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Varaha Purana 117.2: Adhyaya 117, Shloka 2

The Thirty-Two Offenses: Rules of Purity and Proper Conduct in Worship

भुञ्जानो याति चाश्नाति मम योगाय माधवि ॥ अशुभं कर्म कृत्वापि पुरुषो धर्ममाश्रितः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 117.2

bhuñjāno yāti cāśnāti mama yogāya mādhavi || aśubhaṃ karma kṛtvāpi puruṣo dharmam āśritaḥ ||

जो इंसान खाना खाते वक़्त कंट्रोल में रहता है, वो मेरे काम आता है माधवी। अगर किसी ने कोई बुरा काम भी किया हो, पर वो धरम के साथ चिपका हो, तो भी ठीक है।

bhuñjānaḥeating
bhuñjānaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhuñjāna (कृदन्त; √bhuj)
FormPresent participle (शानच्), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agreeing with implied subject (he)
yātigoes / proceeds
yāti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootyā (धातु)
FormLaṭ-lakāra (लट्/Present), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
aśnātieats
aśnāti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootaś (धातु)
FormLaṭ-lakāra (लट्/Present), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
mamamy
mama:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Genitive (षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
yogāyafor (my) yoga / for union
yogāya:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)
mādhaviO Mādhavī
mādhavi:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmādhavī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)
aśubhaminauspicious / evil
aśubham:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootaśubha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying 'karma'
karmadeed / action
karma:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkarman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
kṛtvāhaving done
kṛtvā:
Pūrvakāla (पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkṛ (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, अव्ययीभाववत्), 'having done'
apieven
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात) 'even/also'
puruṣaḥa man
puruṣaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpuruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
dharmamdharma / righteousness
dharmam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
āśritaḥhaving taken refuge in / resorting to
āśritaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootā-śrita (कृदन्त; √śri)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); predicate of 'puruṣaḥ' meaning 'having resorted to'

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
F
Food ethics
V
Vaiṣṇavism

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It links daily eating to a disciplined regimen (yoga) and frames dharma as a path accessible even after moral lapses—an important feature of Purāṇic ethical pragmatism.

No geographic site is mentioned.

Treat eating as a regulated practice aligned with ethical discipline, and recognize dharma as a restorative framework even for those with past faults.

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