Varaha Purana 112.50: Adhyaya 112, Shloka 50
Praise and Procedure of Donating the Two-Faced Kapilā Cow and the Golden Pot
Hema-kumbha
धेनूनां फलमुद्दिश्य सर्वकामप्रदं नृणाम् ॥ अथवा पीड्यसेऽत्यन्तं क्षुधया पार्थिवोत्तम ॥
dhenūnāṃ phalam uddiśya sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇām | athavā pīḍyase 'tyantaṃ kṣudhayā pārthivottama ||
गाय दान करने का फल बताता हूँ, यह लोगों की सारी इच्छा पूरी करता है। या अगर तुम्हे बहुत भूख लग रही है, राजा।
Hotṛ (likely, addressing the king)
FAQs
It indicates that Purāṇic donation discourse could address practical conditions (such as hunger) while still operating within merit-language, revealing an interface of ethics and subsistence concerns.
No geographic location is named.
Charitable frameworks are presented as relevant both to aspirational goals and to urgent human needs, such as hunger.
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