Varaha Purana 210.32: Adhyaya 210, Shloka 32

Inquiry into Moral Agency (Karma) and Practical Means for the Dissolution of Sin: the Śiśumāra Contemplation

Devanagari script

निराशः सर्वतस्तिष्ठेदिष्टार्थेषु न लोलुपः ॥ परीतात्मा त्यजेत्प्राणान्सर्वपापात्प्रमुच्यते ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 210.32

Transliteration

nirāśaḥ sarvatas tiṣṭhed iṣṭārtheṣu na lolupaḥ || parītātmā tyajet prāṇān sarvapāpāt pramucyate ||

Translation

Er soll in jeder Hinsicht ohne Erwartung bleiben, nicht gierig nach begehrten Dingen; in Selbstbeherrschung, selbst wenn er den Lebenshauch hingibt, wird er von allen Sünden befreit.

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Word by Word

• निराशः: free from expectation
• निराशः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निराश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• सर्वतः: from all sides / everywhere
• सर्वतः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• तिष्ठेत्: should stand / remain
• तिष्ठेत्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इष्टार्थेषु: in desired objects/goals
• इष्टार्थेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्ट-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; components: इष्ट + अर्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation to predicate)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negative particle)

• लोलुपः: greedy
• लोलुपः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोलुप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• परीतात्मा: one whose mind/self is composed/controlled
• परीतात्मा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परीत-आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; components: परीत + आत्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• त्यजेत्: should abandon / give up
• त्यजेत्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्राणान्: life-breaths / life
• प्राणान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• सर्वपापात्: from all sin
• सर्वपापात्: Apadana (अपादान/Ablative-source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-पाप (प्रातिपदिक; components: सर्व + पाप)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• प्रमुच्यते: is released / is freed
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

Speaker

Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in fragment)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Vairāgya (Detachment)
• Sanskrit Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It aligns Purāṇic moral instruction with renunciant ideals (nirāśā, alobha), reflecting a shared ethical vocabulary across dharma and ascetic traditions.

Which geographic location is identified?

None.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Reduce attachment and greed; inner composure and detachment are presented as central to moral purification.