Varaha Purana 142.60 — Adhyaya 142, Shloka 60
The Greatness of Esoteric Practice: Menstrual Impurity, Mental Equanimity, and Seasonal Conjugal Ethics
यत्किञ्चित्कुर्वतः कर्म पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसि ॥ संयोगान्न च लिप्येत समत्वादेव नान्यथा ॥
yatkiñcit kurvataḥ karma padmapatram ivāmbhasi | saṃyogān na ca lipyeta samatvād eva nānyathā ||
ఏ కార్యం చేసినా, నీటిపై తామర ఆకు వలె, సంయోగం వల్ల లిప్తం కాడు—ఇది సమత్వం వల్లనే, ఇతరथा కాదు.
Varāha
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Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"None","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"None"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"None","karmic_consequence":"None"}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
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Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Yoga (Equanimity)","Philosophy of action"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: None
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 142.142.3 (devotion with vow leading to divine state)
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FAQs
The lotus-leaf simile is a classical South Asian metaphor for non-attachment; its appearance here shows continuity with broader yogic and dharma literature on action without taint.
No specific geography is indicated; “water” functions as a metaphorical setting for the simile.
Cultivate equanimity so that actions do not generate binding residue—an ethic of inner non-adhesion rather than mere external withdrawal.
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