Varaha Purana 209.2: Adhyaya 209, Shloka 2
Description of the Greatness of the Pativratā
Marital Fidelity and Ethical Devotion
Uttara Bhāga · Pativratā-māhātmya (Yama’s response to Nārada)
एवमुक्तस्तु धर्मात्मा नारदेनाब्रवीत्तदा ॥ यम उवाच ॥ न तस्य नियमो विप्र तपो नैव च सुव्रत ॥
evam uktas tu dharmātmā nāradenābravīt tadā || yama uvāca || na tasya niyamo vipra tapo naiva ca suvrata
evamuktastu dharmAtmA nAradenAbravIttadA || yama uvAcha || na tasya niyamo vipra tapo naiva cha suvrata
नारद की बात सुन के धरम ने जवाब दिया। यम ने कहा, इसके लिए कोई स्पेशल नियम नहीं चाहिए। ना ही कोई तपस्या करनी पड़ती है।
Sandhi Notes
- नारदेनाब्रवीत् = नारदेन + अब्रवीत्
- नैव = न + एव
- verse ends with सम्बोधन ‘सुव्रत’
Yama
The supreme end is not mechanically produced by observance; it depends on the right inner disposition and conduct.
Do not substitute rules for virtue; examine motives, cultivate truth, compassion, and self-control alongside any practice.
Yama reframes liberation-talk: the ‘highest attainment’ is not secured merely by formal niyamas or tapas, implying a deeper ethical essence (to be stated next).
Reliance on external observances alone yields limited fruit; cultivating the essential dharma (implied) leads toward the supreme goal.
Immediate continuation in 209.3.0 where the ‘tattva’ is promised in brief
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It exemplifies a Purāṇic rhetorical move: redefining spiritual excellence as grounded in relational ethics rather than only ritual or ascetic technique.
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The verse suggests that the highest good may not depend solely on formal observances or austerities, preparing for an ethics-centered criterion.
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