Varaha Purana 4.5: Adhyaya 4, Shloka 5
On Nārāyaṇa’s Ten Avatāras and Eightfold Manifestations, and the Account of King Aśvaśirā
ब्रह्मा भगवतो मूर्त्या रजसस्तमसस्तथा । याभिः संस्थाप्यते विश्वं स्थितौ संचाल्यते च ह ॥ ४.५ ॥
brahmā bhagavato mūrtyā rajasas tamasas tathā | yābhiḥ saṃsthāpyate viśvaṃ sthitau saṃcālyate ca ha || 4.5 ||
బ్రహ్మా—మరియు భగవానుని రజస్, తమస్ సంబంధ మూర్తులు—వీటివలన విశ్వం స్థాపించబడుతుంది, స్థితిలో అది నడిపింపబడుతుంది కూడా।
Varāha
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It reflects a common Purāṇic synthesis in which cosmic functions are described through both personal divine agency (bhagavat) and Sāṃkhya-style guṇas (rajas, tamas), illustrating how early medieval Sanskrit literature integrated philosophical vocabulary into cosmological narration.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily cosmological and doctrinal.
The verse does not present a direct ethical injunction; its philosophical instruction is explanatory—framing cosmic order as established and dynamically sustained through divine manifestations associated with the guṇas.
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