Varaha Purana 102.2: Adhyaya 102, Shloka 2

The Merit and Ritual Procedure of Donating a Jaggery Cow

Guḍadhenu

Devanagari script

सौवर्णे मुखशृङ्गे च दन्ताश्च मणिमौक्तिकैः । ग्रीवा रत्नमयी त्वस्या घ्राणं गन्धमयं तथा ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 102.2

Transliteration

sauvarṇe mukhaśṛṅge ca dantāś ca maṇimauktikaiḥ | grīvā ratnamayī tv asyā ghrāṇaṁ gandhamayaṁ tathā ||

Translation

దాని ముఖము మరియు శృంగములు స్వర్ణమయములుగా ఉండాలి; దంతములు మణులు మరియు ముత్యములతో ఉండాలి. దాని గ్రీవ రత్నమయముగా, అలాగే దాని నాసిక సుగంధ ద్రవ్యమయముగా చేయాలి.

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Word by Word

• sauvarṇe: in/with (something) golden
• sauvarṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sauvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; adjective used substantively/qualifying (विशेषण)

• mukha-śṛṅge: in the facial horn / horn on the face
• mukha-śṛṅge: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukha (प्रातिपदिक) + śṛṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (mukhasya śṛṅge)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• dantāḥ: teeth
• dantāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: danta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• maṇi-mauktikaiḥ: with gems and pearls
• maṇi-mauktikaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṇi (प्रातिपदिक) + mauktika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (maṇayaś ca mauktikāni ca)

• grīvā: neck
• grīvā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: grīvā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• ratna-mayī: made of jewels
• ratna-mayī: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ratna (प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; तद्धितार्थ/मयट्-प्रत्ययान्त (made of) used adjectivally (विशेषण)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), contrast/emphasis

• asyāḥ: of her
• asyāḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; pronoun

• ghrāṇam: nose
• ghrāṇam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghrāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• gandha-mayam: made of fragrance / fragrant
• gandha-mayam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gandha (प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; मयट्-प्रत्ययान्त (consisting of) used adjectivally

• tathā: likewise/also
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय)

Speaker

Hotṛ (continuation of the Guḍadhenu instruction; explicit speaker named in 102.2)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Dāna-vidhi
• Iconography
• Ritual Ornamentation

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

Such inventory-like descriptions inform historians about idealized luxury materials in ritual imagination and the symbolic economy of gifting in Purāṇic milieus.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is mentioned; the verse is concerned with the crafted object’s features.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

To offer a gift prepared with care and value, suggesting that generosity is expressed through both intention and the quality of the offering.