Varaha Purana 112.36: Adhyaya 112, Shloka 36

Praise and Procedure of Donating the Two-Faced Kapilā Cow and the Golden Pot

Hema-kumbha

Devanagari script

महापातकयुक्तोऽपि गवां दानेन शुध्यति ॥ यश्चोभयमुखीं दद्यात्रभूतकनकान्विताम्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 112.36

Transliteration

mahāpātakayukto 'pi gavāṃ dānena śudhyati || yaś cobhayamukhīṃ dadyāt prabhūtakanakānvitām

Translation

แม้ผู้ข้องเกี่ยวกับมหาบาป ก็ย่อมบริสุทธิ์ได้ด้วยการถวายโคทาน. และผู้ใดถวายโคที่เรียกว่า ‘โภยัมุขี’—โคมีลักษณะเครื่องหมายคู่—พร้อมทองคำอันมากมาย (ย่อมได้ผลดังกล่าว)

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Word by Word

• महापातक-युक्तः: associated with great sins
• महापातक-युक्तः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापातक (प्रातिपदिक) + युक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (अध्याहृतः ‘नरः’)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (even)

• गवाम्: of cows
• गवाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• दानेन: by (the) gift
• दानेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• शुध्यति: is purified
• शुध्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• उभय-मुखीम्: two-faced / having two mouths (two-headed)
• उभय-मुखीम्: Karma (कर्म; विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभय (प्रातिपदिक) + मुखिन्/मुखी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (अध्याहृतः ‘धेनुम्/गाम्’)

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• प्रभूत-कनक-अन्विताम्: endowed with abundant gold
• प्रभूत-कनक-अन्विताम्: Karma (कर्म; विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभूत (प्रातिपदिक) + कनक (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (उभयमुखीम्)

Speaker

Varāha (default, instructional voice in dialogue framework)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Go-dāna
• Atonement Motifs
• Ritual Objects and Gifts

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents a ritualized gifting economy where specific descriptive qualifiers (e.g., obhayamukhī, gold-adorned) function as technical markers of an ideal donation in Purāṇic manuals.

Which geographic location is identified?

None in this verse; the emphasis is on ritual specification rather than place.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

To present charity—especially go-dāna—as a structured ethical practice believed to support moral rehabilitation.