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Varaha Purana 142.25: Adhyaya 142, Shloka 25

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

येषां प्रशान्तं चित्तं वै तेऽपि देवि मम प्रियाः ॥ सर्वमात्मनि कर्म स्वं शुभं वा यदि वाऽशुभम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 142.25

yeṣāṃ praśāntaṃ cittaṃ vai te ’pi devi mama priyāḥ | sarvam ātmani karma svaṃ śubhaṃ vā yadi vā ’śubham ||

യാരുടെ ചിത്തം സത്യമായി ശാന്തമായിരിക്കുന്നുവോ, അവർയും—ഹേ ദേവി—എനിക്ക് പ്രിയരാണ്. അവരുടെ സ്വന്തം കര്‍മ്മമൊക്കെയും ആത്മാവിൽ തന്നെ നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു, ശുഭമായാലും അശുഭമായാലും।

येषाम्of whom
येषाम्:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; ‘of whom’
प्रशान्तम्calm
प्रशान्तम्:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र + शम् (धातु) → प्रशान्त (क्त-कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; agreeing with चित्तम्; ‘calmed/peaceful’
चित्तम्mind
चित्तम्:
कर्ता (Karta/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootचित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘mind’
वैindeed
वै:
सम्बन्ध (Emphasis particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (indeed/certainly)
तेthey
ते:
कर्ता (Karta/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘they/those’
अपिalso
अपि:
सम्बन्ध (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअप्यर्थक-अव्यय (also/even)
देविO goddess
देवि:
सम्बोधन (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; ‘O goddess’
ममmy
मम:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘my’
प्रियाःdear
प्रियाः:
कर्ता-विशेषण (Subject complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘dear/beloved’
सर्वम्all
सर्वम्:
कर्म-विशेषण (Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘all/entire’ (qualifying कर्म)
आत्मनिin oneself
आत्मनि:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘in oneself/in the self’
कर्मdeed
कर्म:
कर्म (Karma/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘action/deed’
स्वम्one’s own
स्वम्:
कर्म-विशेषण (Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘one’s own’ (qualifying कर्म)
शुभम्good
शुभम्:
कर्म-विशेषण (Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘good/auspicious’
वाor
वा:
विकल्प (Disjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (or)
यदिif
यदि:
सम्बन्ध (Condition marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि (अव्यय)
Formशर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional ‘if’)
वाor
वा:
विकल्प (Disjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (or)
अशुभम्bad
अशुभम्:
कर्म-विशेषण (Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ- (निषेध) + शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘inauspicious/bad’

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaishnavism
C
Citta-śānti
K
Karma theory

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It reflects a Purāṇic appropriation of philosophical vocabulary (citta-śānti, ātman, karma) to articulate a devotional-ethical ideal.

None; the verse is doctrinal/psychological.

Cultivate mental tranquility; it is presented as a key marker of spiritual maturity amid the moral complexity of actions.

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