Varaha Purana 8.44: Adhyaya 8, Shloka 44
Dialogue on the Ethical Limits of Subsistence and the Five Great Sacrifices
Dharmavyādha, Mātaṅga, and Prasanna
त्रिधा स्थितं तिग्मरथाङ्गपाणिनं नयस्थितं तृप्तमनुत्तमैर्गुणैः । निःश्रेयसाख्यं क्षपितेतरं गुरुं नमामि विष्णुं पुरुषोत्तमं त्वहम् ॥ ८.४४ ॥
tridhā sthitaṃ tigmarathāṅgapāṇinaṃ nayasthitaṃ tṛptam anuttamair guṇaiḥ | niḥśreyasākhyaṃ kṣapitetaraṃ guruṃ namāmi viṣṇuṃ puruṣottamaṃ tv aham || 8.44 ||
میں پُروشوتم وِشنو کو نمسکار کرتا ہوں—جو تین طرح سے قائم ہیں، جن کے ہاتھ میں تیز دھار چکر ہے؛ جو نَیَ اور دھرم میں ثابت قدم ہیں، بے مثال اوصاف سے سیراب ہیں؛ جو ‘نِشریَس’ کہلاتے ہیں، رکاوٹ بننے والی دوسری چیزوں کو مٹانے والے گُرو اور قابلِ تعظیم رہنما ہیں۔
Varāha (default narrative framework; explicit speaker not stated in excerpt)
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It preserves a Purāṇic stotra-style register that integrates theological epithets with ethical vocabulary (e.g., naya), illustrating how Purāṇic texts transmit devotion alongside normative ideals.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it functions as a doctrinal praise of Viṣṇu rather than a sacred-geography passage.
The verse foregrounds alignment with naya (ethical order/right conduct) and presents the ‘highest good’ (niḥśreyasa) as the culminating aim, framed through reverential acknowledgment of an ideal guide (guru).
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