the Earth and Slays Hiraṇyākṣa
उत्क्षिप्तवाल: खचर: कठोर: सटा विधुन्वन् खररोमशत्वक् । खुराहताभ्र: सितदंष्ट्र ईक्षा- ज्योतिर्बभासे भगवान्महीध्र: ॥ २७ ॥
utkṣipta-vālaḥ kha-caraḥ kaṭhoraḥ saṭā vidhunvan khara-romaśa-tvak khurāhatābhraḥ sita-daṁṣṭra īkṣā- jyotir babhāse bhagavān mahīdhraḥ
ପୃଥିବୀକୁ ଉଦ୍ଧାର କରିବା ପାଇଁ ଜଳରେ ପ୍ରବେଶ ପୂର୍ବରୁ ଭଗବାନ୍ ବରାହ ଆକାଶରେ ଉଡ଼ିଲେ; ପୁଛ ଉତ୍କ୍ଷିପ୍ତ କରି ଫଟକାଇଲେ, କଠୋର ରୋମ କମ୍ପିତ, ଖୁର ଆଘାତରେ ମେଘ ଛିନ୍ନ କଲେ; ଶ୍ୱେତ ଦଂଷ୍ଟ୍ରା ଝଲମଲ କଲା, ତାଙ୍କ ଦୃଷ୍ଟିତେଜ ଦୀପ୍ତିମାନ ହେଲା—ମହାପର୍ବତ ପରି।
When the Lord is offered prayers by His devotees, His transcendental activities are described. Here are some of the transcendental features of Lord Boar. As the residents of the upper three planetary systems offered their prayers to the Lord, it is understood that His body expanded throughout the sky, beginning from the topmost planet, Brahmaloka, or Satyaloka. It is stated in the Brahma-saṁhitā that His eyes are the sun and the moon; therefore His very glance over the sky was as illuminating as the sun or the moon. The Lord is described herein as mahīdhraḥ, which means either a “big mountain” or the “sustainer of the earth.” In other words, the Lord’s body was as big and hard as the Himālayan Mountains; otherwise how was it possible that He kept the entire earth on the support of His white tusks? The poet Jayadeva, a great devotee of the Lord, has sung of the incident in his prayers for the incarnations:
FAQs
In Canto 3, Chapter 13, the Bhagavatam describes Lord Varāha as a powerful divine boar form moving through the sky, bristling with hair, shaking His mane, striking the clouds with His hooves, and blazing with the radiance of His tusks and glance.
The imagery emphasizes His supreme power and awe-inspiring presence—His cosmic strength fills the heavens, and His form appears vast and immovable like a mountain, underscoring that the earth’s protector is Bhagavān Himself.
This verse encourages fearless remembrance of God’s protective power—meditating on Varāha nurtures faith that the Lord can lift one from overwhelming conditions and restore stability, duty, and inner strength.