Varaha Purana 73.44: Adhyaya 73, Shloka 44
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Pūrva Bhāga · Dialogic Narratives (Devakārya–Avatāra Context)
विष्णुरुवाच । देवकार्यावतारेषु मानुषत्वमुपागतः । त्वामेवाराधयिष्यामि त्वं च मे वरदो भव ॥ ७३.४४ ॥
viṣṇur uvāca | devakāryāvatāreṣu mānuṣatvam upāgataḥ | tvām evārādhayiṣyāmi tvaṃ ca me varado bhava || 73.44 ||
viShNuruvAcha | devakAryAvatAreShu mAnuShatvamupAgataH | tvAmevArAdhayiShyAmi tvaM cha me varado bhava || 73.44 ||
Viṣṇu rzekł: W zstąpieniach podejmowanych dla dzieła bogów, przyjąwszy stan ludzki, będę czcił jedynie ciebie; a ty z kolei bądź dla mnie obdarzycielem błogosławieństw.
Sandhi Notes
- विष्णुरुवाच = विष्णुः + उवाच
- मानुषत्वमुपागतः = मानुषत्वम् + उपागतः
- त्वामेवाराधयिष्यामि = त्वाम् + एव + आराधयिष्यामि
Viṣṇu
Avatāra is not only rescue but pedagogy: by assuming mānuṣatva, the Lord demonstrates worship and relational dharma; divine reciprocity (vara-pradāna) is part of cosmic order.
See religious practice as imitation of divine exemplars; integrate devotion with ethical conduct, treating worship as formative discipline rather than mere request.
In avatāras undertaken for divine purposes, the Lord adopts human status and performs worship (ārādhana), establishing dharmic precedent; reciprocity of boon-giving is affirmed.
Implied: following the model of worship and reciprocity yields divine favor/boons; neglecting worship undermines access to grace and dharmic order.
Explicitly anticipates human-incarnation frames (e.g., Rāma/Kṛṣṇa) where Viṣṇu models devotion and ritual conduct within avatāra-līlā.
73.73.43 (requested worship in manifest form)
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative strategy: framing divine action (avatāra) as undertaken for restoring cosmic order and assisting the gods, while also presenting devotional reciprocity as a legitimizing motif within Sanskrit literary theology.
No explicit geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it functions primarily as a dialogic statement about incarnation and worship rather than sacred topography.
The verse foregrounds disciplined devotion (ārādhana) and reciprocal obligation: commitment to worship is paired with the expectation of benevolent responsiveness (varadatva) within the narrative’s moral economy.
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