Varaha Purana 142.60 — Adhyaya 142, Shloka 60
The Greatness of Esoteric Practice: Menstrual Impurity, Mental Equanimity, and Seasonal Conjugal Ethics
यत्किञ्चित्कुर्वतः कर्म पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसि ॥ संयोगान्न च लिप्येत समत्वादेव नान्यथा ॥
yatkiñcit kurvataḥ karma padmapatram ivāmbhasi | saṃyogān na ca lipyeta samatvād eva nānyathā ||
آدمی جو بھی عمل کرتا ہے وہ پانی پر کنول کے پتے کی مانند ہے؛ میل جول کے باوجود آلودہ نہیں ہوتا—یہ صرف سمَتوا (یکسانیتِ دل) کے سبب ہے، ورنہ نہیں۔
Varāha
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Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Yoga (Equanimity)","Philosophy of action"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 142.142.3 (devotion with vow leading to divine state)
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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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