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Varaha Purana 115.4: Adhyaya 115, Shloka 4

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

एकचित्तं समाधाय यो मां जानाति माधवि ॥ नित्यं तुष्यामि तस्याहं पुरुषं बहुदोषकम्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 115.4

ekacittaṃ samādhāya yo māṃ jānāti mādhavi || nityaṃ tuṣyāmi tasyāhaṃ puruṣaṃ bahudoṣakam

जिसका मन एक जगह टिक जाता है और वो मुझे जान लेता है, मैं उससे हमेशा खुश रहता हूँ। वो इंसान में कितने भी दोष हों, मुझे फ़र्क़ नहीं पड़ता।

eka-cittamone-pointed mind
eka-cittam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक) + citta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारय: 'ekaṃ cittaṃ' (one-pointed mind)
samādhāyahaving composed (it)
samādhāya:
Kriyā (क्रिया-पूर्वक)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ā-dhā (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), 'having fixed/collected'
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun
māmme
mām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFirst person pronoun; Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
jānātiknows
jānāti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootjñā (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
mādhaviO Mādhavī
mādhavi:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmādhavī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)
nityamalways
nityam:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण-काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnitya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAdverbial accusative (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्ययीभूतम्)
tuṣyāmiI am pleased
tuṣyāmi:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Roottuṣ (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
tasyaof him
tasya:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
ahamI
aham:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFirst person pronoun; Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
puruṣamperson
puruṣam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpuruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
bahu-doṣakamfull of many faults
bahu-doṣakam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootbahu (प्रातिपदिक) + doṣaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारय: 'bahu doṣakaḥ' (very faulty/many-faulted) qualifying 'puruṣam'

Varāha/Nārāyaṇa (instructor)

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaiṣṇavism
B
Bhakti
M
Mindfulness/Concentration

FAQs

It evidences a devotional ethic in which focused attention and recognition (jñāna) outweigh strict moral perfectionism, a theme influential in later bhakti discourse.

None; the verse concerns interior discipline (mind) rather than place.

Cultivate single-minded focus and sincere understanding; the text frames these as more decisive than the mere absence of faults.

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