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Varaha Purana 13.53: Adhyaya 13, Shloka 53

The Genealogy of the Pitṛs and the Determination of Śrāddha Times

रत्नवस्त्रमहायानं सर्वं भोगादिकं वसु । विभवे सति विप्रेभ्यो अस्मानुद्दिश्य दास्यति ॥ १३.५३ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 13.53

ratnavastramahāyānaṃ sarvaṃ bhogādikaṃ vasu | vibhave sati viprebhyo asmān uddiśya dāsyati || 13.53 ||

Kapag siya’y may kakayahan, magbibigay siya sa mga brāhmaṇa—na iniaalay sa aming pangalan—ng mga hiyas, kasuotan, malalaking sasakyan, at lahat ng yaman na kaugnay ng mga ginhawa at iba pang pag-aari.

रत्नवस्त्रमहायानम्gems, garments, and great vehicles (as a set)
रत्नवस्त्रमहायानम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootratna (प्रातिपदिक) + vastra (प्रातिपदिक) + mahāyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व (रत्नं च वस्त्रं च महायानं च)
सर्वम्all
सर्वम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण
भोगादिकम्enjoyments and the like
भोगादिकम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhoga (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक) + ka (प्रत्यय)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (भोगः आदिः यस्य/भोगादि)
वसुwealth, property
वसु:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvasu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
विभवेwhen there is means/affluence
विभवे:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootvibhava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
सतिbeing / existing
सति:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeVerb
Rootas (धातु)
Formसप्तमी-एकवचन कृदन्त; शतृ/सत्-प्रत्यय (present participle) ‘being’; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक—सप्तमी एकवचन; लोके ‘सति’ = ‘when/if being’
विप्रेभ्यःto the Brahmins
विप्रेभ्यः:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootvipra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), बहुवचन
अस्मान्us
अस्मान्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
Formद्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
उद्दिश्यintending / dedicating (to)
उद्दिश्य:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य)
TypeVerb
Rootud-√diś (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘having aimed/with reference to’; उपसर्ग ‘उद्-’
दास्यतिwill give
दास्यति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdā (धातु)
Formलृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Varāha (default dialogic frame)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
D
Dāna-Dharma
S
Sanskrit Philology

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It reflects a common Purāṇic social-ethical theme: regulated generosity (dāna) as part of household and public patronage, including the practice of dedicating gifts in the name of a revered figure or beneficiary.

No geographic location is named in this verse fragment.

To give material support—according to one’s capacity—to learned recipients (here, brāhmaṇas), emphasizing intentional dedication (uddiśya) rather than indiscriminate or purely self-serving giving.

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