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Varaha Purana 99.87: Adhyaya 99, Shloka 87

The Greatness and Rite of the Sesame-Cow (Tiladhenu) Gift

सर्वं सम्पादयास्माकं तिलधेनो द्विजार्पिता ॥ गृह्णामि देवि त्वां भक्त्या कुटुम्बार्थं विशेषतः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 99.87

sarvaṁ sampādayāsmākaṁ tiladheno dvijārpitā || gṛhṇāmi devi tvāṁ bhaktyā kuṭumbārthaṁ viśeṣataḥ ||

तिल की गाय, ब्राह्मण को दे के बोलो। सब कुछ हमारे लिए पूरा करो। देवी, मैं तुम्हे भाव से लेता हूँ। घर परिवार के लिए खास कर के।

सर्वम्everything
सर्वम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; accusative singular
सम्पादयaccomplish/provide
सम्पादय:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-पद् (धातु) (णिच् causative: सम्पादय-)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘accomplish/provide’
अस्माकम्of us / for us
अस्माकम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी, बहुवचन; genitive plural
तिल-धेनोO sesame-cow (tiladhenu)
तिल-धेनो:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootतिल (प्रातिपदिक) + धेनु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; vocative; समासः—तिलानां धेनुः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
द्विज-अर्पिताoffered to Brahmins
द्विज-अर्पिता:
Karta (कर्ता) (as predicate adjective of तिलधेनुः understood)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्पित (कृदन्त/भूतकृदन्त)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘offered’; समासः—द्विजेभ्यः अर्पिता (चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुष)
गृह्णामिI accept/take
गृह्णामि:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootग्रह् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present/लट्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
देविO goddess
देवि:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; vocative
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया, एकवचन; accusative singular
भक्त्याwith devotion
भक्त्या:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; instrumental singular
कुटुम्ब-अर्थम्for the sake of (my) family
कुटुम्ब-अर्थम्:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Rootकुटुम्ब (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; accusative of purpose; समासः—कुटुम्बस्य अर्थः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
विशेषतःespecially
विशेषतः:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविशेष (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
Formअव्यय (तसिल्), क्रियाविशेषण; ‘especially’

Varāha

P
Purāṇic Literature
D
Dāna (Gift-ritual)
D
Domestic religio-cultural practice
S
Sanskrit Philology

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It preserves the donor’s spoken formula, illustrating how ritual objects are personified and integrated into household-oriented aspirations.

No location is specified; the verse is a performative declaration within the ritual.

The text frames prosperity-seeking within a structured act of giving, emphasizing devotion and social transfer (to a dvija) as the ethical mechanism.

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