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Varaha Purana 142.39: Adhyaya 142, Shloka 39

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

कर्मणा यान्ति मत्स्थानं यान्ति मद्गाननिष्ठिताः ॥ यान्ति योगविदः स्थानं नास्ति चान्या परा गतिः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 142.39

karmaṇā yānti matsthānaṃ yānti madgānaniṣṭhitāḥ || yānti yogavidaḥ sthānaṃ nāsti cānyā parā gatiḥ ||

Przez działanie osiągają moją siedzibę; ci, którzy są niezachwiani w śpiewaniu mojej chwały, również ją osiągają. Znający jogę osiągają własną stację - nie ma innej wyższej drogi poza tą.

कर्मणाby action
कर्मणा:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (instrumental), एकवचन; ‘by/through action’
यान्तिgo/attain
यान्ति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; parasmaipada
मत्स्थानम्my abode
मत्स्थानम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमत् + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मम स्थानम्)
यान्तिgo/attain
यान्ति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन
मद्गाननिष्ठिताःthose devoted to my praise/chanting
मद्गाननिष्ठिताः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootमत् + गान + निष्ठित (स्था-धातु, क्त; कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: (मम गाने) निष्ठिताः = devoted to my singing/praise; past participle used adjectivally
यान्तिgo/attain
यान्ति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन
योगविदःknowers of yoga
योगविदः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयोगविद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष sense: ‘knowers of yoga’
स्थानम्abode/place
स्थानम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
नnot
न:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (not)
अस्तिis/exists
अस्ति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; parasmaipada
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (and)
अन्याother
अन्या:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; agrees with ‘गतिः’
पराhigher/supreme
परा:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘supreme/another’ (qualifies ‘गतिः’)
गतिःgoal/way
गतिः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaiṣṇavism
B
Bhakti Vocabulary
Y
Yoga

FAQs

It presents multiple disciplined approaches (action, praise/recitation, yoga) in a Purāṇic synthesis characteristic of later Sanskrit religio-philosophical literature.

No physical geography is named; the verse speaks of a metaphysical 'abode/station' (sthāna).

It valorizes disciplined action, devotional steadiness, and yogic knowledge as legitimate means toward the highest goal described by the speaker.

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