Varaha Purana 112.19 — Adhyaya 112, Shloka 19
Praise and Procedure of Donating the Two-Faced Kapilā Cow and the Golden Pot
Hema-kumbha
असंभाष्याः प्रतिग्राह्या शूद्रास्ते पापकर्मणः ॥ पिबन्ति यावत्कपिलां तावत्तेषां पितामहः ॥
asaṃbhāṣyāḥ pratigrāhyā śūdrās te pāpa-karmaṇaḥ || pibanti yāvat kapilāṃ tāvat teṣāṃ pitāmahaḥ ||
بدکردار وہ شودر نہ گفتگو کے لائق ہیں اور نہ ہی بطورِ عطیہ دہندہ قابلِ قبول۔ جب تک وہ کپیلا گائے کو ‘پیتے’ ہیں (یعنی اس سے انتفاع/ملکیت رکھتے ہیں)، تب تک ان کا پِتامَہ (جدِّ اعلیٰ) متاثر رہتا ہے۔
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"None"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"varnashrama","instruction_summary":"Do not converse with, nor accept gifts (pratigraha) from, Śūdras characterized as pāpācāra; association and acceptance are prohibited in this normative frame.","karmic_consequence":"Acceptance/association is implied to transmit or entangle sin and to impair pitṛ-related welfare; the verse hints at ancestral impact tied to the Kapilā cow connection."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"karma-ethics","core_concept":"Gifts are not morally neutral; the donor’s conduct conditions the receiver’s karmic entanglement and can extend to pitṛ-linked consequences.","practical_application":"Exercise discernment (adhikāra-vicāra) in accepting donations; avoid exchanges framed as adharma-producing within the text’s ritual-ethical code."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Historical Dharma-shastra"]
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
Type: social-ritual interface
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 112.18 (parva-kāla exclusion); Varāha Purāṇa 112.21–23 (explicit naraka/rebirth trajectory tied to Kapilā-livelihood)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A didactic scene of a teacher-figure (Varāha as speaker off-scene or implied) warning a ritual recipient not to accept a gift involving a Kapilā cow from a censured donor; ancestral shadow imagery suggests pitṛ impact.","item_prompts":["Kapilā cow (tawny)","gift gesture (offering hands)","recipient refusing (raised palm)","pitṛ silhouettes/ancestral presence","scriptural palm-leaf/book motif"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: Kapilā cow in warm tawny tones; a dignified recipient refusing; faint ancestral figures in the background; strong narrative clarity.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style: Kapilā cow adorned; gold-leaf highlights on cow ornaments and haloed pitṛ silhouettes; recipient’s refusal emphasized with iconic hand gesture.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style: elegant courtly exchange scene; subtle moral tension; detailed cow depiction; restrained palette and fine ornamentation.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari style: intimate vignette with expressive faces; Kapilā cow central; airy background with faint pitṛ forms like mist."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"warning","suggested_raga":"Todi","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"grave, cautionary"}
FAQs
It illustrates how Purāṇic-normative discourse connects individual conduct, gift economy, and ancestral welfare—an important theme in dharma literature.
No geographic location is identified.
It restricts social interaction and gift relations based on conduct/status categories, and frames these restrictions as affecting lineage/ancestors.
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