Varaha Purana 112.34 — Adhyaya 112, Shloka 34
Praise and Procedure of Donating the Two-Faced Kapilā Cow and the Golden Pot
Hema-kumbha
नन्दितो याति पितृभिर्विष्ण्वाख्यं परमं पदम् ॥ ब्रह्मस्वहारी गोघ्नो वा भ्रूणहा पापदेहकः
nandito yāti pitṛbhir viṣṇvākhyam paramaṃ padam || brahmasvahārī goghno vā bhrūṇahā pāpadehakaḥ
In Freude, von den Ahnen begleitet, gelangt man zur höchsten Stätte, die Viṣṇus Wohnstatt heißt. Selbst wer brahmanisches Gut an sich nahm, oder eine Kuh tötete, oder einen Embryo tötete—im Unrecht verkörpert—(wird hier mitgemeint).
Varāha (default, instructional voice in dialogue framework)
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Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Soteriology","Ritual Studies"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: karuṇa
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 112.37–112.39 (catalog of sinners; purification via go-dāna and regulated observance)
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FAQs
It illustrates Purāṇic strategies of moral persuasion: listing severe transgressions to emphasize the claimed efficacy of a prescribed gift/rite within a devotional soteriological frame.
No earthly geography is named; the destination is a theological 'supreme abode' (paramaṃ padam) associated with Viṣṇu.
To underscore the transformative potential attributed to regulated charity/ritual action, while foregrounding moral categories of wrongdoing and purification.
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