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Varaha Purana 207.9: Adhyaya 207, Shloka 9

Section on the ‘Person’ who Entices Beings within the Cycle of Rebirth

यत्कार्यं येन वा कार्यं यद्वै मनसि वर्तते ॥ प्रब्रूहि भगवन्नाशु यच्चान्यत्किंचिदुत्तमम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 207.9

yatkāryaṃ yena vā kāryaṃ yadvai manasi vartate || prabrūhi bhagavann āśu yaccānyat kiṃciduttamam ||

आपका क्या काम है, किस से करना है, या जो भी आपके मन में है। जल्दी बताओ भगवान। जो भी अच्छी बात है वो भी बताओ।

यत्whatever/which
यत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषण (to kāryam)
कार्यम्task/duty; what is to be done
कार्यम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकृ (धातु) + यत् (प्रत्यय) → कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formयत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त-नाम (gerundive/necessitative noun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
येनby which/with which means
येन:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
वाor
वा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formविकल्पबोधक अव्यय (disjunctive particle)
कार्यम्task/duty
कार्यम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकृ (धातु) + यत् (प्रत्यय) → कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (repetition for parallelism)
यत्whatever/which
यत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (implicit object)
वैindeed
वै:
Sambandha (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), अवधानार्थ (emphatic)
मनसिin the mind
मनसि:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन
वर्ततेexists/occurs
वर्तते:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवृत् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
प्रब्रूहिtell/declare
प्रब्रूहि:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-ब्रू (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन
भगवन्O venerable one
भगवन्:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन
आशुquickly
आशु:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआशु (अव्यय)
Formक्रियाविशेषण अव्यय (adverb)
यत्whatever/which
यत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय
अन्यत्other/another
अन्यत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (to kiṃcit)
किंचित्something/anything
किंचित्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (निपात)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (indefinite)
उत्तमम्excellent/supreme
उत्तमम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (to kiṃcit/anyat)

Sūryaputra (Dharmarāja/Yama-context)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇas
D
Didactic Conversation

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It shows the formal mechanics of Purāṇic instruction: an interlocutor invites the sage to articulate questions, enabling structured ethical teaching.

No location is named; the verse is a conversational prompt.

It emphasizes clarity of intention and purposeful inquiry as prerequisites for meaningful counsel.

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