Varaha Purana 115.39: Adhyaya 115, Shloka 39

The Arising of Diverse Dharmas: Devotional Observances and Varṇa-Based Duties

Devanagari script

न शीतं च न चोष्णे च लब्धालब्धं विचिन्तयेत् ॥ न तिक्तेनास्ति कटुना मधुराम्लैर्न लावणैः ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 115.39

Transliteration

na śītaṁ ca na coṣṇe ca labdhālabdhaṁ vicintayet || na tiktenāsti kaṭunā madhurāmlair na lāvaṇaiḥ ||

Translation

لا ينبغي أن ينشغل المرء بالبرد أو الحرّ، ولا بما ناله أو لم ينله. ولا ينبغي أن يُساق بتفضيلٍ للمرّ أو الحارّ أو الحلو أو الحامض أو المالح.

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Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation particle)

• शीतम्: cold
• शीतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘cold (thing/experience)’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• न: nor
• न: Sambandha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• उष्णे: in heat / regarding heat
• उष्णे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘in heat/with heat’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• लब्धालब्धम्: gain and non-gain (what is obtained and not obtained)
• लब्धालब्धम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लब्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + अलब्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (लब्धं च अलब्धं च)

• विचिन्तयेत्: should ponder/consider
• विचिन्तयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation)

• तिक्तेन: with bitter (taste/thing)
• तिक्तेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करणार्थे

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कटुना: with pungent
• कटुना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कटु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• मधुराम्लैः: with sweet and sour (things)
• मधुराम्लैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुर (प्रातिपदिक) + आम्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (मधुरैः च आम्लैः च)

• न: nor
• न: Sambandha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation)

• लावणैः: with salty (things)
• लावणैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ascetic Discipline

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It echoes classical renunciant and yogic norms of endurance of opposites (dvandva) and restraint of sensory preference, framed within Purāṇic instruction.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is mentioned.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Avoid fixation on physical discomforts and on the pleasures of taste; maintain steadiness amid opposites.