Varaha Purana — Chapter 107

VrP 107.1

अथ नवनीतधेनुदानमाहात्म्यम् ।। होतोवाच ।। नवनीतमयीं धेनुं शृणु राजन्प्रयत्नतः ।। यां श्रुत्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मुच्यते नात्र संशयः

atha navanītadhenudānamāhātmyam || hotovāca || navanītamayīṃ dhenuṃ śṛṇu rājanprayatnataḥ || yāṃ śrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Now, the greatness of the gift of a butter-cow. The Hotṛ said: Hear attentively, O king, of the cow made of fresh butter, on hearing of which one is freed from all sins — there is no doubt in this.

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VrP 107.2

गोमयेनानुलिप्तायां भूमौ गोचर्ममानतः ।। चर्म कृष्णमृगस्येव तस्योपरि च धारयेत्

gomayenānuliptāyāṃ bhūmau gocarmamānataḥ || carma kṛṣṇamṛgasyeva tasyopari ca dhārayet

On ground smeared with cow-dung, of the measure of a cow's hide, he should lay a skin, namely that of a black antelope, and upon that (place the rest).

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VrP 107.3

कुम्भं तु नवनीतस्य प्रस्थमात्रस्य धारयेत् ।। वत्सं चतुर्थभागस्य तस्यामुत्तरतो न्यसेत्

kumbhaṃ tu navanītasya prasthamātrasya dhārayet || vatsaṃ caturthabhāgasya tasyāmuttarato nyaset

He should place a jar of fresh butter of a prastha measure, and a calf of a fourth part (of that); he should set it to the north of her.

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VrP 107.4

कृत्वा विधानेन च राजसिंह सुवर्णशृङ्गी सुमुखा च कार्या ।। नेत्रे च तस्या मणिमौक्तिकैस्तु कृत्वा तथान्यच्च गुडेन जिह्वाम्

kṛtvā vidhānena ca rājasiṃha suvarṇaśṛṅgī sumukhā ca kāryā || netre ca tasyā maṇimauktikaistu kṛtvā tathānyacca guḍena jihvām

Having made (her) according to the rule, O lion among kings, she is to be made with golden horns and a fair face; and having made her eyes with gems and pearls, and likewise her tongue with molasses, and other (parts too),

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VrP 107.5

ओष्ठौ च पुष्पैश्च फलैश्च दन्ताः प्रकल्प्य सास्नां च सितैश्च सूत्रैः ।। जिह्वां तथा शर्करया प्रकल्प्य फलानि दन्ताः कम्बलं पट्टसूत्रम्

oṣṭhau ca puṣpaiśca phalaiśca dantāḥ prakalpya sāsnāṃ ca sitaiśca sūtraiḥ || jihvāṃ tathā śarkarayā prakalpya phalāni dantāḥ kambalaṃ paṭṭasūtram

and having fashioned her lips with flowers and her teeth with fruits, and her dewlap with white threads, and likewise having fashioned her tongue with sugar — fruits (for) the teeth, a blanket, silk thread —

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VrP 107.6

नवनीतस्तनीं राजन्निक्षुपादां प्रकल्पयेत् ।। ताम्रपृष्ठां रौप्यखुरां दर्भरोमकृतच्छविम्

navanītastanīṃ rājannikṣupādāṃ prakalpayet || tāmrapṛṣṭhāṃ raupyakhurāṃ darbharomakṛtacchavim

He should fashion her, O king, with teats of fresh butter and feet of sugarcane, with a back of copper, hooves of silver, and her hide made of darbha-grass for hair.

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VrP 107.7

स्वर्णशृङ्गीं रौप्यखुरां पंचरत्नसमन्विताम् ।। चतुर्भिस्तिलपात्रैश्च संवृतां सर्वतो दिशि

svarṇaśṛṅgīṃ raupyakhurāṃ paṃcaratnasamanvitām || caturbhistilapātraiśca saṃvṛtāṃ sarvato diśi

(He should make her) with golden horns and silver hooves, furnished with the five gems, and surrounded on every side by four vessels of sesame.

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VrP 107.8

आच्छाद्य वस्त्रयुग्मेन गन्धपुष्पैरलंकृताम् ।। दीपांश्च दिक्षु प्रज्वाल्य ब्राह्मणाय निवेदयेत्

ācchādya vastrayugmena gandhapuṣpairalaṃkṛtām || dīpāṃśca dikṣu prajvālya brāhmaṇāya nivedayet

Having covered (her) with a pair of garments and adorned (her) with perfumes and flowers, and having kindled lamps in the (four) directions, he should present (her) to a brahmin.

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VrP 107.9

मन्त्रास्त एव जप्तव्याः सर्वधेनुषु ये स्मृताः ।। पुरा देवासुरैः सर्वैः सागरस्य तु मन्थने

mantrāsta eva japtavyāḥ sarvadhenuṣu ye smṛtāḥ || purā devāsuraiḥ sarvaiḥ sāgarasya tu manthane

The very mantras are to be muttered that are handed down for all the (gift-)cows, (those uttered) formerly by all the gods and demons at the churning of the ocean.

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VrP 107.11

एवमुच्चार्य तां दद्याद्ब्राह्मणाय कुटुम्बिने ।। धेनुं च दत्त्वा सुदुघां सोपधानां नयेद्गृहम्

evamuccārya tāṃ dadyādbrāhmaṇāya kuṭumbine || dhenuṃ ca dattvā sudughāṃ sopadhānāṃ nayedgṛham

Having pronounced (the mantra) thus, he should give her to a brahmin who is a householder; and having given a good milch cow together with her covering-cloth, he should lead (her) home.

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VrP 107.12

हविरेवं रसं चैव विप्रवर्यस्य भूपते।। भुक्त्वा तिष्ठेद्दिनं राजन् धेनुदस्त्रीणि वै द्विजः

havirevaṃ rasaṃ caiva vipravaryasya bhūpate|| bhuktvā tiṣṭheddinaṃ rājan dhenudastrīṇi vai dvijaḥ

Thus (having eaten) the oblation and the juice, O lord of the earth, (in the house) of the best of brahmins — having eaten, O king, the brahmin who gives the cow should remain three days.

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VrP 107.13

यः प्रपश्यति तां धेनुं दीयमानां नरोत्तम ।। सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः शिवसायुज्यतां व्रजेत्

yaḥ prapaśyati tāṃ dhenuṃ dīyamānāṃ narottama || sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ śivasāyujyatāṃ vrajet

He who beholds that cow being given, O best of men, is freed from all sins and attains union with Śiva.

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VrP 107.14

पितृभिः पूर्वजैः सार्द्धं भविष्यद्भिश्च मानवः ।। विष्णुलोकं व्रजत्याशु यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्

pitṛbhiḥ pūrvajaiḥ sārddhaṃ bhaviṣyadbhiśca mānavaḥ || viṣṇulokaṃ vrajatyāśu yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam

Together with his forefathers, the ancestors, and with those yet to be born, the man swiftly goes to the world of Viṣṇu, (and stays there) until the dissolution of beings.

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VrP 107.15

य इदं शृणुयाद्भक्त्या श्रावयेद्वापि मानवः ।। सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा विष्णुलोके महीयते

ya idaṃ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā śrāvayedvāpi mānavaḥ || sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā viṣṇuloke mahīyate

The man who hears this with devotion, or causes it to be heard, his self purified of all sin, is honoured in the world of Viṣṇu.

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VrP 107.107

उत्पन्नं दिव्यममृतं नवनीतमिदं शुभम् ।। आप्यायनं तु भूतानां नवनीत नमोऽस्तु ते

utpannaṃ divyamamṛtaṃ navanītamidaṃ śubham || āpyāyanaṃ tu bhūtānāṃ navanīta namo'stu te

This auspicious fresh butter has arisen as divine nectar; it is the nourishment of living beings — homage to you, O fresh butter.

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