Varaha Purana 142.35: Adhyaya 142, Shloka 35

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

Devanagari script

रेतःपाः पितरस्तस्य एवमेतन्न संशयः ॥ एकां तु पुरुषो याति द्वितीयां काममोहितः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 142.35

Transliteration

retaḥpāḥ pitaras tasya evam etan na saṃśayaḥ || ekāṃ tu puruṣo yāti dvitīyāṃ kāmamohitaḥ ||

Translation

สำหรับผู้นั้น บรรพชนย่อมเป็น “ผู้ดื่มน้ำเชื้อ” (เรตะห์ปา) ดังนี้แล ปราศจากข้อสงสัย บุรุษไปในครั้งแรก (วันแรก); ส่วนครั้งที่สอง เขาไปด้วยถูกกามและความหลงครอบงำ

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Word by Word

• retaḥpāḥ: the 'semen-drinking' (ancestors)
• retaḥpāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: retaḥ-pā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana (plural); components: retaḥ (semen) + pā (drinker/protector)

• pitaraḥ: ancestors; fathers
• pitaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana

• tasya: of him; his
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga/napuṃsaka, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th), Ekavacana; demonstrative pronoun

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: Prakāra-avyaya (manner adverb: thus)

• etat: this
• etat: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; demonstrative pronoun

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Pratiṣedha-avyaya

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• ekām: one (woman)
• ekām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; numeral adjective used substantively

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (but/indeed)

• puruṣaḥ: a man
• puruṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• yāti: goes/approaches
• yāti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (लट्/present indicative), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; Parasmaipada

• dvitīyām: a second (woman)
• dvitīyām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvitīyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; ordinal used substantively

• kāmamohitaḥ: deluded by desire
• kāmamohitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma-mohita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; components: kāma (desire) + mohita (deluded; √muh, kta)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Dharma
• Pitṛ Concepts

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic rhetorical strategies: striking compounds and consequence language used to reinforce normative conduct.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic identification occurs here.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It discourages certain timing/behavior by associating it with negative consequences framed through pitṛ-related imagery.