Varaha Purana 185.19: Adhyaya 185, Shloka 19

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गन्धधूपादिभिश्चैव यथाविभवशक्तितः॥ पश्चाद्वस्त्राणि मे दद्यान्मम गात्रसुखानि च॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 185.19

Transliteration

gandhadhūpādibhiścaiva yathāvibhavaśaktitaḥ || paścādvastrāṇi me dadyānmama gātrasukhāni ca ||

Translation

इत्र, अगरबत्ती और ऐसी चीज़ें अपनी हिम्मत के हिसाब से लगाओ। फिर मेरे लिए कपड़े लाओ। वो कपड़े ऐसे हों जो शरीर को अच्छा लगे।

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Word by Word

• gandha-dhūpa-ādibhiḥ: with perfumes, incense, etc.
• gandha-dhūpa-ādibhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandha (प्रातिपदिक) + dhūpa (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Plural (बहुवचन); 'with perfumes, incense, etc.'

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (अवधारण-निपात)

• yathā-vibhava-śaktitaḥ: according to (one's) means
• yathā-vibhava-śaktitaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + vibhava (प्रातिपदिक) + śakti (प्रातिपदिक) + -tas (तसिल् प्रत्यय)
• Form: Adverbial compound (अव्ययीभाव); Ablatival adverb in -tas (तसिलन्त) meaning 'according to/from capability'

• paścāt: afterwards
• paścāt: Kāla/Anukrama (काल/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (काल/क्रमवाचक अव्यय)

• vastrāṇi: garments
• vastrāṇi: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन)

• me: to me
• me: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dative (चतुर्थी/4), Singular (एकवचन); enclitic pronoun

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)

• gātra-sukhāni: body-comforting
• gātra-sukhāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gātra (प्रातिपदिक) + sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective qualifying vastrāṇi; 'comfortable for the body'

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Temple Ritual
• Cultural Heritage

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It shows a graded ritual economy—offerings are explicitly scaled to capacity—valuable for understanding how Purāṇic texts addressed diverse patron communities.

Which geographic location is identified?

None; the passage describes a general ritual sequence.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Proportional giving: the instruction frames offering as responsible and capacity-based rather than excessive or coercive.