Varaha Purana 116.2: Adhyaya 116, Shloka 2

An Exposition on the Causes of Happiness and Suffering

Pūrva Bhāga · Sukha-duḥkha-nirūpaṇa: Inner Dispositions for Practice

Devanagari script

एकचित्तः समास्थाय अहङ्कारविवर्ज्जितः ॥ मच्चित्तसंहतॊ नित्यं क्षान्तो दान्तो जितेन्द्रियः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 116.2

Transliteration

ekacittaḥ samāsthāya ahaṅkāravivarjjitaḥ || maccittasaṃhato nityaṃ kṣānto dānto jitendriyaḥ

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

Com mente unificada, firme e livre de egoísmo; sempre recolhido com a mente fixada em mim, paciente, disciplinado e vencedor dos sentidos.

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Word by Word

• एक-चित्तः: single-minded
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (एकं चित्तं यस्य)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• समास्थाय: having assumed/steadied oneself
• Type: Verb
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); उपसर्ग: सम्-आ-; पूर्वक्रिया (having taken up/assuming)
• Role: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Root: सम् + आ + स्था (धातु)

• अहङ्कार-विवर्जितः: devoid of ego
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (अहङ्कारात् विवर्जितः = free from ego)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: अहङ्कार (प्रातिपदिक) + विवर्जित (वि + वर्ज् धातु से क्त)

• मत्-चित्त-संहतः: with mind concentrated on me
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः (मयि चित्तं संहतं यस्य) — तत्पुरुष-प्रायः
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: मत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित्त (प्रातिपदिक) + संहत (सम् + हन् धातु से क्त)

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-एकवचन (adverbial accusative)
• Role: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षान्तः: patient
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (patient/forbearing)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: क्षान्त (प्रातिपदिक; √क्षम से क्त)

• दान्तः: self-restrained
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (self-controlled)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: दान्त (प्रातिपदिक; √दम् से क्त)

• जित-इन्द्रियः: one who has conquered the senses
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (जितानि इन्द्रियाणि यस्य)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: जित (√जि धातु से क्त) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• मच्चित्तसंहतः = मत् + चित्तसंहतः (त् + च् → च्च्)
• जितेन्द्रियः = जित + इन्द्रियः (स्वर-सन्धि)

Speaker and setting

Shanta and Bhakti rasa

Speaker

Varāha

Bhu Devi and Varaha

In this verse

Varaha teaches her

Her state of mind

Curious, inwardly oriented toward understanding discipline

What she asks

What inner dispositions make one’s practice effective and pleasing to you?

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Yoga (niyama/sādhana)

Subjects

EthicsPhilosophy

Core idea

Ego-abandonment and ekāgratā anchored in the divine are prerequisites for liberation-oriented action.

In practice

Daily cultivate: (1) one task/one mantra at a time, (2) humility checks, (3) deliberate sense-restraint (diet, speech, media), (4) patience under provocation.

The Varaha avatara

With the Earth

Varāha continues instruction to Bhū Devī on inner qualifications—mind-fixation on him and conquest of senses.

Dharma

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Yoga Traditions

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It aligns Purāṇic devotion with yogic-ethical vocabulary (ekacitta, jitendriya), showing cross-pollination between bhakti and yoga idioms.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic reference occurs in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Cultivate mental steadiness, humility (absence of egoism), patience, and mastery over the senses.