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Varaha Purana 115.33: Adhyaya 115, Shloka 33

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

कर्माणि यानि कृत्वा ह शूद्रो मह्यं व्यवस्थितः ॥ दम्पती मम भक्तौ यो मम कर्म परायणौ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 115.33

karmāṇi yāni kṛtvā ha śūdro mahyaṃ vyavasthitaḥ | dampatī mama bhaktau yo mama karma parāyaṇau ||

جن اعمال کو انجام دے کر شُودر میرے تعلق میں مضبوطی سے قائم ہو جاتا ہے۔ جو میاں بیوی میری بھکتی میں لگے ہوں اور میرے مقررہ اعمال کے پابند ہوں—

कर्माणिactions / duties
कर्माणि:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (Accusative/द्वितीया), बहुवचन (Plural), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)
यानिwhich
यानि:
विशेषण (Qualifier of कर्माणि)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया/प्रथमा (Accusative/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
कृत्वाhaving done
कृत्वा:
क्रिया-विशेषण (Adverbial to main predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भावकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having done’
indeed
:
सम्बन्ध (particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle; emphasis)
शूद्रःthe Śūdra
शूद्रः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootशूद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (Nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
मह्यम्to me
मह्यम्:
सम्प्रदान (Sampradāna/Recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formचतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/चतुर्थी), एकवचन (Singular)
व्यवस्थितःis established / stands firm
व्यवस्थितः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (Predicate adjective of शूद्रः)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + अव + स्था (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle), प्रथमा एकवचन पुल्लिङ्ग; अर्थ: ‘स्थित/स्थापित’
दम्पतीthe couple (husband and wife)
दम्पती:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootदम्पती (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (Nominative/प्रथमा), द्विवचन (Dual), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine; couple)
ममmy
मम:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (Genitive/षष्ठी), एकवचन (Singular)
भक्तौdevotees
भक्तौ:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (Predicate noun/adjective of दम्पती)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (Nominative/प्रथमा), द्विवचन (Dual), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
यःwho
यः:
सम्बन्ध (introduces relative clause)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (Nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
ममmy
मम:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (Genitive/षष्ठी), एकवचन (Singular)
कर्मduty / work
कर्म:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)
परायणौdevoted/intent on
परायणौ:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (Qualifier of दम्पती)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरायण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (Nominative/प्रथमा), द्विवचन (Dual), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine); विशेषण (adjective)

Varāha (default dialogue-frame attribution)

V
Varāha Purāṇa
Ś
Śūdra Dharma
G
Gṛhastha Ethics
P
Purāṇic Instruction

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It highlights the Purāṇic inclusion of household devotion across social categories, presenting ethical practice as accessible through duty and devotion.

No geographic location is identified.

Through performing prescribed duties and sustained devotion—especially within household life—one becomes firmly established in a disciplined path.

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