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Varaha Purana 179.5: Adhyaya 179, Shloka 5

Enumeration of Ritual Offenses and Their Expiations; The Sacred Merit of Saukara and Mathurā Pilgrimage

अभाष्य भाषणं चैव पिण्याकस्य च भक्षणम् ॥ रक्तपारक्यमलिनवस्त्रधारित्वनीलिजम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 179.5

abhāṣya bhāṣaṇaṃ caiva piṇyākasya ca bhakṣaṇam || raktapārakyamalina-vastradhāritva-nīlijam ||

गलत बातें बोलना भी नहीं करनी। तेल का थैला खाना मना है। खून का रिश्ता हो या कोई और प्रॉब्लम हो, गंदे कपड़े पहनने से भी बचना। नील रंग वाली चीज़ें भी ठीक नहीं मानी जाती।

अभाष्यम्what should not be spoken
अभाष्यम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-भाष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नञ्-समासार्थक-प्रत्यय (न भाष्यम्)
भाषणम्speaking
भाषणम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभाषण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
एवindeed/just
एव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), अवधारणार्थक
पिण्याकस्यof oil-cake/sesame-cake residue
पिण्याकस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootपिण्याक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
भक्षणम्eating
भक्षणम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
रक्त-पारक्य-मलिन-वस्त्र-धारित्व-नीलिजम्(acts like) wearing stained/foreign cloth, blood-related impurity, and indigo-dyeing related impurity
रक्त-पारक्य-मलिन-वस्त्र-धारित्व-नीलिजम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootरक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + पारक्य (प्रातिपदिक) + मलिन (प्रातिपदिक) + वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + धारित्व (प्रातिपदिक) + नीलिज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (रक्तेन/रक्तयुक्तं, पारक्यं=परकीयम्, मलिनं वस्त्रं, तस्य धारित्वम्, नीलिजम्=नील-रञ्जनसम्बद्धम्)

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
P
Purity Codes
M
Material Culture
S
Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

It shows how purity discourse extends beyond ritual acts to speech, diet, and material culture (clothing, substances), reflecting everyday regulatory norms.

None in this verse.

To maintain disciplined speech and consumption, and to avoid conditions/material associations treated as compromising ritual propriety.

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