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Varaha Purana 142.36: Adhyaya 142, Shloka 36

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

तृतीयां वा चतुर्थीं वा तदा स पुरुषोऽधमः ॥ सर्वस्यैव तु लोकस्य समयोऽयं हि मत्कृतः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 142.36

tṛtīyāṃ vā caturthīṃ vā tadā sa puruṣo'dhamaḥ || sarvasyaiva tu lokasya samayo'yaṃ hi matkṛtaḥ ||

अगर कोई तीसरे या चौथे दिन जाए, वो आदमी नीच समझा जाएगा। मैंने पूरी दुनिया के लिए यह नियम बनाया है।

तृतीयाम्the third (day/phase)
तृतीयाम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; ordinal feminine accusative singular
वाor
वा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle: or)
चतुर्थीम्the fourth (day/phase)
चतुर्थीम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootचतुर्थी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ordinal feminine accusative singular
वाor
वा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (or)
तदाthen
तदा:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: then/at that time)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; pronoun ‘he’ nominative singular
पुरुषःman/person
पुरुषः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
अधमःlowest, vile
अधमः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootअधम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)
सर्वस्यof all
सर्वस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (contextual), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (genitive), एकवचन; ‘of all’
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle: indeed/only)
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/अन्वय-अव्यय (but/indeed)
लोकस्यof the world/people
लोकस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
समयःrule/observance/time (appointed rule)
समयः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसमय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
अयम्this
अयम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; demonstrative ‘this’
हिindeed/for
हि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (indeed/for)
मत्कृतःmade by me
मत्कृतः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootमत् + कृत (कृ-धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मया कृतः = made by me); past passive participle

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Dharma
N
Normative Discourse

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