Varaha Purana 142.60: Adhyaya 142, Shloka 60

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

Devanagari script

यत्किञ्चित्कुर्वतः कर्म पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसि ॥ संयोगान्न च लिप्येत समत्वादेव नान्यथा ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 142.60

Transliteration

yatkiñcit kurvataḥ karma padmapatram ivāmbhasi | saṃyogān na ca lipyeta samatvād eva nānyathā ||

Translation

ఏ కార్యం చేసినా, నీటిపై తామర ఆకు వలె, సంయోగం వల్ల లిప్తం కాడు—ఇది సమత్వం వల్లనే, ఇతరథా కాదు.

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Word by Word

• yat-kiñcit: whatever/anything
• yat-kiñcit: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम) + kiñcit (किञ्चित्-अव्यय/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Acc/2nd), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक (indefinite) ‘whatever’

• kurvataḥ: of one who is doing
• kurvataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (Present Active Participle/शतृ), षष्ठी (Gen/6th), एकवचन, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; ‘of (one) doing’

• karma: action
• karma: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (कर्मन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Acc/2nd), एकवचन

• padma-patram: a lotus leaf
• padma-patram: Upamana (उपमान/standard of comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma (प्रातिपदिक) + patra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘padmasya patram’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• iva: like
• iva: Upama-dyotaka (उपमाद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-वाचक अव्यय (Particle of comparison)

• ambhasi: in water
• ambhasi: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ambhas (अम्भस्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Loc/7th), एकवचन

• saṃyogāt: due to contact
• saṃyogāt: Hetu (हेतु/cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃyoga (संयोग-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Abl/5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थ (cause)

• na: not
• na: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (Negation particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (Conjunction)

• lipyeta: would be tainted
• lipyeta: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √lip (लिप्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि ‘would be smeared/tainted’

• samatvāt: because of equanimity
• samatvāt: Hetu (हेतु/cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samatva (समत्व-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Abl/5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थ

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Avadharana (अवधारण/emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (Emphatic particle)

• na: not
• na: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (Negation particle)

• anyathā: otherwise
• anyathā: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb) = ‘otherwise’

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Philosophy
• Karma and Non-attachment
• Sanskrit Similes

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

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.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geography is indicated; “water” functions as a metaphorical setting for the simile.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Cultivate equanimity so that actions do not generate binding residue—an ethic of inner non-adhesion rather than mere external withdrawal.