Varaha Purana 4.8: Adhyaya 4, Shloka 8
On Nārāyaṇa’s Ten Avatāras and Eightfold Manifestations, and the Account of King Aśvaśirā
Pūrva Bhāga · Cosmological Teaching (Nārāyaṇa as Pervader)
अभिव्याप्तिमिदं सर्वं जगन्नारायणेन ह । इत्येतत् कथितं देवि किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि ॥ ४.८ ॥
abhivyāptim idaṃ sarvaṃ jagan nārāyaṇena ha | ityetat kathitaṃ devi kim anyac chrotum icchasi || 4.8 ||
AbhivyaptimidaM sarvaM jagannArAyaNena ha | ityetat kathitaM devi kimanyachChrotumichChasi || 4.8 ||
จักรวาลทั้งมวลนี้ถูกนารายณะแผ่ซ่านครอบคลุมอยู่ทุกทิศ—ดังที่ได้กล่าวไว้แล้ว โอ้เทวี ข้าพเจ้าได้อธิบายแล้ว; ท่านปรารถนาจะฟังสิ่งใดอีก?
Sandhi Notes
- abhivyāptim idaṃ = abhivyāptim + idam
- ityetat = iti + etat
- anyac chrotum = anyat + śrotum (t→cch by sandhi)
Varāha
Curious, receptive; positioned as a listener being guided through tattva
What further topic beyond Nārāyaṇa’s all-pervasion should be heard/known?
Nārāyaṇa pervades the entire universe (sarva-vyāpti).
Cultivate constant remembrance and reverence: see all beings/places as pervaded by Nārāyaṇa; sustain inquiry (śravaṇa) under a competent teacher.
Varāha addresses Devī directly, concluding a cosmological teaching and inviting further questions.
The verse foregrounds Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa as the immanent ground (antaryāmin) pervading jagat; Varāha’s role here is the revealer of the all-pervading Brahman rather than the physical rescuer.
Implicit: pervasion like yajña-vyāpti—Nārāyaṇa as the inner principle present in all limbs of the cosmos (no explicit tusk/limb mappings stated).
Viśiṣṭādvaita/Vaiṣṇava Vedānta-friendly framing: Brahman identified with Nārāyaṇa; jagat as pervaded/ensouled by Him (sarva-vyāpti, antaryāmitva).
Varāha Purāṇa dialogue frame: Varāha instructing Dharaṇī on cosmology and dharma (surrounding adhyāya context)
FAQs
It exemplifies a common Purāṇic cosmological formulation—describing a single principle (here, Nārāyaṇa) as pervading the cosmos—framed within a teacher–inquirer dialogue style typical of early medieval Sanskrit compendia.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it is a universal cosmological statement rather than a passage of sacred geography.
The verse primarily conveys a philosophical instruction: reality is presented as pervaded by a single sustaining principle, encouraging a worldview of integrated order rather than a direct prescriptive moral rule.
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