Varaha Purana 5.35: Adhyaya 5, Shloka 35

Reconciliation of Action and Knowledge: Offering All Acts to Nārāyaṇa and the Hymn to the Yajña-Puruṣa

Devanagari script

पिण्डग्रहणधर्मेण यदस्य विहितं व्रतम् । तत्तदात्मनि संयोज्य कुर्वाणो नावसीदति ॥ ५.३५ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 5.35

Transliteration

piṇḍagrahaṇadharmeṇa yad asya vihitaṃ vratam | tattad ātmani saṃyojya kurvāṇo nāvasīdati || 5.35 ||

Translation

పిండగ్రహణ ధర్మానుసారం అతనికి విధించబడిన వ్రతాన్ని, ప్రతి క్రియను ఆత్మలో ఏకీకరించి ఆచరించువాడు క్షీణతకు లేదా దుఃఖానికి లోనుకాడు।

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Word by Word

• piṇḍa-grahaṇa-dharmeṇa: by the rule of taking the piṇḍa
• piṇḍa-grahaṇa-dharmeṇa: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: piṇḍa (पिण्ड) + grahaṇa (ग्रहण) + dharma (धर्म) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; multi-member tatpuruṣa: 'by the rule/principle of taking the piṇḍa (food-ball)'

• yat: which
• yat: Karta (कर्ता) (of implied 'is')
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; relative pronoun referring to vratam

• asya: of him
• asya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• vihitam: prescribed, enjoined
• vihitam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhā (धा धातु) + vi- + kta (क्त)
• Form: Kridanta past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; qualifies vratam

• vratam: vow, observance
• vratam: Karma (कर्म) (object of saṃyojya)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (व्रत) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म) (appositional with vratam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular; demonstrative 'that' (correlative to yat)

• tat: each such
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular; repetition for distributive emphasis (तत्तत् = each such)

• ātmani: in the self
• ātmani: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (आत्मन्) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• saṃyojya: having connected
• saṃyojya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yuj (युज् धातु) + sam- + lyap (ल्यप्)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त), 'having joined/connected'

• kurvāṇaḥ: doing, performing
• kurvāṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
• Form: Present active participle (वर्तमान कृदन्त/शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; agrees with implied agent (he)

• na: not
• na: Nishedha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, negation

• avasīdati: sinks / falls (into ruin)
• avasīdati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sad (सद् धातु) + ava-
• Form: Present (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular; with ava- 'to sink/fall into distress'

Speaker

Varāha (default, instructor voice in Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Ritual Theory
• Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects Purāṇic-era synthesis of ritual duty (piṇḍa-related observance) with interiorized ethical discipline, a common feature of late classical Sanskrit religious-legal discourse.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it is framed as a general dharma/ritual instruction.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

To carry out prescribed observances conscientiously—integrating the intended discipline into one’s conduct—so that one avoids spiritual or psychological decline.