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Varaha Purana 104.8: Adhyaya 104, Shloka 8

The Eulogy and Procedure of the ‘Honey-Cow’ Gift

Madhudhenudāna

संक्रान्त्यामुपरागे च सर्वकाले यदृच्छया॥ द्रव्यब्राह्मणसम्पत्तिं दृष्ट्वा तां प्रतिपादयेत्॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 104.8

saṃkrāntyām uparāge ca sarva-kāle yadṛcchayā || dravya-brāhmaṇa-sampattiṃ dṛṣṭvā tāṃ pratipādayet ||

संक्रांति के दिन या ग्रहण के टाइम यह दान करना चाहिए। असल बात यह है के जब भी मौका मिले और पास पैसा हो, तब करना चाहिए। पहले देखना पड़ेगा के सामान अवेलेबल है या नहीं। फिर किसी पंडित को ढूंढना है जो यह गिफ्ट ले सके।

संक्रान्त्याम्at a saṅkrānti (solar ingress)
संक्रान्त्याम्:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसंक्रान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
उपरागेat an eclipse
उपरागे:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootउपराग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha/Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)
सर्व-कालेat all times
सर्व-काले:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (सर्वः कालः)
यदृच्छयाspontaneously / as it happens
यदृच्छया:
Hetu/Instrument (करण/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootयदृच्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘by chance/voluntarily’
द्रव्य-ब्राह्मण-सम्पत्तिम्resources/wealth (for a brāhmaṇa)
द्रव्य-ब्राह्मण-सम्पत्तिम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootद्रव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (द्रव्यस्य/ब्राह्मणस्य सम्पत्तिः—contextually ‘wealth/resources for a brāhmaṇa’)
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive), ‘having seen’
ताम्that (her/it)
ताम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
प्रतिपादयेत्should bestow / should present
प्रतिपादयेत्:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्रति-√पद्/पादय् (धातु; causative)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense ‘should bestow/hand over’

Varāha (default, instructional voice)

P
Purāṇic Literature
D
Dāna (Gift-ritual)
S
Sanskrit Social History
R
Ritual Calendrics

FAQs

It shows a pragmatic ethic of giving: while certain times are highlighted, donation is also encouraged whenever resources and an appropriate recipient are present.

No geographic location is mentioned.

To give responsibly—matching generosity to one’s means and to a qualified recipient, without restricting charity only to special dates.

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