Varaha Purana — Chapter 102

VrP 102.1

गुडधेनुमाहात्म्यम् होतोवाच - गुडधेनुं प्रवक्ष्यामि सर्वकामार्थसाधिनीम् । अनुलिप्ते महीपृष्ठे कृष्णाजिनकुशास्तृते

guḍadhenumāhātmyam hotovāca - guḍadhenuṃ pravakṣyāmi sarvakāmārthasādhinīm | anulipte mahīpṛṣṭhe kṛṣṇājinakuśāstṛte

The greatness of the jaggery-cow. He said: I shall proclaim the jaggery-cow, which accomplishes all desires and aims. On a smeared patch of ground spread with a black antelope skin and kuśa grass,

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VrP 102.2

तस्योपरिकृतं वस्त्रं गुडमानीय पुष्कलम् । कृत्वा गुडमयीं धेनुं सवसाङ्कास्यदेहिनीम्

tasyoparikṛtaṃ vastraṃ guḍamānīya puṣkalam | kṛtvā guḍamayīṃ dhenuṃ savasāṅkāsyadehinīm

a cloth (is) laid over that; bringing abundant jaggery and making a cow of jaggery, with body, mouth and marks complete,

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VrP 102.3

सौवर्णे मुखशृङ्गे च दन्ताश्च मणिमौक्तिकैः । ग्रीवा रत्नमयी त्वस्या घ्राणं गन्धमयन्तथा

sauvarṇe mukhaśṛṅge ca dantāśca maṇimauktikaiḥ | grīvā ratnamayī tvasyā ghrāṇaṃ gandhamayantathā

her face and horns of gold, and her teeth of gems and pearls; her neck is made of jewels, and her nose of fragrant substance;

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VrP 102.4

शृङ्गे त्वगुरुकाष्ठेन पृष्ठं ताम्रमयं तथा । पुच्छं क्षौममयं तस्याः सर्वाभरणभूषिताम्

śṛṅge tvagurukāṣṭhena pṛṣṭhaṃ tāmramayaṃ tathā | pucchaṃ kṣaumamayaṃ tasyāḥ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitām

her horns with agarwood, and likewise her back of copper; her tail of linen — (making her) adorned with every ornament,

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VrP 102.5

इक्षुपादां रौप्यखुरां कम्बलं पट्टसूत्रकम् । आच्छाद्य पट्टवस्त्रेण घण्टाचामरभूषिताम्

ikṣupādāṃ raupyakhurāṃ kambalaṃ paṭṭasūtrakam | ācchādya paṭṭavastreṇa ghaṇṭācāmarabhūṣitām

with sugarcane for feet, silver hooves, a blanket of silk thread — covering (her) with a silk cloth, adorned with bells and yak-tail whisks,

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VrP 102.6

प्रशस्तपत्रश्रवणां नवनीतस्तनीं बुधः । फलैर्नानाविधस्तस्या उपशोभाम्प्रकल्पयेत्

praśastapatraśravaṇāṃ navanītastanīṃ budhaḥ | phalairnānāvidhastasyā upaśobhāmprakalpayet

with excellent leaves for ears and fresh butter for udder — the wise man should arrange her adornment with fruits of various kinds.

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VrP 102.7

उत्तमा गुडधेनुः स्यात्सदा धारचतुष्टयम् । भागार्धेन तु तौल्येन चतुर्थांशेन वत्सकम्

uttamā guḍadhenuḥ syātsadā dhāracatuṣṭayam | bhāgārdhena tu taulyena caturthāṃśena vatsakam

The best jaggery-cow should always be of four dhāras (in weight); and the calf by weight of half a portion, or of a fourth part.

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VrP 102.8

मध्यमा च तदर्धेन भारेणैकेन चाधमा । वित्तहीनो यथाशक्त्या शतैरष्टाभिरेव च

madhyamā ca tadardhena bhāreṇaikena cādhamā | vittahīno yathāśaktyā śatairaṣṭābhireva ca

The middling one (is) of half of that, and the lowest of one bhāra; one lacking wealth (may make it) according to his ability, even with eight hundred (units).

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VrP 102.9

अत ऊर्ध्वन्तु कर्तव्या गृहवित्तानुसारतः । गन्धपुष्पादिभिः पूज्य ब्राह्मणाय निवेदयेत् ॥ श्रोत्रियाय प्रदातव्या सहस्रकनकेन तु । तदर्धेन महाराज तस्याप्यर्धेन वा पुनः

ata ūrdhvantu kartavyā gṛhavittānusārataḥ | gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ pūjya brāhmaṇāya nivedayet || śrotriyāya pradātavyā sahasrakanakena tu | tadardhena mahārāja tasyāpyardhena vā punaḥ

Beyond this it should be made in accordance with the household's wealth. Having worshipped (her) with perfumes, flowers and the rest, he should present (her) to a brahmin. She is to be given to a Vedic scholar along with a thousand (pieces) of gold, or, great king, with half of that, or again with half of even that.

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VrP 102.10

शतेन वा शतार्धेन यथाशक्त्या निवेदयेत् । गन्धपुष्पदिभिः पूज्य मुद्रिकाकर्णपत्रकैः

śatena vā śatārdhena yathāśaktyā nivedayet | gandhapuṣpadibhiḥ pūjya mudrikākarṇapatrakaiḥ

Or with a hundred, or with fifty, he should present (her) according to his ability, having worshipped (her) with perfumes, flowers and the rest, with rings and ear-ornaments.

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VrP 102.11

छत्रिकापादुके दत्त्वा इमं मन्त्रमुदीरयेत् । गुडधेनो महावीर्ये सर्वसम्पत्प्रदे शुभे

chatrikāpāduke dattvā imaṃ mantramudīrayet | guḍadheno mahāvīrye sarvasampatprade śubhe

Having given a small parasol and sandals, (he) should utter this mantra: "O jaggery-cow, of great potency, bestower of all prosperity, auspicious one—"

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VrP 102.12

दानादस्माच्च भोदेवि भक्ष्यभोज्यं प्रयच्छ मे । प्राङ्मुखोवापि दाता च ब्राह्मणाय निवेदयेत्

dānādasmācca bhodevi bhakṣyabhojyaṃ prayaccha me | prāṅmukhovāpi dātā ca brāhmaṇāya nivedayet

"—and by this gift, O goddess, grant me food to chew and food to eat." And the donor, facing east, should present (it) to the brahmin.

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VrP 102.13

वाचा कृतं कर्मकृतं मनसा यद्विचिन्तितम् । मानकूटं तुलाकूटं कन्यागोऽर्थे उदाहृतम्

vācā kṛtaṃ karmakṛtaṃ manasā yadvicintitam | mānakūṭaṃ tulākūṭaṃ kanyāgo'rthe udāhṛtam

What has been done by speech, done by act, whatever has been thought of in the mind, false measure, false weighing, (and what is) declared in the matter of a maiden or a cow—

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VrP 102.15

अनृतं नाशमायाति गुडधेनो द्विजार्पिता । दीयमानां प्रपश्यन्ति ते यान्ति परमां गतिम् ॥ यत्र क्षोरवहा नद्यो घृतपायसकर्दमाः । ऋषयो मुनयः सिद्धास्तत्र गच्छन्ति धेनुदाः

anṛtaṃ nāśamāyāti guḍadheno dvijārpitā | dīyamānāṃ prapaśyanti te yānti paramāṃ gatim || yatra kṣoravahā nadyo ghṛtapāyasakardamāḥ | ṛṣayo munayaḥ siddhāstatra gacchanti dhenudāḥ

—(all such) falsehood comes to destruction (when) a jaggery-cow is presented to a brahmin. Those who behold (it) being given go to the highest state. Where rivers flow with milk, with ghee and rice-pudding for mud—there the givers of the cow go, (with) the seers, the sages, and the perfected ones.

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VrP 102.16

दश पूर्वान्दश परानात्भानञ्चैकविंशतिम् । विष्णुलोकं नयत्याशु गुडधेनोः प्रसादतः

daśa pūrvāndaśa parānātbhānañcaikaviṃśatim | viṣṇulokaṃ nayatyāśu guḍadhenoḥ prasādataḥ

By the grace of the jaggery-cow (a man) quickly leads ten ancestors before him, ten after him, and himself—twenty-one—to the world of Viṣṇu.

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VrP 102.17

अयने विषुवे पुण्ये व्यतीपाते दिनक्षये । सर्वदैव प्रदातव्या पात्रं दृष्ट्वा महामते

ayane viṣuve puṇye vyatīpāte dinakṣaye | sarvadaiva pradātavyā pātraṃ dṛṣṭvā mahāmate

At a solstice, at an equinox, on a holy day, at a vyatīpāta, at the loss of a lunar day—indeed always, on seeing a worthy recipient, it should be given, O greatly wise one.

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VrP 102.18

श्रद्धान्वितेन दातव्या भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदा । सर्वकामप्रदा नित्यं सर्वपापहरास्मृता

śraddhānvitena dātavyā bhuktimuktiphalapradā | sarvakāmapradā nityaṃ sarvapāpaharāsmṛtā

It should be given by one filled with faith; it grants the fruits of enjoyment and liberation; it is remembered as ever bestowing all desires and removing all sins.

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VrP 102.19

गुडधेनोः प्रसादात्तु सौभाग्यमखिल भवेत् । वैष्णवं पदमाप्नोति दौर्गत्यन्तस्य नश्यति

guḍadhenoḥ prasādāttu saubhāgyamakhila bhavet | vaiṣṇavaṃ padamāpnoti daurgatyantasya naśyati

But by the grace of the jaggery-cow, complete good fortune comes about; (the giver) attains the station of Viṣṇu, and his misfortune perishes.

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VrP 102.20

दशद्वादशसाहस्रा दश चाष्टौ च जन्मनि । न शोकदुःखदौर्गत्यं तस्य सञ्जायते क्वचित्

daśadvādaśasāhasrā daśa cāṣṭau ca janmani | na śokaduḥkhadaurgatyaṃ tasya sañjāyate kvacit

For ten, twelve thousand, and ten and eight births, no grief, pain, or misfortune ever arises for him.

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VrP 102.21

इति पठति शृणोति चेह सम्यक् मतिमपि ददाति योजनानाम् । स इह विभवैश्चिरं वसित्वा वसति चिरं दिवि देवतादिपूज्यः

iti paṭhati śṛṇoti ceha samyak matimapi dadāti yojanānām | sa iha vibhavaiściraṃ vasitvā vasati ciraṃ divi devatādipūjyaḥ

Whoever thus recites and hears (this) rightly here, and gives also his mind to the joinings (of it)—he, having dwelt here long amid riches, dwells long in heaven, honoured by the gods and the rest.

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