Varaha Purana 192.9 — Adhyaya 192, Shloka 9
Description of the Universal Peace-Recitation and the Madhuparka Rite
दिशः पश्य अधः पश्य व्याधिभ्यो रक्ष नित्यशः ॥ प्रसीद स्वस्य राष्ट्रस्य राज्ञः सर्वबलस्य च ॥
diśaḥ paśya adhaḥ paśya vyādhibhyo rakṣa nityaśaḥ || prasīda svasya rāṣṭrasya rājñaḥ sarva-balasya ca ||
దిశలవైపు చూడు, క్రిందకూడా చూడు; వ్యాధుల నుండి మమ్మల్ని నిత్యము రక్షించు. నీ స్వరాష్ట్రంపై మరియు సర్వబలసంపన్న రాజుపై ప్రసన్నుడవు కావు.
Varāha (instructional frame; mantra-voice may be reciter)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"rajaniti","instruction_summary":"A ruler/realm should maintain vigilant protection in all directions (including below) and continually ward off disease; the deity is invoked to favor the rāṣṭra and the king’s strength.","karmic_consequence":"Upholding protective governance and śānti-invocation supports public health and stability; neglect invites भय/व्याधि and decline of royal fortune."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"Karma-yoga / dharmic responsibility","core_concept":"Collective welfare (ārōgya, security) is a dharmic obligation supported by mantra and right governance.","practical_application":"Use śānti-prayers alongside concrete vigilance (all directions) to sustain public health and royal stability."}
Subject Matter: ["Governance (public welfare)","Health (disease protection)","Ritual Practice"]
Primary Rasa: शान्त
Secondary Rasa: वीर
Type: polity/territory
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 192.11–14 (continuation of rāṣṭra-śānti and mantra-procedure)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha as mantra-instructor, with a ritualist/kingly figure praying for protection in all directions; subtle depiction of the eight directions and the underworld as ‘below’.","item_prompts":["Varāha (divine teacher posture)","ritualist with añjali","directional guardians (dikpālas) hinted","protective aura around a fort/kingdom","symbols of disease being repelled"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: Varāha as serene guru, bold flat colors, dikpālas as side motifs, protective halo around rāṣṭra.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style: central Varāha with ornate crown, gold-leaf prabhāmaṇḍala, small king/realm vignette below, dikpāla emblems at corners.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style: delicate linework, soft shading; Varāha instructing a kneeling reciter; subtle directional compass motif.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari style: lyrical landscape with a fortified realm; Varāha above as divine protector; small figures indicating directions and ‘below’."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"Protective śānti-prayer","suggested_raga":"Madhyamāvati","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"firm, reassuring, benedictive"}
FAQs
It exemplifies how Purāṇic texts integrate health concerns and kingship into protective liturgies, indicating a social dimension to ritual language.
No named location; “directions” (diśaḥ) are cosmological-spatial markers used in protective formulas.
To frame protection as extending to the whole polity—people, ruler, and the spatial environment—rather than as purely individual benefit.
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