Varaha Purana 13.25: Adhyaya 13, Shloka 25
The Genealogy of the Pitṛs and the Determination of Śrāddha Times
Pūrva Bhāga · Śrāddha and Pitṛ-related Dharma (Ritual Ethics)
एते स्म पितरः श्राद्धे योगिनां योगवर्द्धनाः । आप्यायितास्तु ते पूर्वं योगं योगबले रतौ ॥ १३.२५ ॥
ete sma pitaraḥ śrāddhe yogināṃ yogavarddhanāḥ | āpyāyitāstu te pūrvaṃ yogaṃ yogabale ratau || 13.25 ||
ete sma pitaraH shrAddhe yoginAM yogavarddhanAH | ApyAyitAstu te pUrvaM yogaM yogabale ratau || 13.25 ||
Chính các vị ấy là các Pitṛ trong nghi lễ śrāddha, những đấng làm tăng trưởng yoga của các yogin. Khi đã được thỏa mãn từ trước, các vị ấy lại nuôi dưỡng yoga cho người hoan hỷ trong sức lực của yoga.
Sandhi Notes
- आप्यायितास्तु → आप्यायिताः तु
Varāha
Curious about ritual efficacy and unseen helpers (pitṛs)
How do pitṛs in śrāddha relate to yogic progress—can ancestral satisfaction actually ‘increase yoga’?
Ritual gratitude to ancestors is not merely social duty; it can function as subtle support (anugraha) that strengthens yogic endeavor when performed with right intent.
Maintain śrāddha with purity and devotion alongside meditation; treat ritual duty as an ally to inner discipline rather than a distraction.
Śrāddha, when performed so as to satisfy the pitṛs, becomes a supportive force that enhances a yogin’s yogic strength and progress.
Satisfying pitṛs yields nourishment of one’s yoga (inner power and steadiness); neglect implies loss of that supportive merit and continued obstacles in practice.
Varāha Purāṇa 13.13.26 (therefore śrāddha should be given for yogins); Varāha Purāṇa 13.13.27 (who is yājya—fit recipient—across lokas)
FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic synthesis in which domestic ritual culture (śrāddha for ancestors) is presented as compatible with, and supportive of, ascetic or contemplative ideals (yoga), illustrating how multiple life-practices were integrated within Sanskrit ethical literature.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse fragment; the focus is ritual and ethical rather than topographical.
The verse foregrounds reciprocity and continuity: properly performed ancestral offerings are portrayed as strengthening the practitioner’s disciplined life (yoga), emphasizing sustained ethical-ritual responsibility alongside spiritual practice.
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