Varaha Purana 142.24: Adhyaya 142, Shloka 24

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

Devanagari script

ये मत्कर्माणि कुर्वन्ति मया हृदि समाश्रिताः ॥ सुखं निद्रां समाधाय स्वपन्तः कर्मसंस्थिताः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 142.24

Transliteration

ye matkarmāṇi kurvanti mayā hṛdi samāśritāḥ | sukhaṃ nidrāṃ samādhāya svapantaḥ karmasaṃsthitāḥ ||

Translation

ผู้ที่กระทำกิจของเรา โดยอาศัยเราไว้ในดวงใจ—เข้าสู่นิทราอย่างผาสุก เขาหลับอยู่แต่ยังตั้งมั่นในหน้าที่ของตน

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Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: कर्ता (Karta/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘who (those who)’

• मत्-कर्माणि: my deeds
• मत्-कर्माणि: कर्म (Karma/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘my deeds/acts’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• कुर्वन्ति: perform
• कुर्वन्ति: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; ‘do/perform’

• मया: by me / with me
• मया: सह/करण (Instrument/Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; ‘by me/with me’

• हृदि: in (the) heart
• हृदि: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘in the heart’

• समाश्रिताः: having taken refuge
• समाश्रिताः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + श्रि (धातु) → आश्रित (क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘having taken refuge/being dependent’

• सुखम्: comfortably
• सुखम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial accusative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; used adverbially ‘comfortably/with ease’

• निद्राम्: sleep
• निद्राम्: कर्म (Karma/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘sleep’

• समाधाय: having taken/entered
• समाधाय: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund): ‘having entered/placed (oneself) into’ (here: ‘having taken to sleep’)

• स्वपन्तः: sleeping
• स्वपन्तः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वप् (धातु) → स्वपत् (शतृ-कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘sleeping’

• कर्म-संस्थिताः: steadfast in duty
• कर्म-संस्थिताः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + संस्थित (क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; ‘situated/established in action’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Daily life ethics
• Mind-discipline

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It portrays an ideal of continuous practice where even ordinary states (like sleep) are framed within disciplined ethical orientation—typical of Purāṇic yoga-inflected devotion.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is mentioned.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Perform prescribed or dedicated work with inward reliance, cultivating steadiness that extends into everyday rhythms.