Varaha Purana 30.5: Adhyaya 30, Shloka 5
The Origin of Dhanada (Kubera) from Vāyu and the Observance of the Ekādaśī Vow
Pūrva Bhāga · Dharma-artha (wealth, protection, and divine stewardship)
सर्वेषां चैव देवानां यद्वित्तं फलमेव च । तత్సर्वं पाहि येनोक्तं तस्माद्धनपतिर्भवेत् ॥ ३०.५ ॥
sarveṣāṃ caiva devānāṃ yad vittaṃ phalam eva ca | tatsarvaṃ pāhi yenoktaṃ tasmād dhanapatir bhavet || 30.5 ||
sarveShAM chaiva devAnAM yad vittaM phalameva cha | tatsarvaM pAhi yenoktaM tasmAd dhanapatirbhavat || 30.5 ||
सब देवी-देवताओं का पैसा और उनकी चीज़ें तुम संभालना। इसलिए तुम धनपति बनोगे, पैसा का मालिक।
Sandhi Notes
- चैव = च एव
- यद्वित्तं = यत् वित्तम्
- फलमेव = फलम् एव
- तత్సर्वं = तत् सर्वम्
- येनोक्तं = येन उक्तम्
- तस्माद्धनपतिर्भवेत् = तस्मात् धनपतिः भवेत्
Varāha
Attentive, seeking ethical implication
What duty (enjoined protection) leads to becoming ‘dhanapati’ and how does stewardship relate to divine wealth?
Prosperity is legitimized through protection and right use of wealth tied to divine/ritual purposes; guardianship is itself a dharma producing phala.
Treat wealth as a trust: protect communal/religious assets, avoid misappropriation, and align earning/spending with dharma.
Wealth (dhana) and ‘fruit’ (phala) are treated as cosmic-ritual capital; guarding them aligns with maintaining ṛta/dharma—echoing the yajña economy where offerings circulate between humans and devas.
‘Devas’ wealth/fruit’ suggests yajña-phala; protection implies preserving offerings, endowments, and the integrity of ritual exchange.
Stewardship over resources as īśvara-arpita: wealth is not absolute possession but entrusted; right relation to phala reduces bondage to results (phala-tyāga orientation).
Protect/guard the wealth and merit-fruits belonging to the gods as enjoined (i.e., uphold proper custodianship of sacred resources), leading to lordship over wealth.
Following the injunction yields prosperity/authority over wealth (dhanapatitva); neglect implies loss of merit and disorder in ritual economy.
Varāha Purāṇa 30.30.6-7 (Ekādaśī observance leading to Dhanada’s favor)
FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic ethical model in which prosperity is framed as connected to the protection and proper custodianship of resources associated with the divine order, aligning wealth with duty rather than mere accumulation.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it is primarily an ethical injunction concerning wealth (vitta) and its outcomes (phala).
The verse emphasizes protecting and preserving wealth and its fruits as an enjoined responsibility; prosperity (being a dhanapati) is presented as a consequence of such stewardship.
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