Varaha Purana 142.32: Adhyaya 142, Shloka 32

The Greatness of Esoteric Practice: Menstrual Impurity, Mental Equanimity, and Seasonal Conjugal Ethics

Devanagari script

त्यक्त्वानङ्गं च मोहं च पित्रर्थाय स्त्रियं व्रजेत् ॥ द्वितीयां न स्पृशेन्नारीं लोभमोहात्कथंचन ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 142.32

Transliteration

tyaktvānaṅgaṃ ca mohaṃ ca pitrarthāya striyaṃ vrajet || dvitīyāṃ na spṛśen nārīṃ lobhamohāt kathaṃcana ||

Translation

欲情と迷いを捨て、祖霊のため（子孫と祖先儀礼のため）に自らの妻に近づくべきである。第二日には、貪りや迷妄から、いかなる形でも女に触れてはならない。

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Word by Word

• tyaktvā: having abandoned
• tyaktvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tyaj (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), having abandoned

• aṅgam: body/limb
• aṅgam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-avyaya (समुच्चय/conjunction)

• moham: delusion
• moham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: moha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-avyaya (conjunction)

• pitrarthāya: for the sake of the father/ancestors
• pitrarthāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ-artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Caturthī (4th/चतुर्थी), Ekavacana; components: pitṛ (पितृ) + artha (अर्थ)

• striyam: a woman
• striyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana

• vrajet: should go/approach
• vrajet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vraj (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (optative), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; Parasmaipada

• dvitīyām: a second (woman)
• dvitīyām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvitīyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; ordinal adjective used substantively (second woman)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Pratiṣedha-avyaya (negative)

• spṛśet: should touch
• spṛśet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: spṛś (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (optative), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; Parasmaipada

• nārīm: a woman
• nārīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana

• lobhamohāt: from greed and delusion
• lobhamohāt: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lobha-moha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Pañcamī (5th/पञ्चमी), Ekavacana; components: lobha (greed) + moha (delusion)

• kathaṃcana: in any way; at all
• kathaṃcana: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃcana (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta/avyaya (emphatic adverb: in any way/at all)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Dharma
• Gṛhastha Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates how Purāṇic texts often integrate household ethics with the ideology of pitṛ (ancestor) obligations and regulated sexuality.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is specified in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Sexual conduct is framed as regulated by intention (pitṛ-artha) and restraint, discouraging action driven by greed or delusion.