Varaha Purana 142.11: Adhyaya 142, Shloka 11

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

Devanagari script

यथार्हं कुरुते कर्म मच्चित्ता मत्परायणा ॥ प्राप्नुयात्पुरुषत्वं च न्यस्तसंसारचिन्तनात् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 142.11

Transliteration

yathārhaṁ kurute karma maccittā matparāyaṇā | prāpnuyāt puruṣatvaṁ ca nyasta-saṁsāra-cintanāt ||

Translation

ผู้ใดกระทำกรรมตามควร จิตตั้งมั่นในเราและอุทิศตนต่อเรา ย่อมบรรลุความเป็นบุรุษแท้ โดยละความหมกมุ่นในสังสารวัฏ

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Word by Word

• यथा-अर्हम्: as is proper
• यथा-अर्हम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + अर्ह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (adverbial) = 'as is proper/according to fitness'

• कुरुते: does, performs
• कुरुते: क्रिया (Kriyā/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कर्म: action, duty
• कर्म: कर्म (Karma/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन (Singular)

• मत्-चित्ता: with mind fixed on me
• मत्-चित्ता: कर्तृविशेषण (Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa/subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative) 'my-minded'; स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• मत्-परायणा: taking me as sole refuge
• मत्-परायणा: कर्तृविशेषण (Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष 'having me as the supreme refuge'; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्राप्नुयात्: may attain
• प्राप्नुयात्: क्रिया (Kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/संभावना-आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुरुषत्वम्: state of being a man/personhood
• पुरुषत्वम्: कर्म (Karma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Samuccaya/coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• न्यस्त-संसार-चिन्तनात्: from abandoning thought of worldly existence
• न्यस्त-संसार-चिन्तनात्: हेतु/अपादान (Hetu/Apādāna: cause/source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्यस्त (कृदन्त; नि+अस् धातु, क्त) + संसार (प्रातिपदिक) + चिन्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative; 'worldly-thought' qualified by 'abandoned'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (implicit instructor voice)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Yoga and Saṃnyāsa

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic synthesis of household duty (karma) with yogic interiority, presenting liberation-oriented ethics in a didactic dialogue format.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic location is named in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Perform appropriate duties while relinquishing obsessive saṃsāric concern, cultivating a mind oriented toward the highest principle (here voiced as devotion to Varāha).