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Varaha Purana 13.24: Adhyaya 13, Shloka 24

The Genealogy of the Pitṛs and the Determination of Śrāddha Times

ते प्राप्य तां स्मृतिं भूयः साध्य योगमनुत्तमम् । चिन्त्य योगगतिं शुद्धां पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभाम् ॥ १३.२४ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 13.24

te prāpya tāṁ smṛtiṁ bhūyaḥ sādhya yogam anuttamam | cintya yogagatiṁ śuddhāṁ punarāvṛtti-durlabhām || 13.24 ||

Habiendo recobrado de nuevo esa memoria, deben cultivar la disciplina insuperable del yoga, contemplando el curso puro del logro yóguico, difícil de alcanzar para quienes están atados al retorno repetido (renacimiento).

तेthey
ते:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग
प्राप्यhaving attained
प्राप्य:
पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-आप् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), ‘having attained’
ताम्that
ताम्:
विशेषण (Adjective of ‘स्मृतिम्’)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग; ‘स्मृतिम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण
स्मृतिम्remembrance/memory
स्मृतिम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object of ‘प्राप्य’)
TypeNoun
Rootस्मृति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग
भूयःagain; further
भूयः:
सम्बन्ध (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभूयः (अव्यय)
Formपुनरर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: again/further)
साध्यhaving accomplished
साध्य:
पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootसाध् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund; छान्दस/पुराण-प्रयोगे), ‘having accomplished/after accomplishing’
योगम्yoga
योगम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object of ‘साध्य’)
TypeNoun
Rootयोग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग
अनुत्तमम्unsurpassed
अनुत्तमम्:
विशेषण (Adjective of ‘योगम्’)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; ‘योगम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण
चिन्त्यhaving contemplated
चिन्त्य:
पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootचिन्त् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund; ‘having contemplated’)
योग-गतिम्the course/state of yoga
योग-गतिम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object of ‘चिन्त्य’)
TypeNoun
Rootयोग (प्रातिपदिक) + गति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (योगस्य गतिः), द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग
शुद्धाम्pure
शुद्धाम्:
विशेषण (Adjective of ‘योगगतिम्’)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग; ‘योगगतिम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण
पुनरावृत्ति-दुर्लभाम्difficult to return from
पुनरावृत्ति-दुर्लभाम्:
विशेषण (Adjective of ‘योगगतिम्’)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुनरावृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (पुनरावृत्त्या दुर्लभा/‘hard to obtain with return’; अर्थतः ‘hard to return from’), द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग; ‘योगगतिम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; explicit speaker not stated in excerpt)

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaishnavism
Y
Yoga Philosophy
M
Moksha Discourse

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It reflects a Purāṇic synthesis of yogic discipline and liberation-oriented vocabulary, showing how yoga discourse is integrated into narrative-text traditions beyond standalone yoga treatises.

No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is soteriological (yoga and release from repeated return).

To re-establish clear recollection (smṛti) and deliberately cultivate an unsurpassed yogic practice aimed at a purified attainment that transcends cyclical rebirth.

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