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Varaha Purana 142.13: Adhyaya 142, Shloka 13

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

श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ इन्द्रियाणि निगृह्याथ चित्तमप्यनुवेश्य च ॥ मयि संन्यासयोगेन मम कर्मपरायणः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 142.13

śrīvarāha uvāca | indriyāṇi nigṛhyātha cittam apy anuveśya ca | mayi saṁnyāsa-yogena mama karma-parāyaṇaḥ ||

Śrī Varāha rzekł: Powściągając zmysły i kierując umysł do wewnątrz, poprzez jogę wyrzeczenia (saṃnyāsa), niech ktoś odda się działaniom ofiarowanym Mnie.

श्री-वराहःŚrī Varāha
श्री-वराहः:
कर्ता (Karta)
TypeNoun
Rootश्री (प्रातिपदिक) + वराह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (honorific epithet); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
क्रिया (Kriyā)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
इन्द्रियाणिthe senses
इन्द्रियाणि:
कर्म (Karma)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन
निगृह्यhaving restrained
निगृह्य:
पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Pūrvakāla-kriyā)
TypeVerb
Rootनि+ग्रह् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); 'having restrained'
अथthen
अथ:
सम्बन्ध (discourse connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअनन्तर/आरम्भसूचक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)
चित्तम्the mind
चित्तम्:
कर्म (Karma)
TypeNoun
Rootचित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
अपिalso
अपि:
समुच्चय (addition)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (also)
अनुवेश्यhaving directed (it) / having fixed (it)
अनुवेश्य:
पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Pūrvakāla-kriyā)
TypeVerb
Rootअनु+विश् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); 'having directed/entered (it) after'
चand
च:
समुच्चय (coordination)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
मयिin me
मयि:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/locus)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन
संन्यास-योगेनby the yoga of renunciation
संन्यास-योगेन:
करण (Karaṇa/instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootसंन्यास (प्रातिपदिक) + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन
ममof me / my
मम:
सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; षष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
कर्म-परायणःdevoted to (prescribed) action
कर्म-परायणः:
कर्तृविशेषण (Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa)
TypeAdjective
Rootकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaiṣṇavism
Y
Yoga and Saṃnyāsa
P
Purāṇic Studies

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It demonstrates a Purāṇic articulation of yoga ethics—sense-restraint and mental interiorization—integrated with a devotional frame.

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Restrain sensory impulses and stabilize the mind, practicing renunciatory discipline while orienting actions toward the highest principle.

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