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Varaha Purana 132.21: Adhyaya 132, Shloka 21

Expiatory Rites for Contact with a Corpse and with a Menstruating Woman

अपराधसमायुक्तस्तव कर्मपरायणः ॥ कर्मणा येन शुध्येत तन्मे ब्रूहि जनार्दन ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 132.21

aparādhasamāyuktas tava karmaparāyaṇaḥ | karmaṇā yena śudhyeta tan me brūhi janārdana |

भगवान, अगर किसी इंसान पर गलतियां भी हों, लेकिन वो आप के बताए हुए रास्ते पर चल रहा हो। तो वो कौनसा काम करे जिससे वो साफ हो जाए? हे जनार्दन, मुझे बताइए।

अपराधसमायुक्तःone associated with an offense
अपराधसमायुक्तः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootअपराध + समायुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; सम्-आ-√युज् (धातु) क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—अपराधेन समायुक्तः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)
तवyour
तव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formमध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन
कर्मपरायणःdevoted to (ritual) action
कर्मपरायणः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootकर्म + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मणि परायणः (सप्तमी/तत्पुरुष; ‘कर्म-निष्ठ’)
कर्मणाby an act / by a rite
कर्मणा:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (करण/instrumental), एकवचन
येनby which
येन:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक relative pronoun
शुध्येतmight become purified
शुध्येत:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√शुध् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (कर्म/object), एकवचन; निर्देशक pronoun
मेto me / for me
मे:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी/षष्ठी एकवचन (दत्त/सम्बन्ध; enclitic)
ब्रूहिtell (me)
ब्रूहि:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√ब्रू (धातु)
Formलोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन
जनार्दनO Janārdana
जनार्दन:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootजनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन; विष्णोः नाम

Pṛthivī (Dharaṇī)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
K
Karma and Purification
V
Vaiṣṇavism

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