Varaha Purana 112.23: Adhyaya 112, Shloka 23
Praise and Procedure of Donating the Two-Faced Kapilā Cow and the Golden Pot
Hema-kumbha
Pūrva Bhāga · Dharma-śāstra and Dāna (Improper acceptance and its consequences)
भूयोभूयो जायमानस्तथोत्तारं न विन्दति ॥ ब्राह्मणश्चैव यो विद्वान्कुर्यात्तेषां प्रतिग्रहम् ॥
bhūyobhūyo jāyamānas tathottāraṃ na vindati || brāhmaṇaś caiva yo vidvān kuryāt teṣāṃ pratigraham ||
bhUyobhUyo jAyamAnastathottAraM na vindati || brAhmaNashchaiva yo vidvAnkuryAtteShAM pratigraham
वो बार-बार जन्म लेते हैं पर मुक्ति नहीं पाते। अगर कोई पंडित ब्राह्मण उनसे गिफ्ट ले, तो वो भी दोषी माना जाता है।
Sandhi Notes
- bhūyobhūyo = bhūyaḥ + bhūyaḥ
- tathottāram = tathā + uttāram
- brāhmaṇaś caiva = brāhmaṇaḥ + ca + eva
- vidvān kuryāt = vidvān + kuryāt
Varāha
Merit depends on purity of source and recipient; wrong acceptance binds one to saṃsāra.
Examine the donor’s conduct/means before accepting; refuse gifts that compromise ritual and moral integrity.
Illicit/impure donors cause the recipient to lose spiritual progress; even a learned brāhmaṇa incurs blame by accepting gifts from such persons.
Recipient falls into repeated rebirth without deliverance; social and ritual censure accrues to the accepting brāhmaṇa.
Varāha Purāṇa 112.25–28 (consequences, avoidance, prāyaścitta, and proper dāna)
FAQs
It documents a classical concern in Sanskrit normative literature: the moral status of gifts depends on the donor, shaping social and ritual boundaries.
No geographic location is mentioned; the focus is ethical and social.
The verse warns that repeated rebirth and lack of ‘deliverance’ are linked to wrongdoing, and it criticizes improper acceptance of gifts even by the learned.
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