are the path to attain varāhap perumāl̤, say people (how ignorant!) —

entered (the ocean) as a divine boar —

a unique boar [incomparable] —

being mahāvarāha (great wild-boar) —

as a varāham (wild boar) —

(to handle the ocean of deluge) assuming the form of a varāha (pig, wild boar) —