Varaha Purana 104.8: Adhyaya 104, Shloka 8

The Eulogy and Procedure of the ‘Honey-Cow’ Gift

Madhudhenudāna

Devanagari script

संक्रान्त्यामुपरागे च सर्वकाले यदृच्छया॥ द्रव्यब्राह्मणसम्पत्तिं दृष्ट्वा तां प्रतिपादयेत्॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 104.8

Transliteration

saṃkrāntyām uparāge ca sarva-kāle yadṛcchayā || dravya-brāhmaṇa-sampattiṃ dṛṣṭvā tāṃ pratipādayet ||

Translation

Podczas saṃkrānti i podczas zaćmienia, a także w każdym innym czasie, zgodnie z okolicznościami, ujrzawszy dostępność środków i odpowiedniego biorcę brāhmaṇę, należy przekazać ten dar.

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Word by Word

• संक्रान्त्याम्: at a saṅkrānti (solar ingress)
• संक्रान्त्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्रान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उपरागे: at an eclipse
• उपरागे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपराग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• सर्व-काले: at all times
• सर्व-काले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (सर्वः कालः)

• यदृच्छया: spontaneously / as it happens
• यदृच्छया: Hetu/Instrument (करण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदृच्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘by chance/voluntarily’

• द्रव्य-ब्राह्मण-सम्पत्तिम्: resources/wealth (for a brāhmaṇa)
• द्रव्य-ब्राह्मण-सम्पत्तिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (द्रव्यस्य/ब्राह्मणस्य सम्पत्तिः—contextually ‘wealth/resources for a brāhmaṇa’)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive), ‘having seen’

• ताम्: that (her/it)
• ताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रतिपादयेत्: should bestow / should present
• प्रतिपादयेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-√पद्/पादय् (धातु; causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense ‘should bestow/hand over’

Speaker

Varāha (default, instructional voice)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Dāna (Gift-ritual)
• Sanskrit Social History
• Ritual Calendrics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It shows a pragmatic ethic of giving: while certain times are highlighted, donation is also encouraged whenever resources and an appropriate recipient are present.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is mentioned.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

To give responsibly—matching generosity to one’s means and to a qualified recipient, without restricting charity only to special dates.