Varaha Purana 39.50: Adhyaya 39, Shloka 50
Discrimination of the Three Bodies and the Dharaṇī Vow: A Manual for Dvādaśī Observance
यथाविभवसारेण प्रभाते विमले तथा । चतुर्णां ब्राह्मणानां च चतुरो दापयेद् घटान् ॥ ३९.५० ॥
yathāvibhavasāreṇa prabhāte vimale tathā | caturṇāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca caturo dāpayet ghaṭān || 39.50 ||
जब साफ सुबह हो, अपने हिसाब से चार घड़े दो। चार ब्राह्मण को चार घड़े देने हैं। जो तुम्हारी हालत हो, उसके हिसाब से करो।
Varāha (default speaker within the Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue frame)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic and Dharmaśāstra-era ethic of regulated gift-giving (dāna), emphasizing proportionality to one’s resources (yathā-vibhava) and the social role of brāhmaṇas in ritual economies.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; the setting is temporal and ritual (“in the pure morning”), not topographical.
To give in a manner proportionate to one’s capacity, expressed through a concrete act of charity: arranging the donation of four water-pots to four brāhmaṇas.
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