Varaha Purana 115.4: Adhyaya 115, Shloka 4

The Arising of Diverse Dharmas: Devotional Observances and Varṇa-Based Duties

Devanagari script

एकचित्तं समाधाय यो मां जानाति माधवि ॥ नित्यं तुष्यामि तस्याहं पुरुषं बहुदोषकम्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 115.4

Transliteration

ekacittaṃ samādhāya yo māṃ jānāti mādhavi || nityaṃ tuṣyāmi tasyāhaṃ puruṣaṃ bahudoṣakam

Translation

โอ้ มาธวี ผู้ใดรวบรวมจิตให้เป็นเอกัคคตาแล้วรู้จักเรา เราพอใจผู้นั้นอยู่เนืองนิตย์ แม้เขาจะมีโทษมากมายก็ตาม

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Word by Word

• eka-cittam: one-pointed mind
• eka-cittam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + citta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारय: 'ekaṃ cittaṃ' (one-pointed mind)

• samādhāya: having composed (it)
• samādhāya: Kriyā (क्रिया-पूर्वक)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-dhā (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), 'having fixed/collected'

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: First person pronoun; Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• jānāti: knows
• jānāti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• mādhavi: O Mādhavī
• mādhavi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mādhavī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)

• nityam: always
• nityam: Adhikarana (अधिकरण-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverbial accusative (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्ययीभूतम्)

• tuṣyāmi: I am pleased
• tuṣyāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tuṣ (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: First person pronoun; Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• puruṣam: person
• puruṣam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• bahu-doṣakam: full of many faults
• bahu-doṣakam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक) + doṣaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारय: 'bahu doṣakaḥ' (very faulty/many-faulted) qualifying 'puruṣam'

Speaker

Varāha/Nārāyaṇa (instructor)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Bhakti
• Mindfulness/Concentration

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It evidences a devotional ethic in which focused attention and recognition (jñāna) outweigh strict moral perfectionism, a theme influential in later bhakti discourse.

Which geographic location is identified?

None; the verse concerns interior discipline (mind) rather than place.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Cultivate single-minded focus and sincere understanding; the text frames these as more decisive than the mere absence of faults.