Varaha Purana 112.11: Adhyaya 112, Shloka 11

Praise and Procedure of Donating the Two-Faced Kapilā Cow and the Golden Pot

Hema-kumbha

Devanagari script

जुह्वते ह्यग्निहोत्राणि मन्त्रैश्च विविधैः सदा ॥ पूजयन्नतिथींश्चैव परां भक्तिमुपागताः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 112.11

Transliteration

juhvate hy agnihotrāṇi mantraiś ca vividhaiḥ sadā || pūjayann atithīṃś caiva parāṃ bhaktim upāgatāḥ

Translation

यह लोग रोज़ अग्नि में हवन करते हैं, मंत्र पढ़ के। मेहमानों की पूजा करते हैं, खूब इज़्ज़त से। भगवान में उनका दिल पूरा लग गया है।

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Word by Word

• जुह्वते: they offer
• जुह्वते: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदी; ‘they offer (into fire)’

• हि: indeed
• हि: निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; emphasis/causal particle

• अग्निहोत्राणि: Agnihotra rites
• अग्निहोत्राणि: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निहोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; Accusative plural

• मन्त्रैः: with mantras
• मन्त्रैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात; conjunction

• विविधैः: various
• विविधैः: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; agrees with मन्त्रैः

• सदा: always
• सदा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय; adverb

• पूजयन्: worshipping
• पूजयन्: कर्ता-विशेषण (Participial qualifier of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (Present active participle), परस्मैपदी; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (collective/with implied plural sense by context)

• अतिथीन्: guests
• अतिथीन्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; Accusative plural

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात; conjunction

• एव: indeed
• एव: निपात (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात; emphatic particle

• पराम्: supreme
• पराम्: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; agrees with भक्तिम्

• भक्तिम्: devotion
• भक्तिम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; Accusative singular

• उपागताः: have attained
• उपागताः: कर्ता (Subject complement; state of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘having attained/come to’

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ethics
• Hospitality (Atithi-dharma)
• Vedic Ritual Reception

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It combines ritual performance (agnihotra) with social ethics (atithi-honor), mirroring how Purāṇic texts integrate household practice with moral community obligations.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is identified in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse pairs disciplined ritual life with hospitality, presenting devotion as expressed through both liturgical action and ethical treatment of others.