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Varaha Purana 142.38: Adhyaya 142, Shloka 38

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

अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे ॥ ज्ञानं तु चित्तयोगस्य कर्मयोगस्य यत्क्रिया ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 142.38

anyac ca te pravakṣyāmi tac chṛṇuṣva vasundhare || jñānaṃ tu cittayogasya karmayogasya yat kriyā ||

ഇനി മറ്റൊന്നും ഞാൻ നിന്നോട് പ്രസ്താവിക്കുന്നു—ഹേ വസുന്ധരേ, ശ്രവിക്കൂ: ചിത്തയോഗത്തിന്റേതായ ജ്ഞാനവും, കർമയോഗത്തിന്റേതായ ആചരണക്രിയയും।

अन्यत्something else
अन्यत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; here adverbial accusative sense ‘something else’
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (and)
तेto you
ते:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formचतुर्थी-विभक्ति (dative), एकवचन; ‘to you’
प्रवक्ष्यामिI will explain/tell
प्रवक्ष्यामि:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + वच् (धातु)
Formलृट्-लकार (simple future), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; parasmaipada
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘that’ (object of hearing)
शृणुष्वlisten
शृणुष्व:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
वसुन्धरेO Earth (Vasundharā)
वसुन्धरे:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootवसुन्धरा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; vocative
ज्ञानम्knowledge
ज्ञानम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; here topic/subject ‘knowledge’
तुindeed
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/अन्वय-अव्यय (but/indeed)
चित्तयोगस्यof the yoga of mind (citta-yoga)
चित्तयोगस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootचित्त + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (चित्तस्य योगः)
कर्मयोगस्यof karma-yoga
कर्मयोगस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्म + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (कर्मणः योगः)
यत्which
यत्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; relative ‘which/that’
क्रियाpractice/action
क्रिया:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootक्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaiṣṇavism
Y
Yoga
S
Sāṃkhya-Yoga Discourse

FAQs

It signals a thematic shift from household conduct to yoga-knowledge categories, illustrating the Purāṇic tendency to integrate dharma and philosophical instruction.

No geographic place-name is given; the addressee is Vasundharā (Earth personified).

It frames disciplined knowledge (jñāna) and disciplined action (kriyā/karma-yoga) as teachable paths within the dialogue.

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