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Varaha Purana 39.71: Adhyaya 39, Shloka 71

Discrimination of the Three Bodies and the Dharaṇī Vow: A Manual for Dvādaśī Observance

ब्रह्मक्रियाया लोभेन बहुवर्षकृतेन च । उपोष्येमां सकृद् भक्त्या वेदसंस्कारमाप्नुयात् ॥ ३९.७१ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 39.71

brahmakriyāyā lobhena bahuvarṣakṛtena ca | upoṣyemāṃ sakṛd bhaktyā vedasaṃskāram āpnuyāt || 39.71 ||

Do lòng tham mà sao lãng các nghi lễ Phạm thiên, và sự sao lãng ấy kéo dài nhiều năm; người ấy chỉ cần một lần giữ trai giới (nhịn ăn) cho pháp hành này với lòng sùng kính thì sẽ đạt được sự thanh luyện, thánh hóa theo Veda.

ब्रह्मक्रियायाःof the Brahma-rite / Vedic rite
ब्रह्मक्रियायाः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मक्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—ब्रह्म + क्रिया (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)
लोभेनby desire/greed
लोभेन:
करण (करणम्/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootलोभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
बहुवर्षकृतेनdone for many years / long-performed
बहुवर्षकृतेन:
विशेषण (Adjectival to लोभेन)
TypeAdjective
Rootबहुवर्षकृत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (लोभेन इत्यस्य सह); समासः—बहूनि वर्षाणि + कृत (द्वितीया-तत्पुरुषः)
चand
च:
समुच्चय (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
उपोष्यhaving fasted
उपोष्य:
पूर्वकाल (Absolutive—prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootउपवस् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), परस्मैपदी; अर्थः—‘उपवासं कृत्वा’
इमाम्this (rite/observance)
इमाम्:
कर्म (कर्म/Karma)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
सकृत्once
सकृत्:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसकृत् (अव्यय)
Formकाल/आवृत्तिबोधक-अव्यय (adverb: once)
भक्त्याwith devotion
भक्त्या:
करण (Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
वेदसंस्कारम्Vedic consecration/purificatory rite
वेदसंस्कारम्:
कर्म (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootवेदसंस्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—वेदस्य संस्कारः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)
आप्नुयात्may obtain
आप्नुयात्:
क्रिया (Verb/Action)
TypeVerb
Rootआप् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

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It reflects a Purāṇic mode of integrating Vedic disciplinary ideals (brahmakriyā) with accessible remedial practices (a single devotional fast), illustrating how later Sanskrit traditions framed continuity with Vedic culture while addressing lapses over time.

No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is on personal observance and ritual-ethical restoration rather than sacred geography.

The verse presents a corrective principle: even prolonged neglect of prescribed disciplines can be addressed through a sincere, focused observance—here, a one-time devotional fast—aimed at restoring Vedic-oriented refinement (saṃskāra).

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