Varaha Purana 142.40: Adhyaya 142, Shloka 40
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Uttara Bhāga · Yoga–Sāṃkhya Integration (Citta as basis)
ज्ञानं योगं च सांख्यं च नास्ति चित्तव्यपाश्रितम् ॥ लभन्ते पुष्कलां सिद्धिं मम मार्गानुसारिणः ॥
jñānaṃ yogaṃ ca sāṃkhyaṃ ca nāsti cittavyapāśritam || labhante puṣkalāṃ siddhiṃ mama mārgānusāriṇaḥ ||
j~nAnaM yogaM cha sAMkhyaM cha nAsti chittavyapAshritam || labhante puShkalAM siddhiM mama mArgAnusAriNaH
ज्ञान, योग और सांख्य, यह सब दिमाग से ही चलते हैं। जो लोग मेरे रास्ते पर चलते हैं, उनको बड़ी कामियाबी मिलती है।
Sandhi Notes
- नास्ति = न + अस्ति
- मार्गानुसारिणः = मार्ग + अनुसारिणः (समास)
Varāha
Reflective, internalizing mind-centered discipline
Following the Lord-aligned path yields abundant siddhi.
Prioritize mind-training (attention, ethical purification, devotion); study sāṃkhya/jñāna only alongside lived practice that steadies citta.
Varāha teaches Earth that all systems (jñāna, yoga, sāṃkhya) depend on citta; he frames ‘my path’ as the unifying way to siddhi.
Yajña-Varāha as the lord of inner sacrifice: citta is the altar where sāṃkhya discrimination, yogic restraint, and jñāna arise; without that ‘support’ they are inert abstractions.
Citta as vedi (altar); disciplines as offerings; ‘mama mārga’ as the consecrating mantra that yields ‘puṣkalā siddhi’.
Antaḥkaraṇa-śuddhi as prerequisite for liberating knowledge; theistic orientation (‘my path’) aligns mind-discipline with īśvara-prāṇidhāna/bhakti, preventing dry intellectualism.
Varāha Purāṇa 142.42–43 (citta-yoga/karma-yoga; fruits of paths)
FAQs
It demonstrates the Purāṇic reception of Sāṃkhya–Yoga categories and their reinterpretation through a mind-centered (citta) framework.
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It emphasizes disciplined mental grounding as essential to philosophical practice and frames success as following the instructed path.
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