Varaha Purana 19.6: Adhyaya 19, Shloka 6
The Glory of Lunar Days: The Pratipadā Observance and the Merit of Hearing Agni’s Origin
चतुर्विधानि भूतानि मनुष्याः पशवोऽसुराः । देवाḥ सर्वे सगन्धर्वाः प्रीताः स्युस्तर्पिते त्वयि ॥ १९.६ ॥
caturvidhāni bhūtāni manuṣyāḥ paśavo 'surāḥ | devāḥ sarve sagandharvāḥ prītāḥ syus tarpita tvayi || 19.6 ||
มนุษย์ สัตว์ อสูร และเทพทั้งปวงพร้อมคันธรรพ—หมู่สัตว์ทั้งสี่จำพวกนี้—ย่อมยินดีเมื่อท่านได้รับการบำรุงบูชาอย่างสมบูรณ์
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It reflects a common Purāṇic worldview in which multiple classes of beings (human, animal, divine, and other-than-divine) are presented as interdependent, and social-ritual concepts like “satisfaction/propitiation” (tarpaṇa) are framed as having wide cosmological effects.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it is a general cosmological-ethical statement about categories of beings.
The verse emphasizes a principle of interdependence: when the addressed entity is properly “satisfied/nourished” (tarpita), harmony and well-being extend across diverse orders of life, suggesting a broad ethic of sustaining and caring for the foundational support of living communities.
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