Varaha Purana — Chapter 111

VrP 111.1

अथ कपिलाधेनुदानमाहात्म्यम् ।। होतोवाच ।। अथातः सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि कपिलां धेनुमुत्तमाम् ।। यत्प्रदानान्नरो याति विष्णुलोकमनुत्तमम्

atha kapilādhenudānamāhātmyam || hotovāca || athātaḥ sampravakṣyāmi kapilāṃ dhenumuttamām || yatpradānānnaro yāti viṣṇulokamanuttamam

Now the greatness of the gift of a tawny cow. The Hotṛ said: Now next I shall declare the excellent tawny (kapilā) cow, by the giving of which a man goes to the unsurpassed world of Viṣṇu.

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VrP 111.2

पूर्वोक्तेन विधानेन दद्याद्धेनुं सवत्सकाम् ।। सर्वालङ्कारसंयुक्तां सर्वरत्नसमन्विताम्

pūrvoktena vidhānena dadyāddhenuṃ savatsakām || sarvālaṅkārasaṃyuktāṃ sarvaratnasamanvitām

By the rule stated before he should give a cow together with her calf, furnished with all ornaments and provided with all jewels.

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VrP 111.3

कपिलायाः शिरो ग्रीवा सर्वतीर्थानि भामिनि ।। पितामहनियोगाच्च निवसन्ति हि निश्चयः

kapilāyāḥ śiro grīvā sarvatīrthāni bhāmini || pitāmahaniyogācca nivasanti hi niścayaḥ

In the head and the neck of the tawny cow, O radiant lady, all the sacred fords dwell — and (they do so) by the ordinance of the Grandfather; this is certain.

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VrP 111.4

प्रातरुत्थाय यो मर्त्यः कपिलागलमस्तकात् ।। च्युतं तु भक्त्या पानीयं शिरसा वन्दते शुचिः

prātarutthāya yo martyaḥ kapilāgalamastakāt || cyutaṃ tu bhaktyā pānīyaṃ śirasā vandate śuciḥ

That mortal who, rising at dawn, pure, reverently bows with his head to the water that has dripped from the neck and head of a tawny (kapilā) cow —

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VrP 111.5

स तेन पुण्यतोयेन तत्क्षणाद्दग्धकिल्बिषः ।। त्रिंशद्वर्षकृतं पापं दहत्यग्निरिवेन्धनम्

sa tena puṇyatoyena tatkṣaṇāddagdhakilbiṣaḥ || triṃśadvarṣakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ dahatyagnirivendhanam

He, by that holy water, his sin burnt away in that very instant, burns up the sin committed over thirty years, as fire burns fuel.

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VrP 111.6

कल्यमुत्थाय यो मर्त्यः कुर्यात्तासां प्रदक्षिणम् ।। प्रदक्षिणी कृता तेन पृथिवी स्याद्वसुन्धरे

kalyamutthāya yo martyaḥ kuryāttāsāṃ pradakṣiṇam || pradakṣiṇī kṛtā tena pṛthivī syādvasundhare

The mortal who, rising at daybreak, makes a circumambulation of them — by him, O Vasundharā, the earth would have been circumambulated.

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VrP 111.7

प्रदक्षिणेन चैकेन श्रद्धायुक्तेन तत्क्षणात्।। दशजन्मकृतं पापं तस्य नश्यत्यसंशयम्

pradakṣiṇena caikena śraddhāyuktena tatkṣaṇāt|| daśajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tasya naśyatyasaṃśayam

And by a single circumambulation performed with faith, his sin committed in ten births perishes instantly, without doubt.

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VrP 111.8

कपिलायास्तु मूत्रेण स्नायाच्चैव शुचिव्रतः। स गङ्गादिषु तीर्थेषु स्नातो भवति मानवः

kapilāyāstu mūtreṇa snāyāccaiva śucivrataḥ| sa gaṅgādiṣu tīrtheṣu snāto bhavati mānavaḥ

And if one of pure observance should bathe with the urine of a tawny cow, that man becomes one who has bathed in the Ganges and the other holy fords.

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VrP 111.9

तेन स्नानेन चैकेन भावयुक्तेन वै नरः ।। यावज्जीवकृतात्पापान्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः

tena snānena caikena bhāvayuktena vai naraḥ || yāvajjīvakṛtātpāpānmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

By that single bathing, performed with true feeling, a man is freed from the sin done throughout his life — there is no doubt here.

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VrP 111.11

गवामस्थि ततोऽप्येतन्मृतगन्धेन दूषयेत् ।। यावज्जिघ्रति तं गन्धं तावत्पुण्यैस्तु पूर्यते

gavāmasthi tato'pyetanmṛtagandhena dūṣayet || yāvajjighrati taṃ gandhaṃ tāvatpuṇyaistu pūryate

(If) a cow's bone, even beyond that, should be tainted with the smell of death — as long as he smells that smell, so long is he filled with merits.

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VrP 111.12

गवां कण्डूयनं श्रेष्ठं तथा च परिपालनम् ।। तुल्यं गोशतदानस्य भयरोगादिपालने

gavāṃ kaṇḍūyanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ tathā ca paripālanam || tulyaṃ gośatadānasya bhayarogādipālane

Scratching cows is excellent, and likewise protecting them; guarding (them) from danger, disease and the like is equal to the gift of a hundred cows.

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VrP 111.13

तृणादिकानि यो दद्यात्क्षुधितेन गवाह्निकम् ।। गोमेधस्य फलं दिव्यं लभते मानवोत्तमः

tṛṇādikāni yo dadyātkṣudhitena gavāhnikam || gomedhasya phalaṃ divyaṃ labhate mānavottamaḥ

He who gives grass and the like as a cow's daily portion to a hungry (cow) — that best of men obtains the divine fruit of a cow-sacrifice.

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VrP 111.14

विमानैर्विविधैर्दिव्यैः कन्याभिरभितोऽर्पितैः ।। सेव्यमानः सुगन्धैर्वै दीप्यमान इवाग्नयः

vimānairvividhairdivyaiḥ kanyābhirabhito'rpitaiḥ || sevyamānaḥ sugandhairvai dīpyamāna ivāgnayaḥ

Attended by various divine celestial cars, with maidens placed about him, fragrant indeed, blazing like fires.

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VrP 111.15

सुवर्णकपिला पूर्वं द्वितीया गौरपिङ्गला ।। तृतीया चैव रक्ताक्षी चतुर्थी गुडपिंगला

suvarṇakapilā pūrvaṃ dvitīyā gaurapiṅgalā || tṛtīyā caiva raktākṣī caturthī guḍapiṃgalā

The first is golden-tawny, the second pale-tawny, the third indeed red-eyed, the fourth molasses-tawny;

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VrP 111.16

पंचमी बहुवर्णा स्यात्षष्ठी च श्वेतपिङ्गला।। सप्तमी श्वेतपिंगाक्षी त्वष्टमी कृष्णपिंगला

paṃcamī bahuvarṇā syātṣaṣṭhī ca śvetapiṅgalā|| saptamī śvetapiṃgākṣī tvaṣṭamī kṛṣṇapiṃgalā

The fifth would be many-coloured, and the sixth white-tawny, the seventh white-and-tawny-eyed, and the eighth black-tawny;

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VrP 111.17

नवमी पाटला ज्ञेया दशमी पुच्छपिंगला ।। एकादशी खुरश्वेता त्वेतासां सर्वलक्षणाः

navamī pāṭalā jñeyā daśamī pucchapiṃgalā || ekādaśī khuraśvetā tvetāsāṃ sarvalakṣaṇāḥ

The ninth is to be known as pale-red, the tenth tawny-tailed, and the eleventh white-hoofed — these are all the marks of them.

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VrP 111.18

सर्वलक्षणसंयुक्ता सर्वालंकृतसुन्दरी ।। ब्राह्मणाय प्रदातव्या भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायिनी

sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyuktā sarvālaṃkṛtasundarī || brāhmaṇāya pradātavyā bhuktimuktipradāyinī

One endowed with all the (auspicious) marks, beautiful and adorned with all ornaments, is to be given to a brahmin; she bestows enjoyment and liberation.

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VrP 111.19

भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदा तेषां विष्णुमार्गप्रदायिनी

bhuktimuktipradā teṣāṃ viṣṇumārgapradāyinī

She bestows enjoyment and liberation on them, and grants the path to Viṣṇu.

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VrP 111.111

गोसहस्रं च यो दद्यादेकां वा कपिलां नरः ।। सममेतत्पुरा प्राह ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः

gosahasraṃ ca yo dadyādekāṃ vā kapilāṃ naraḥ || samametatpurā prāha brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ

Whether a man give a thousand cows or a single tawny cow — Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, declared long ago that this is equal.

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