Varaha Purana — Chapter 101
VrP 101.1
अथ रस धेनुदानमाहात्म्यम् ।। होतोवाच ।। रसधेनुविधानं ते कथयामि समासतः ।। अनुलिप्ते महीपृष्ठे कृष्णाजिनकुशास्तरे
atha rasa dhenudānamāhātmyam || hotovāca || rasadhenuvidhānaṃ te kathayāmi samāsataḥ || anulipte mahīpṛṣṭhe kṛṣṇājinakuśāstare
Now, the greatness of the gift of the juice-cow. The Hotṛ said: I shall tell you in brief the rite of the juice-cow. On a smeared surface of ground, spread with a black antelope skin and kuśa grass,
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VrP 101.2
रसस्य तु घटं राजन् सम्पूर्णं त्वैक्षवस्य तु ।। तद्वत्सङ्कल्पयेत्प्राज्ञश्चतुर्थांशेन वत्सकम्
rasasya tu ghaṭaṃ rājan sampūrṇaṃ tvaikṣavasya tu || tadvatsaṅkalpayetprājñaścaturthāṃśena vatsakam
(there should be) a pot of juice, O king, quite full, and of sugarcane (juice); the wise man should conceive that as (the cow), and a calf with a fourth part (of it).
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VrP 101.3
तुरीयांशेन वत्सं तु तत्पार्श्वे स्थापयेत्सुधीः ।। इक्षुदण्डमयाः पादा रजतस्य खुरैर्युताः
turīyāṃśena vatsaṃ tu tatpārśve sthāpayetsudhīḥ || ikṣudaṇḍamayāḥ pādā rajatasya khurairyutāḥ
With a fourth part (the giver), being of good understanding, should set the calf at her side; the feet are made of sugarcane stalks, furnished with hooves of silver.
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VrP 101.4
एवं कार्या रसैर्धेनुरिक्षुपादसमन्विता
evaṃ kāryā rasairdhenurikṣupādasamanvitā
Thus a cow is to be made of juices, provided with feet of sugarcane,
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VrP 101.5
सुवर्णशृंगाभरणा वस्त्रपुच्छा घृतस्तनी ।। पुष्पकम्बलसंयुक्ता शर्करामुखजिह्वका
suvarṇaśṛṃgābharaṇā vastrapucchā ghṛtastanī || puṣpakambalasaṃyuktā śarkarāmukhajihvakā
with the ornament of her horns of gold, her tail of cloth, her teats of ghee, furnished with a blanket of flowers, her mouth and tongue of sugar,
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VrP 101.6
दन्ताः फलमयास्तस्याः पृष्ठं ताम्रमयं शुभम् ।। पुष्परोमां तु राजेन्द्र मुक्ताफलकृतेक्षणाम्
dantāḥ phalamayāstasyāḥ pṛṣṭhaṃ tāmramayaṃ śubham || puṣparomāṃ tu rājendra muktāphalakṛtekṣaṇām
Her teeth are made of fruits, and her back, auspicious, is of copper; and, O lord of kings, (she is made) with flowers for hair and with eyes made of pearls.
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VrP 101.7
सप्तव्रीहिसमायुक्तां चतुर्दिक्षु च दीपिताम् ।। सर्वोपस्करसंयुक्तां सर्वगन्धादिवासिताम्
saptavrīhisamāyuktāṃ caturdikṣu ca dīpitām || sarvopaskarasaṃyuktāṃ sarvagandhādivāsitām
(She is) furnished with the seven grains and lit up on the four sides, provided with all the utensils and perfumed with all the fragrances and the rest.
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VrP 101.8
चत्वारि तिलपात्राणि चतुर्दिक्षु निवेशयेत् ।। सर्वलक्षणयुक्ताय श्रोत्रियाय कुटुम्बिने
catvāri tilapātrāṇi caturdikṣu niveśayet || sarvalakṣaṇayuktāya śrotriyāya kuṭumbine
He should set down four vessels of sesame in the four directions — (the cow being given) to a Vedic scholar endowed with all the (good) marks, a householder.
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VrP 101.9
रसधेनुः प्रदातव्या स्वर्गकामेन नित्यदा ।। दाता स्वर्गमवाप्नोति सर्वपापविवर्जितः
rasadhenuḥ pradātavyā svargakāmena nityadā || dātā svargamavāpnoti sarvapāpavivarjitaḥ
The juice-cow is always to be given by one who desires heaven; the giver, freed from all sins, attains heaven.
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VrP 101.11
दीयमानां तु पश्यन्ति ते च यान्ति परां गतिम् ।। धेनुं च पूजयित्वाग्रे गन्धधूपस्रगादिभिः
dīyamānāṃ tu paśyanti te ca yānti parāṃ gatim || dhenuṃ ca pūjayitvāgre gandhadhūpasragādibhiḥ
And those who look on while she is being given, they too go to the highest goal. Having first honoured the cow with perfumes, incense, garlands and so on,
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VrP 101.12
पूर्वोक्तैरेव मन्त्रैस्तु ततस्तां प्रार्थयेत्सुधीः ।। प्रार्थनापूर्वकं भक्त्या द्विजाग्र्याय निवेदयेत्
pūrvoktaireva mantraistu tatastāṃ prārthayetsudhīḥ || prārthanāpūrvakaṃ bhaktyā dvijāgryāya nivedayet
then the wise man should make his request to her with the very mantras stated before; and, preceded by the request, he should with devotion present (her) to a foremost brahmin.
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VrP 101.13
दशपूर्वान्परांश्चैव आत्मानं चैकविंशकम् ।। प्रापयेत्परमं स्थानं स्वर्गान्नावर्त्तते पुनः
daśapūrvānparāṃścaiva ātmānaṃ caikaviṃśakam || prāpayetparamaṃ sthānaṃ svargānnāvarttate punaḥ
He would bring ten ancestors before him and ten after, and himself as the twenty-first, to the highest station; he does not return again from heaven.
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VrP 101.14
एषा ते कथिता राजन्रसधेनुरनुत्तमा ।। ददस्व च महाराज परं स्थानमवाप्नुहि
eṣā te kathitā rājanrasadhenuranuttamā || dadasva ca mahārāja paraṃ sthānamavāpnuhi
This unsurpassed juice-cow has been told to you, O king; give (it), great king, and attain the highest station.
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VrP 101.15
य इदं पठते नित्यं शृणुयादथ भक्तितः ।। सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुलोके महीयते
ya idaṃ paṭhate nityaṃ śṛṇuyādatha bhaktitaḥ || sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇuloke mahīyate
Whoever constantly recites this, or listens to it with devotion, is freed from all sins and is magnified in the world of Viṣṇu.
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VrP 101.101
दाता च ग्राहकश्चैव एककालमभोजनः ।। सोमपानफलं तस्य सर्वत्र तु फलं भवेत्
dātā ca grāhakaścaiva ekakālamabhojanaḥ || somapānaphalaṃ tasya sarvatra tu phalaṃ bhavet
And the giver and the receiver, eating but once (a day) — his is the fruit of drinking soma; indeed in every respect there would be fruit (for him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain