Varaha Purana 192.9 — Adhyaya 192, Shloka 9
Description of the Universal Peace-Recitation and the Madhuparka Rite
दिशः पश्य अधः पश्य व्याधिभ्यो रक्ष नित्यशः ॥ प्रसीद स्वस्य राष्ट्रस्य राज्ञः सर्वबलस्य च ॥
diśaḥ paśya adhaḥ paśya vyādhibhyo rakṣa nityaśaḥ || prasīda svasya rāṣṭrasya rājñaḥ sarva-balasya ca ||
تمام سمتوں کی طرف نظر فرمائیے، نیچے کی طرف بھی دیکھیے؛ بیماریوں سے ہمیں ہمیشہ محفوظ رکھیے۔ اپنے ہی راج اور تمام قوتوں سے آراستہ بادشاہ پر مہربان رہیے۔
Varāha (instructional frame; mantra-voice may be reciter)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"rajaniti","instruction_summary":"A ruler/realm should maintain vigilant protection in all directions (including below) and continually ward off disease; the deity is invoked to favor the rāṣṭra and the king’s strength.","karmic_consequence":"Upholding protective governance and śānti-invocation supports public health and stability; neglect invites भय/व्याधि and decline of royal fortune."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"Karma-yoga / dharmic responsibility","core_concept":"Collective welfare (ārōgya, security) is a dharmic obligation supported by mantra and right governance.","practical_application":"Use śānti-prayers alongside concrete vigilance (all directions) to sustain public health and royal stability."}
Subject Matter: ["Governance (public welfare)","Health (disease protection)","Ritual Practice"]
Primary Rasa: शान्त
Secondary Rasa: वीर
Type: polity/territory
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 192.11–14 (continuation of rāṣṭra-śānti and mantra-procedure)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha as mantra-instructor, with a ritualist/kingly figure praying for protection in all directions; subtle depiction of the eight directions and the underworld as ‘below’.","item_prompts":["Varāha (divine teacher posture)","ritualist with añjali","directional guardians (dikpālas) hinted","protective aura around a fort/kingdom","symbols of disease being repelled"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: Varāha as serene guru, bold flat colors, dikpālas as side motifs, protective halo around rāṣṭra.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style: central Varāha with ornate crown, gold-leaf prabhāmaṇḍala, small king/realm vignette below, dikpāla emblems at corners.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style: delicate linework, soft shading; Varāha instructing a kneeling reciter; subtle directional compass motif.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari style: lyrical landscape with a fortified realm; Varāha above as divine protector; small figures indicating directions and ‘below’."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"Protective śānti-prayer","suggested_raga":"Madhyamāvati","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"firm, reassuring, benedictive"}
FAQs
It exemplifies how Purāṇic texts integrate health concerns and kingship into protective liturgies, indicating a social dimension to ritual language.
No named location; “directions” (diśaḥ) are cosmological-spatial markers used in protective formulas.
To frame protection as extending to the whole polity—people, ruler, and the spatial environment—rather than as purely individual benefit.
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