Varaha Purana 102.14: Adhyaya 102, Shloka 14

The Merit and Ritual Procedure of Donating a Jaggery Cow

Guḍadhenu

Devanagari script

दश पूर्वान्दश परानात्भानञ्चैकविंशतिम् । विष्णुलोकं नयत्याशु गुडधेनोः प्रसादतः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 102.14

Transliteration

daśa pūrvān daśa parān ātmānaṃ caikaviṃśatim | viṣṇulokaṃ nayaty āśu guḍadhenoḥ prasādataḥ ||

Translation

गुड़-धेनु दान करने से दस पूर्वज, दस आने वाली पीढ़ी, और खुद भी विष्णु के पास पहुँच जाते हैं। यह सब मिलके इक्कीस लोग होते हैं।

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Word by Word

• daśa: ten
• daśa: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (Numeral), अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (indeclinable-like in counting)

• pūrvān: the former ones/ancestors before
• pūrvān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• daśa: ten
• daśa: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (Numeral), अव्ययवत् प्रयोग

• parān: the later ones/descendants after
• parān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ātmānam: oneself
• ātmānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable), समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• eka-viṃśatim: twenty-one (as a count)
• eka-viṃśatim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + viṃśati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु समास (Numerical): एकं च विंशतिः = 21; स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine, viṃśati), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• viṣṇu-lokam: Vishnu's world
• viṣṇu-lokam: Gati/Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास: विष्णोः लोकः; पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• nayati: leads
• nayati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √nī (धातु)
• Form: लट् लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• āśu: quickly
• āśu: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: āśu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable), क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• guḍa-dhenoḥ: of the jaggery-cow
• guḍa-dhenoḥ: Hetu/Sambandha (हेतु/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + dhenu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास: गुडयुक्ता धेनुः; स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• prasādataḥ: due to the grace/favor
• prasādataḥ: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular); हेत्वर्थे (causal sense: 'due to')

Speaker

Varāha (default, instructor voice)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Ancestral Rites (Comparative)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a common Sanskrit merit formula (10 ancestors + 10 descendants + self) used to express intergenerational social-religious responsibility.

Which geographic location is identified?

No earthly geography is given; the destination is the cosmological realm termed Viṣṇuloka.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Acts of generosity are framed as benefiting not only the donor but also an extended lineage.