Varaha Purana 21.42: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 42
The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari-Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share
Pūrva Bhāga · Rudra–Deva-yuddha (Mythic Battle Narrative)
भूतान्यपि मृधे घोराण्युल्मुकैरस्थिभिः शरैः । जग्मुर्देवान्मृधे रोषाद्रुद्रस्य पुरतो बलात् ॥ २१.४३ ॥
bhūtāny api mṛdhe ghorāṇy ulmukair asthibhiḥ śaraiḥ | jagmur devān mṛdhe roṣād rudrasya purato balāt || 21.43 ||
bhUtAnyapi mRRidhe dhorANyulmukairasthibhiH sharaiH | jagmurdevAn mRRidhe roShAd rudrasya purato balAt || 21.43 ||
ఆ ఘోర యుద్ధములో భయంకర భూతములు కూడా ఉల్ముకములు, ఎముకలు, బాణములు విసురుతూ దేవతలపై దూసుకొచ్చిరి. క్రోధంతో రుద్రుని ముందర బలంగా నడిచిరి.
Sandhi Notes
- भूतान्यपि = भूतानि + अपि
- घोराण्युल्मुकैः = घोराणि + उल्मुकैः
- जग्मुर्देवान् = जग्मुः + देवान्
- रोषाद्रुद्रस्य = रोषात् + रुद्रस्य
Varāha
Rage (roṣa) amplifies destructive capacity and draws beings into the orbit of raudra power; proximity to fierce divinity can intensify both protection and devastation.
Recognize how anger and group momentum escalate conflict; cultivate discernment so that ‘force’ serves dharma rather than contagion of fury.
Varāha Purāṇa 21.21.42 (devas’ advance); Varāha Purāṇa 21.21.44-46 (Rudra’s decisive strikes)
FAQs
It preserves a characteristic Purāṇic battle register—cataloguing weapons and supernatural combatants—to frame conflicts as disruptions of cosmic order, a common narrative technique in early medieval Sanskrit literature.
No specific geographic or pilgrimage location is named in this verse; the scene is presented as a generalized mythic battlefield.
Rather than a direct injunction, the verse highlights anger (roṣa) as a driver of violent escalation, implicitly contrasting wrath-driven force with the broader Purāṇic ideal of restoring order and restraint.
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