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Varaha Purana 142.21: Adhyaya 142, Shloka 21

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जाग्रतः स्वपतो वापि शृण्वतः पश्यतोऽपि वा ॥ यो मां चित्ते चिन्तयति मच्चिन्तस्य च किं भयम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 142.21

jāgrataḥ svapato vāpi śṛṇvataḥ paśyato ’pi vā | yo māṃ citte cintayati maccintasya ca kiṃ bhayam ||

जाग्रतः स्वपतो वापि शृण्वतः पश्यतोऽपि वा; यो मां चित्ते चिन्तयति मच्चिन्तस्य च किं भयम्।

जाग्रतःof (one) awake
जाग्रतः:
अधिकरण-सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootजाग्रत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘of one who is awake’ (genitive singular)
स्वपतःof (one) sleeping
स्वपतः:
अधिकरण-सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वपत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘of one who sleeps’
वाor
वा:
समुच्चय/विकल्प (Disjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (particle of alternative)
अपिalso/even
अपि:
सम्बन्ध (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (also/even)
शृण्वतःof (one) listening
शृण्वतः:
अधिकरण-सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootशृण्वत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘of one who hears/listens’
पश्यतःof (one) seeing
पश्यतः:
अधिकरण-सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootपश्यत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘of one who sees’
अपिalso/even
अपि:
सम्बन्ध (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (also/even)
वाor
वा:
समुच्चय/विकल्प (Disjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (or)
यःwho
यः:
कर्ता (Karta/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; relative pronoun ‘who’
माम्me
माम्:
कर्म (Karma/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘me’
चित्तेin (the) mind
चित्ते:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootचित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; locative ‘in the mind’
चिन्तयतिthinks of / meditates on
चिन्तयति:
क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootचिन्त् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; ‘thinks/meditates’
मत्-चिन्तस्यof one who thinks of me
मत्-चिन्तस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootमत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चिन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): ‘my-thought’; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘of one whose thought is (on) me / of one thinking of me’
and
:
समुच्चय (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
किम्what
किम्:
विशेष्य/प्रश्न (Interrogative complement)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; interrogative ‘what?’ (here: ‘what (is)’)
भयम्fear
भयम्:
कर्ता/विषय (Subject/Topic)
TypeNoun
Rootभय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘fear’

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaishnavism
M
Mindfulness
S
Soteriology

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It exemplifies Purāṇic synthesis of devotion (bhakti) with yogic interiorization (citta-cintā), a common medieval Sanskrit strategy for making liberation discourse accessible.

No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is psychological and ethical rather than topographical.

Sustained inner recollection/meditation is presented as a stabilizing discipline that diminishes fear.

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