Varaha Purana 41.37: Adhyaya 41, Shloka 37
Rite of the Varāha Dvādaśī Vow and an Exemplary Narrative on Expiation for Brahmin-Slaying
Pūrva Bhāga · Vaiṣṇava Narrative (Deva–Viṣṇu-sevaka dialogue)
तस्येन्द्रस्त्वर्घ्यमादाय प्रत्युत्थानेन निर्ययौ । आयान्तमिन्द्रं दृष्ट्वा तु तमूचुर्विष्णुकिङ्कराः । न द्रष्टव्यो देवराजस्त्वद्धीनस्तपसा इति ॥ ४१.३७ ॥
tasyendras tv arghyam ādāya pratyutthānena niryayau | āyāntam indraṃ dṛṣṭvā tu tam ūcur viṣṇukiṅkarāḥ | na draṣṭavyo devarājas tvaddhīnas tapasā iti || 41.37 ||
tasyendrastvarghyamAdAya pratyutthAnena niryayau | AyAntamindraM dRRiShTvA tu tamUchurviShNukiMkarAH | na draShTavyo devarAjastvaddhInastapasA iti || 41.37 ||
แล้วพระอินทร์รับเครื่องบูชาอรฺฆยะแล้วเสด็จออกไปเพื่อต้อนรับด้วยความเคารพ ครั้นเหล่าบริวารของพระวิษณุเห็นพระอินทร์เสด็จมา จึงกล่าวว่า “พระราชาแห่งเทวะไม่ควรได้รับการเข้าเฝ้า เพราะด้วยเดชแห่งตบะท่านอยู่ใต้อำนาจของท่าน”
Sandhi Notes
- तस्य + इन्द्रः → तस्येन्द्रः
- अर्घ्यम् + आदाय → अर्घ्यमादाय
- विमानेन (prev. verse) not here
- आयान्तम् + इन्द्रम् → आयान्तमिन्द्रम्
- तम् + ऊचुः → तमूचुः
- देवराजः + त्वद्धीनः → देवराजस्त्वद्धीनः
Viṣṇukiṅkarāḥ (attendants/servants of Viṣṇu)
Tapas and divine proximity determine real authority; worldly rank (even Indra) is secondary to alignment with Nārāyaṇa.
Cultivate disciplined practice and humility; do not assume entitlement based on office, fame, or power.
Audience and honors (arghya, pratyutthāna) must follow true hierarchy; even Indra is to be restrained when a higher authority (Vishnu’s order/tapas-based supremacy) is operative.
Proper protocol preserves dharma and merit; violating hierarchy/propriety leads to humiliation and loss of standing (apamāna) before higher beings.
41.41.38-41.41.41 (continuation: lokapālas withdraw; king attains higher realm; fruit of observance)
FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic literary motif where social protocol (offering arghya, rising to استقبال) intersects with the concept that spiritual discipline (tapas) can confer exceptional status—even relative to major deities like Indra—illustrating values of ascetic authority in Sanskrit narrative culture.
No specific geographic toponym is named in this verse; it is primarily a courtly/narrative exchange focused on reception protocol and hierarchy.
The verse foregrounds disciplined conduct and the cultural valuation of tapas: respectful forms of reception are acknowledged, yet authority is portrayed as grounded in austerity and restraint rather than merely institutional rank.
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