Varaha Purana 134.18: Adhyaya 134, Shloka 18

Expiations for Ritual and Temporal Offences in Worship, and the Prescribed Purificatory Procedure

Upaspṛśya

Devanagari script

प्राणायामं ततः कृत्वा मम चिन्तापरायणः ॥ कर्मणा विधिदृष्टेन कुर्यात्संसारमोक्षणम्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 134.18

Transliteration

prāṇāyāmaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā mama cintāparāyaṇaḥ || karmaṇā vidhidṛṣṭena kuryāt saṃsāramokṣaṇam

Translation

फिर प्राणायाम करो और मेरे बारे में सोचो। सही तरीके से यह काम करो। इससे जनम-मरण के चक्कर से मिलती है।

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Word by Word

• prāṇāyāmam: breath-control (prāṇāyāma)
• prāṇāyāmam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + āyāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी) compound; Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/gerund (क्त्वा), indeclinable verbal form; prior action

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• cintā-parāyaṇaḥ: one devoted to contemplation (of me)
• cintā-parāyaṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cintā (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी) compound; Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; predicate/qualifier of the doer

• karmaṇā: by/through action/rite
• karmaṇā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• vidhi-dṛṣṭena: as prescribed by rule/seen in injunction
• vidhi-dṛṣṭena: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक) + dṛṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तृतीया/षष्ठी-प्राय) compound; Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; agrees with 'karmaṇā'

• kuryāt: should do/perform
• kuryāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्/optative), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular

• saṃsāra-mokṣaṇam: release from saṃsāra
• saṃsāra-mokṣaṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃsāra (प्रातिपदिक) + mokṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी) compound; Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Yoga Terminology
• Soteriology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It demonstrates a blended regimen where yogic technique (prāṇāyāma) is embedded within a prescriptive ritual-ethical framework.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is identified.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Practice should be both contemplative and rule-guided: disciplined method (vidhi) and focused attention (cintā) are jointly emphasized.