Varaha Purana — Chapter 100

VrP 100.1

अथ जलधेनुदान विधिः ।। होतोवाच ।। जलधेनुं प्रवक्ष्यामि पुण्येऽह्नि विधिपूर्वकम् ।। गोचर्म्ममात्रं भूभागं गोमयेनोपलेपयेत्

atha jaladhenudāna vidhiḥ || hotovāca || jaladhenuṃ pravakṣyāmi puṇye'hni vidhipūrvakam || gocarmmamātraṃ bhūbhāgaṃ gomayenopalepayet

Now the rule for the gift of the water-cow. The hotṛ said: I shall declare the water-cow, (to be given) on an auspicious day according to the prescribed rule. One should smear with cow-dung a piece of ground the size of a cow-hide.

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VrP 100.2

तत्र मध्ये तु राजेन्द्र पूर्णं कुम्भं च विन्यसेत् ।। जलपूर्णं सुगन्धाढ्यं कर्पूरागुरुचन्दनैः

tatra madhye tu rājendra pūrṇaṃ kumbhaṃ ca vinyaset || jalapūrṇaṃ sugandhāḍhyaṃ karpūrāgurucandanaiḥ

There in the middle, O chief of kings, one should set down a full pot, filled with water, richly fragrant with camphor, aloe-wood and sandal,

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VrP 100.3

वासितं गन्धतोयेन तां धेनुं परिकल्पयेत् ।। वत्सं तथापरं कल्प्य जलेन परिपूरितम्

vāsitaṃ gandhatoyena tāṃ dhenuṃ parikalpayet || vatsaṃ tathāparaṃ kalpya jalena paripūritam

perfumed with scented water — that one should fashion as the cow; and fashioning another as the calf, filled with water,

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VrP 100.4

वर्द्धनीकं(वर्द्धनकिं) महाराज यन्त्रपुष्पैः समन्वितम् ।। दूर्वांकुरैरुपस्तीर्य स्रग्भिश्चैव विभूषितम्

varddhanīkaṃ(varddhanakiṃ) mahārāja yantrapuṣpaiḥ samanvitam || dūrvāṃkurairupastīrya sragbhiścaiva vibhūṣitam

a small vardhanī vessel, O great king, together with yantra-flowers(?), strewn over with dūrvā shoots and adorned with garlands,

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VrP 100.5

पंचरत्नानि निःक्षिप्य तस्मिन् कुम्भे नराधिप ।। मांसीमुशीरं कुष्ठं च तथा शैलेयबालुकम्

paṃcaratnāni niḥkṣipya tasmin kumbhe narādhipa || māṃsīmuśīraṃ kuṣṭhaṃ ca tathā śaileyabālukam

having cast the five jewels into that pot, O ruler of men, and jaṭāmāṃsī, uśīra, kuṣṭha, and likewise śaileya and bālūka,

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VrP 100.6

धात्रीफलं सर्षपाश्च सर्वधान्यानि पार्थिव ।। चतुर्दिक्ष्वपि पात्राणि चत्वार्येव प्रकल्पयेत्

dhātrīphalaṃ sarṣapāśca sarvadhānyāni pārthiva || caturdikṣvapi pātrāṇi catvāryeva prakalpayet

Emblic myrobalan fruit, mustard seeds, and all the grains, O king; and in the four directions too one should arrange just four vessels.

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VrP 100.7

एकं घृतमयं पात्रं द्वितीयं दधिपूरितम् ।। तृतीयं मधुनश्चैव चतुर्थं शर्करावृतम्

ekaṃ ghṛtamayaṃ pātraṃ dvitīyaṃ dadhipūritam || tṛtīyaṃ madhunaścaiva caturthaṃ śarkarāvṛtam

One vessel made of (filled with) ghee, a second filled with curds, the third of honey, and the fourth covered with sugar.

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VrP 100.8

सुवर्णमुखचक्षूंषि शृंगं कृष्णांगरेषु च ।। प्रशस्तपत्रश्रवणां मुक्ताफलमयेक्षणाम्

suvarṇamukhacakṣūṃṣi śṛṃgaṃ kṛṣṇāṃgareṣu ca || praśastapatraśravaṇāṃ muktāphalamayekṣaṇām

(Her) mouth and eyes of gold, and the horn(s), and on the black limbs; (making her) with ears of excellent leaves and eyes made of pearls.

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VrP 100.9

ताम्रपृष्ठां कांस्यदोहां दर्भरोमसमन्विताम् ।। पुच्छं सूत्रमयं कृत्वा कृष्णाभरण घण्टिकाम्

tāmrapṛṣṭhāṃ kāṃsyadohāṃ darbharomasamanvitām || pucchaṃ sūtramayaṃ kṛtvā kṛṣṇābharaṇa ghaṇṭikām

(Making her) with a back of copper, an udder of bell-metal, provided with hair of darbha grass, having made the tail out of thread, and a little bell as a black ornament.

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VrP 100.11

इक्षुपादां तु राजेन्द्र गन्धपुष्पोपशोभिताम् ।। कृष्णाजिनोपरि स्थाप्य वस्त्रेणाच्छादितां तु ताम्

ikṣupādāṃ tu rājendra gandhapuṣpopaśobhitām || kṛṣṇājinopari sthāpya vastreṇācchāditāṃ tu tām

But with feet of sugarcane, O best of kings, adorned with fragrances and flowers — having set her upon a black antelope skin and covered her with a cloth,

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VrP 100.12

गन्धपुष्पैः समभ्यर्च्य विप्राय विनिवेदयेत् ।। एवं धेनुं तदा दत्त्वा ब्राह्मणे वेदपारगे

gandhapuṣpaiḥ samabhyarcya viprāya vinivedayet || evaṃ dhenuṃ tadā dattvā brāhmaṇe vedapārage

having worshipped (her) with fragrances and flowers, one should present (her) to a brahmin. Having thus given the cow to a brahmin who has gone through the Vedas —

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VrP 100.13

साधुविप्राय राजेन्द्र श्रोत्रियायाहिताग्नये ।। तपोवृद्धाय पात्राय दातव्या च कुटुम्बिने

sādhuviprāya rājendra śrotriyāyāhitāgnaye || tapovṛddhāya pātrāya dātavyā ca kuṭumbine

to a good brahmin, O best of kings, to one learned in the Veda who has set up the sacred fires, to one grown old in austerity, to a worthy recipient, and to a householder she is to be given.

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VrP 100.14

यो ददाति नरो राजन् यः पश्यति शृणोति च ।। प्रतिगृह्णाति यो विप्रः सर्वे मुच्यन्ति पातकात्

yo dadāti naro rājan yaḥ paśyati śṛṇoti ca || pratigṛhṇāti yo vipraḥ sarve mucyanti pātakāt

The man who gives, O king, and he who sees and hears (of it), and the brahmin who receives — all are released from sin.

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VrP 100.15

ब्रह्महा पितृहा गोघ्नः सुरापो गुरुतल्पगः ।। मुक्ताः सर्वपापैस्तु गन्तारो विष्णुमंदिरे

brahmahā pitṛhā goghnaḥ surāpo gurutalpagaḥ || muktāḥ sarvapāpaistu gantāro viṣṇumaṃdire

The slayer of a brahmin, the slayer of a father, the killer of a cow, the drinker of liquor, the violator of the guru's bed — released from all sins, they go to the abode of Viṣṇu.

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VrP 100.16

विमुक्तः सर्वपापैस्तु विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति ।।

vimuktaḥ sarvapāpaistu viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati ||

Freed from all sins, he goes to the world of Viṣṇu.

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VrP 100.17

जलधेनुं च यो दद्यात्सममेतन्नराधिप ।। जलाहारस्त्वेकदिनं तिष्ठेच्च जलधेनुदः

jaladhenuṃ ca yo dadyātsamametannarādhipa || jalāhārastvekadinaṃ tiṣṭhecca jaladhenudaḥ

And whoever should give a water-cow — this is equal (to that), O king; the giver of the water-cow should remain for one day taking only water as food.

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VrP 100.18

ग्राहकोऽपि त्रिरात्रं वै तिष्ठेदेवं न संशयः ।। यत्र क्षीरवहा नद्यो मधुपायसकर्दमाः

grāhako'pi trirātraṃ vai tiṣṭhedevaṃ na saṃśayaḥ || yatra kṣīravahā nadyo madhupāyasakardamāḥ

And the receiver too should indeed remain thus for three nights — of this there is no doubt. Where rivers flow with milk, with mire of honey and milk-rice,

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VrP 100.19

यत्र चाप्सरसां गीतं तत्र यान्ति जलप्रदाः ।। दाता च दापकश्चैव प्रतिग्राही च यो द्विजः

yatra cāpsarasāṃ gītaṃ tatra yānti jalapradāḥ || dātā ca dāpakaścaiva pratigrāhī ca yo dvijaḥ

and where there is the singing of the apsarases — there go the givers of water. And the giver, and the one who causes (another) to give, and the twice-born who receives,

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VrP 100.21

सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः स्वर्गमेति जितेन्द्रियः

sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ svargameti jitendriyaḥ

freed from all sins, with senses subdued, he goes to heaven.

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VrP 100.100

कम्बले पुष्पमालां च गुडास्यां शुक्तिदन्तिकाम् ।। जिह्वां शर्करया कृत्वा नवनीतेन च स्तनान् सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः विष्णुसायुज्यमाप्नुयुः ।। जलधेनुविधानं यः शृणुयात्कीर्त्तयेदपि

kambale puṣpamālāṃ ca guḍāsyāṃ śuktidantikām || jihvāṃ śarkarayā kṛtvā navanītena ca stanān sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ viṣṇusāyujyamāpnuyuḥ || jaladhenuvidhānaṃ yaḥ śṛṇuyātkīrttayedapi

And a flower-garland upon the blanket, (the cow) with a mouth of molasses, with little teeth of shell, having made the tongue of sugar and the teats of fresh butter — freed from all sins, they would attain union with Viṣṇu. Whoever should hear, or also proclaim, the rite of the water-cow —

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