Varaha Purana 49.12: Adhyaya 49, Shloka 12
The Padmanābha Dvādaśī Observance, with the Eulogy of Lamp-Offering Merit
द्वितीये दिवसेऽप्येवं राज्ञीं दृष्ट्वा महाप्रभाम् । अहो मुष्टमहो मुष्टं जगदेतच्चराचरम् । इत्यगस्त्यो द्वितीयेऽह्नि राज्ञीं दृष्ट्वाऽभ्युवाच ह ॥ ४९.१२ ॥
dvitīye divase ’py evaṁ rājñīṁ dṛṣṭvā mahāprabhām | aho muṣṭam aho muṣṭaṁ jagad etac carācaram | ity agastyo dvitīye ’hni rājñīṁ dṛṣṭvā ’bhyuvāca ha || 49.12 ||
แม้ในวันที่สอง เมื่ออคัสตยะได้เห็นพระมเหสีผู้มีมหาปรภา ก็กล่าวอุทานว่า “อาโห น่าอัศจรรย์ยิ่ง! น่าอัศจรรย์ยิ่ง! โลกทั้งปวงนี้ ทั้งที่เคลื่อนไหวและไม่เคลื่อนไหว!” ดังนี้ ในวันที่สองเมื่อได้เห็นพระมเหสีแล้วจึงกล่าวกับนาง
Agastya
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative style in which a sage’s speech frames courtly scenes and expands them into broader reflections on the cosmos (jagat), illustrating how social description and cosmological language interweave in Sanskrit literary culture.
No geographic site is named in this verse fragment; the focus is on the encounter with the queen and a generalized statement about the world (jagat) of moving and unmoving beings (cara–acara).
Rather than a direct injunction, the verse conveys a philosophical stance of attentive wonder toward the totality of life (cara–acara), encouraging reflective awareness of the world’s breadth and complexity.
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