Praise and Procedure of Donating the Two-Faced Kapilā Cow and the Golden Pot
Hema-kumbha
तथाग्नायी तथा देवी सुवर्णाख्या प्रवर्तते ॥ गृहीत्वा कपिलां शूद्रात्कामतः सदृशः पिबेत् ॥
tathāgnāyī tathā devī suvarṇākhyā pravartate || gṛhītvā kapilāṃ śūdrāt kāmataḥ sadṛśaḥ pibet ||
Ebenso wird sie Agnāyī genannt; ebenso wird die Göttin namens Suvarṇā erwähnt. Wer aus Begierde eine Kapilā-Kuh von einem Śūdra nimmt, wird ihm (dem Stand nach) gleich und „trinkt“ die Folge der Tat.
Varāha
It reflects a strand of Purāṇic-dharma discourse on gift-acceptance (pratigraha) and the social-ritual boundaries encoded in premodern normative texts.
No geographic location is mentioned.
It cautions against accepting certain gifts from specific social categories, presenting the act as morally and ritually consequential.
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