Varaha Purana 5.16: Adhyaya 5, Shloka 16
Reconciliation of Action and Knowledge: Offering All Acts to Nārāyaṇa and the Hymn to the Yajña-Puruṣa
बृहस्पतिरुवाच । यत्किञ्चित् कुरुते कर्म पुरुषः साध्वसाधु वा । सर्वं नारायणे न्यस्य कुर्वन् नैव च लिप्यते ॥ ५.१६ ॥
bṛhaspatir uvāca | yat kiñcit kurute karma puruṣaḥ sādhv asādhu vā | sarvaṁ nārāyaṇe nyasya kurvan naiva ca lipyate || 5.16 ||
ബൃഹസ്പതി പറഞ്ഞു— മനുഷ്യൻ ചെയ്യുന്ന ഏതു കർമ്മവും, അത് നല്ലതോ ചീത്തയോ ആയാലും, എല്ലാം നാരായണനിൽ സമർപ്പിച്ച് ചെയ്താൽ അവൻ അതിൽ ലിപ്തനാകുകയില്ല।
Bṛhaspati
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It reflects a Purāṇic synthesis of ethical discourse with a karma-yoga-like principle: actions are framed as less binding when conceptually dedicated to a higher divine principle, a theme widely attested across early Sanskrit religious-philosophical literature.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily ethical and philosophical rather than topographical.
To perform actions while consigning their ownership and outcome to Nārāyaṇa, thereby reducing personal attachment and the sense of moral or karmic ‘taint’ (lipyate) associated with action.
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