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Varaha Purana 142.35: Adhyaya 142, Shloka 35

The Greatness of Esoteric Practice: Menstrual Impurity, Mental Equanimity, and Seasonal Conjugal Ethics

रेतःपाः पितरस्तस्य एवमेतन्न संशयः ॥ एकां तु पुरुषो याति द्वितीयां काममोहितः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 142.35

retaḥpāḥ pitaras tasya evam etan na saṃśayaḥ || ekāṃ tu puruṣo yāti dvitīyāṃ kāmamohitaḥ ||

तोह उसके पितर उसका पापी हैं, इसमे कोई शक नहीं। पहले दिन तोह ठीक है, लेकिन दूसरे दिन हवस में जाना बुरी बात है।

retaḥpāḥthe 'semen-drinking' (ancestors)
retaḥpāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootretaḥ-pā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana (plural); components: retaḥ (semen) + pā (drinker/protector)
pitaraḥancestors; fathers
pitaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana
tasyaof him; his
tasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga/napuṃsaka, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th), Ekavacana; demonstrative pronoun
evamthus
evam:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
FormPrakāra-avyaya (manner adverb: thus)
etatthis
etat:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; demonstrative pronoun
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormPratiṣedha-avyaya
saṃśayaḥdoubt
saṃśayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana
ekāmone (woman)
ekām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootekā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; numeral adjective used substantively
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormNipāta (but/indeed)
puruṣaḥa man
puruṣaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpuruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana
yātigoes/approaches
yāti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootyā (धातु)
FormLaṭ (लट्/present indicative), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; Parasmaipada
dvitīyāma second (woman)
dvitīyām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvitīyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; ordinal used substantively
kāmamohitaḥdeluded by desire
kāmamohitaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootkāma-mohita (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; components: kāma (desire) + mohita (deluded; √muh, kta)

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Dharma
P
Pitṛ Concepts

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