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Varaha Purana 112.16: Adhyaya 112, Shloka 16

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 ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 112.16

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.

तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb: ‘thus/likewise’)
अग्नायीAgnāyī (name of the cow/deity)
अग्नायी:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नायी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; नाम (proper epithet)
तथाalso
तथा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb)
देवीgoddess
देवी:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्
सुवर्णाख्याnamed Suvarṇā
सुवर्णाख्या:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुवर्ण-आख्या (प्रातिपदिक; सुवर्ण + आख्या)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् ‘named Suvarṇā’
प्रवर्ततेproceeds/exists/is current
प्रवर्तते:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-√वृत् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकारः (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्
गृहीत्वाhaving taken
गृहीत्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√ग्रह् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तः (gerund/absolutive) ‘having taken’
कपिलाम्a tawny cow
कपिलाम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकपिला (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्
शूद्रात्from a Śūdra
शूद्रात्:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootशूद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative/5th), एकवचनम्
कामतःas one wishes
कामतः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकामतः (अव्यय; काम + तस्)
Formहेतुवाचक/प्रकारवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb: ‘as desired/at will’)
सदृशःa suitable person
सदृशः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (implied subject: ‘he who is fit/appropriate’)
पिबेत्should drink
पिबेत्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√पा (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; आज्ञार्थे (injunctive sense)

Varāha

P
Purāṇic Literature
D
Dāna (Gift-giving)
S
Social Norms in Textual Tradition
R
Ritual Purity Codes

FAQs

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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