Varaha Purana 142.8: Adhyaya 142, Shloka 8
The Greatness of Esoteric Practice: Menstrual Impurity, Mental Equanimity, and Seasonal Conjugal Ethics
Uttara Bhāga · Guhyakarma-māhātmya (Ritual/ethical guidance; purity and conduct)
यदि भावस्तदा कश्चिद्भोजने कायसाधने ॥ चित्तं न्यस्य मयि क्षोणि भोक्तव्यं च न संशयः ॥
yadi bhāvastadā kaścidbhojane kāyasādhane || cittaṃ nyasya mayi kṣoṇi bhoktavyaṃ ca na saṃśayaḥ ||
yadi bhAvastadA kashchidbhojane kAyasAdhane || chittaM nyasya mayi kShoNi bhoktavyaM cha na saMshayaH
जब खाना खाओ बॉडी के लिए, और दिल में सही बात हो। तो ध्यान मेरे ऊपर रख के खाना खाओ। इसमें कोई शक नहीं है।
Sandhi Notes
- bhāvastadā = bhāvaḥ + tadā (visarga sandhi)
- kaścidbhojane = kaścit + bhojane (t/d sandhi)
Varāha
Curious; concerned about dharmic correctness in daily acts
How does intention (bhāva) sanctify necessary bodily acts like eating, and what is the correct inner posture?
Bhāva (intention) and īśvara-smaraṇa determine the spiritual quality of an act, even in ordinary sustenance.
Before eating, recollect the Lord, set a non-indulgent intention (maintenance), and eat as service rather than craving.
Directly instructs Bhū ('kṣoṇi') that eating for bodily maintenance is permitted when intention is right and mind is placed on him.
The body is treated as an instrument for dharma; eating becomes a micro-yajña when offered inwardly to the Lord (antaryāmin), aligning prāṇa-support with devotion.
Food as āhuti; mind as ladle (sruc) placing the act into the Lord; maintenance of the body as sustaining the 'yajña-field' for dharma.
Karma-yoga principle: action without egoic grasping, anchored in īśvara-smaraṇa, reduces saṃsāra-binding saṃskāras.
At mealtime undertaken for sustaining the body, if the intention is proper, one should eat with mind placed on Varāha—this is dharmically valid.
Right intention + God-remembrance converts necessity into dharmic action; careless indulgence strengthens bondage through attachment and doṣa of heedlessness.
Varāha Purāṇa 142.7.0; Varāha Purāṇa 142.9.0; Varāha Purāṇa 142.12.0
FAQs
It shows a moral-psychological emphasis (bhāva/citta) within dharma instruction, aligning conduct with intention rather than only external markers.
No geographic location is identified.
Sustaining the body is legitimate when guided by disciplined intention and mindful recollection.
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