Varaha Purana 127.16: Adhyaya 127, Shloka 16

Description of the Brāhmaṇa Initiation Procedure

Dīkṣā-sūtra

Devanagari script

यानि कानि च बीजानि रत्नानि विविधानि च ॥ काञ्चकादीनि सुश्रोणि तानि शीघ्रमुपाहरेत्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 127.16

Transliteration

yāni kāni ca bījāni ratnāni vividhāni ca || kāñcakādīni suśroṇi tāni śīghram upāharet

Translation

जो भी बीज हो, और जो भी कीमत वाली चीज़ें हो, सब लाओ। सोने-चांदी के भी सामान जल्दी से लाओ और पूजा के लिए रख दो।

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Word by Word

• yāni: which (things)
• yāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• kāni: any/whatever
• kāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (किम्)
• Form: Interrogative/indefinite pronoun (प्रश्न/अनिश्चित), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); yāni kāni = whatsoever

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चय)

• bījāni: seeds
• bījāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bīja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ratnāni: gems
• ratnāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• vividhāni: various
• vividhāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vividha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); विशेषण (qualifying bījāni/ratnāni)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चय)

• kāñcaka-ādīni: kāñcaka and the like (e.g., gold/metal items)
• kāñcaka-ādīni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāñcaka (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); ādi-समास (etcetera-compound)

• suśroṇi: O fair-hipped one
• suśroṇi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-śroṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग)

• tāni: those
• tāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• śīghram: quickly
• śīghram: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• upāharet: should bring/offer
• upāharet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√hṛ (उप-हृ)
• Form: Liṅ-lakāra (लिङ्, Optative/vidhi), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Varāha (default attribution within Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Gift Economy
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a snapshot of donation categories—agricultural (seeds) and economic (valuables)—showing how ritual life intersected with agrarian and wealth systems.

Which geographic location is identified?

None is specified in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Prompt and orderly offering—emphasizing readiness and respect in the preparatory phase.