Varaha Purana 176.43: Adhyaya 176, Shloka 43
The Māhātmya of Kṛṣṇagaṅgodbhava, Kāliñjara, and the Five Sacred Baths: The Tale of Pāñcāla and Tilottamā
Uttara Bhāga · Prāyaścitta Narrative (Distribution of Wealth)
रत्नं वस्त्रं धनं धान्यं यत्किञ्चित्तत्र संस्थितम् ॥ तत्सर्वं ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च दत्त्वाशेषं ददौ धनम् ॥
ratnaṃ vastraṃ dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ yatkiñcit tatra saṃsthitam || tatsarvaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaś ca dattvāśeṣaṃ dadau dhanam ||
ratnaM vastraM dhanaM dhAnyaM yatkiMchittatra saMsthitam || tatsarvaM brAhmaNebhyashcha dattvAsheShaM dadau dhanam
वहाँ जो भी था, सब कुछ। हीरे-मोती, कपड़े, पैसा, अनाज, कुछ भी। उसने सब ब्राह्मण लोगों को दे दिया। फिर भी जो पैसा बचा था, वो भी दे दिया।
Sandhi Notes
- yatkiñcit = yat + kiñcit
- tatsarvaṃ = tat + sarvam
- brāhmaṇebhyaś ca = brāhmaṇebhyaḥ + ca (visarga→ś before c)
- dattvāśeṣaṃ = dattvā + aśeṣam (ā + a → ā)
Varāha
Non-attachment is enacted, not merely contemplated: relinquishing ‘mine’ dissolves the knot of fear and guilt.
Practice graded generosity culminating in decisive letting-go; include essentials (food/grain) as well as valuables, and give to worthy recipients.
Total dāna is praised: jewels, clothes, money, grain—whatever is present—should be given to brāhmaṇas, leaving nothing held back.
Complete relinquishment yields heightened puṇya, inner purification, and protection from calamity; withholding (especially in crisis) diminishes merit and prolongs impurity.
Varāha Purāṇa 176.46 (ornaments given) leading into 176.47 (all goods given)
FAQs
It documents a conventional Purāṇic ethic of total donation in crisis/penitential contexts, useful for studying norms of wealth, merit, and social obligation.
No location is specified in this verse.
Comprehensive giving (aśeṣa-dāna) is presented as an appropriate response within a penitential narrative arc.
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