Varaha Purana 142.18: Adhyaya 142, Shloka 18
The Greatness of Esoteric Practice: Menstrual Impurity, Mental Equanimity, and Seasonal Conjugal Ethics
समं चित्तं मयि यदि तदा तस्य न च क्रिया ॥ चित्तं मनश्च बुद्धिश्च मत्संस्थं च समं यदि ॥
samaṁ cittaṁ mayi yadi tadā tasya na ca kriyā | cittaṁ manaś ca buddhiś ca mat-saṁsthaṁ ca samaṁ yadi ||
చిత్తము నాయందు సమంగా స్థిరపడితే, అతనికి బంధనకరమైన క్రియ ఉండదు. చిత్తం, మనస్సు, బుద్ధి సమంగా నాయందే స్థితమైతే…
Varāha
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It expresses a liberation-oriented re-reading of action (kriyā/karma): when mental faculties are stabilized, action is described as non-binding—an important bridge between karma and jñāna/yoga idioms.
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Establish mental faculties in equanimity and steadiness; such stabilization is presented as dissolving binding consequences of action.
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