Beneath the Cosmic Swine: Varaha and the Axis of Becoming - Softcover

Uprety, Mohan Chandra

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798289582508

Publisher: Independently published, 2025

Synopsis

Beneath the Cosmic Swine: Varaha and the Axis of Becoming is a profound spiritual and mythological exploration of one of the most overlooked, yet symbolically rich avatars in the Hindu pantheon—Varaha, the divine boar who descends into the cosmic abyss to rescue the Earth. Far from being a tale of mere divine heroism, this book reimagines the Varaha myth as a living mirror for the seeker’s journey, a poetic excavation of the soul’s descent into forgetfulness and its sacred labor to rise again.

At the heart of this immersive narrative lies the image of Bhudevi, the Earth goddess submerged in the primordial waters—not only as a planetary being in peril but as a timeless archetype for the forgotten feminine within us all. Her cry is the soul’s longing for remembrance. Her submergence is our collective drowning in spiritual amnesia, ecological crisis, and existential fragmentation. And her rescue is not a passive salvation, but a call to inner restoration.

Enter Varaha—not resplendent in celestial armor, but emerging from Vishnu’s breath in the humble, earthen form of a boar. This choice is no accident. The boar is a symbol of instinctive courage, of grounded strength, of the holiness found in mud rather than marble. In a world that often seeks transcendence by avoiding the messiness of life, Varaha dives into it. His descent is not a fall from divinity but an act of divine intimacy—where grit becomes grace, and struggle becomes sanctified.

Each chapter unearths a layer of this cosmic myth, not as a distant legend but as a living reality encoded within the seeker’s psyche. Through evocative storytelling, philosophical reflection, and symbolic interpretation, the book journeys through the silence before creation, the cry beneath the waters, the paradox of divine dormancy, and the fierce love that moves even the gods to act. It explores the sacredness of mud, the shadow of Hiranyaksha as an inner adversary, the spiritual meaning of the Earth’s ascension on Varaha’s tusks, and the restoration of the feminine as the center of cosmic balance.

But beyond mythology, this is a guide to inner transformation. It invites readers to embody Varaha in their own lives—to become the ones who dig through darkness, who reclaim what is holy within, and who lift not just themselves but the world with them. It challenges modern ideals of purity, perfection, and transcendence by offering a truth more grounded and more enduring: that the divine is not always clean, and the sacred is often scarred.

In a time of global disruption, ecological collapse, and inner disorientation, Beneath the Cosmic Swine calls us to remember that every descent—when met with fierce compassion and unwavering will—is a doorway to becoming. And that the myth, in the end, is not just a story told across generations, but a mirror held up to the soul, whispering: you are Bhudevi, and the Varaha within you waits to rise.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798289582508
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 103