Varaha Purana 142.60: Adhyaya 142, Shloka 60
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Uttara Bhāga · Mantra-phala: non-adherence like a lotus leaf (purity metaphor)
यत्किञ्चित्कुर्वतः कर्म पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसि ॥ संयोगान्न च लिप्येत समत्वादेव नान्यथा ॥
yatkiñcit kurvataḥ karma padmapatram ivāmbhasi | saṃyogān na ca lipyeta samatvād eva nānyathā ||
yatkiMchitkurvataH karma padmapatramivAMbhasi || saMyogAnna cha lipyeta samatvAdeva nAnyathA
ไม่ว่าผู้ใดกระทำกรรมใดๆ ก็ประดุจใบบัวบนผิวน้ำ; แม้มีการสัมผัสก็ไม่เปื้อนติด—เพราะสมตา (ความเสมอภาคแห่งจิต) เท่านั้น มิใช่ด้วยเหตุอื่น
Sandhi Notes
- yatkiñcit → yat kiñcit
- ivāmbhasi → iva ambhasi
- saṃyogān → saṃyogāt (before n in next word, written as -ān)
- nānyathā → na anyathā
Varāha
Actions do not ‘stick’ to one established in samatva (equanimity), like water on a lotus leaf; bondage arises from attachment, not mere contact.
Cultivate even-mindedness in success/failure and pleasure/pain; perform duties without clinging to outcomes to avoid karmic ‘smearing’.
Varāha Purāṇa 142.142.3 (devotion with vow leading to divine state)
FAQs
The lotus-leaf simile is a classical South Asian metaphor for non-attachment; its appearance here shows continuity with broader yogic and dharma literature on action without taint.
No specific geography is indicated; “water” functions as a metaphorical setting for the simile.
Cultivate equanimity so that actions do not generate binding residue—an ethic of inner non-adhesion rather than mere external withdrawal.
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