Chapter 57

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vyāsa uvāca |
athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi dānadharmmamanuttamam |
brahmaṇābhihitaṃ pūrvamṛṣīṇāṃ brahmavādinām || 1 ||
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arthānāmucitaṃ pātre śraddhayā pratipādanam |
dānamityabhinirdiṣṭaṃ bhuktimuktiphalapradam || 2 ||
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yo dadāti viśiṣṭebhyaḥ śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ |
tadvai dattamahaṃ manye śeṣaṃ kasyāpi rakṣati || 3 ||
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nityaṃ naimittikaṃ kāmyaṃ trividhaṃ dānamucyate |
caturthaṃ vimalaṃ proktaṃ sarvadānottamottamam || 4 ||
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ahanyahani yatkiṃciddīyate nupakāriṇe |
anuddiśyaphalaṃ tasmādbrāhmaṇāya tu nityakam || 5 ||
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yattu pāpopaśāṃtyarthaṃ dīyate viduṣāṃ kare |
naimittikaṃ taduddiṣṭaṃ dānaṃ sadbhiranuttamam || 6 ||
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apatyavijayaiśvarya sukhārthaṃ yatpradīyate |
dānaṃ tatkāmyamākhyātamṛṣibhirdharmaciṃtakaiḥ || 7 ||
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yadīśvarasya prītyarthaṃ brahmavitsu pradīyate |
cetasā dharmayuktena dānaṃ tadvimalaṃ śivam || 8 ||
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dānadharmaṃ niṣeveta pātramāsādya śaktitaḥ |
upāsyate tu tatpātraṃ yattārayati sarvataḥ || 9 ||
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kuṭuṃbabhuktivasanāddeyaṃ yadatiricyate |
anyathā dīyate yadvai na taddānaṃ phalapradam || 10 ||
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śrotriyāya kulīnāya vinītāya tapasvine |
vratasthāya daridrāya pradeyaṃ bhaktipūrvakam || 11 ||
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yastu dadyānmahīṃ bhaktyā brāhmaṇāyāhitāgnaye |
sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ yatra gatvā na śocati || 12 ||
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ikṣubhiḥ saṃyutāṃ bhūmiṃ yavagodhūmaśālinīm |
dadāti vedaviduṣe yaḥ sa bhūyo na jāyate || 13 ||
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gocarmamātrāmapi vā yo bhūmiṃ saṃprayacchati |
brāhmaṇāya daridrāya sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || 14 ||
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bhūmidānātparaṃ dānaṃ vidyate neha kiṃcana |
annadānaṃ tena tulyaṃ vidyādānaṃ tatodhikam || 15 ||
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yo brāhmaṇāya śāṃtāya śucaye dharmaśīline |
dadāti vidyāṃ vidhinā brahmaloke mahīyate || 16 ||
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dadyādaharahaḥ svarṇaṃ śraddhayā brahmacāriṇe |
sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmaṇaḥ sthānamāpnuyāt || 17 ||
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gṛhasthāyānnadānena phalamāpnoti mānavaḥ |
annamevāsya dātavyaṃ datvāpnoti parāṃ gatim || 18 ||
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vaiśākhyāṃ pūrṇamāsyāṃ tu brāhmaṇānsapta paṃca vā |
upoṣya vidhinā śāṃtaḥ śuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ || 19 ||
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pūjayitvā tilaiḥ kṛṣṇairmadhunā ca viśeṣataḥ |
prīyatāṃ dharmarājeti yadā manasi varttate || 20 ||
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yāvajjīvaṃ tu yatpāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati |
kṛṣṇājine tilānkṛtvā hiraṇyaṃ madhusarpiṣī || 21 ||
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dadāti yastu viprāya sarvaṃ tarati duṣkṛtam |
ghṛtānnamudakuṃbhaṃ ca vaiśākhyāṃ tu viśeṣataḥ || 22 ||
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nirddiśya dharmarājāya viprebhyo mucyate bhayāt |
suvarṇatilayuktaistu brāhmaṇānsapta paṃca vā || 23 ||
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tarpayedudapātraistu brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati |
māghamāse tamisre tu dvādaśyāṃ samupoṣitaḥ || 24 ||
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śuklāṃbaradharaḥ kṛṣṇaistilairhutvā hutāśanam |
pradadyādbrāhmaṇebhyastu tilāneva samāhitaḥ || 25 ||
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janmaprabhṛti yatpāpaṃ sarvaṃ tarati vai dvijaḥ |
amāvāsyāmanuprāpya brāhmaṇāya tapasvine || 26 ||
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yatkiṃciddevadeveśaṃ dadyāccoddiśya keśavam |
prīyatāmīśvaro viṣṇurhṛṣīkeśaḥ sanātanaḥ || 27 ||
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saptajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati |
yastu kṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ snātvā devaṃ pinākinam || 28 ||
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ārādhayeddvijamukhena tasyāsti punarbhavaḥ |
kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ viśeṣeṇa dhārmikāya dvijātaye || 29 ||
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snātvābhyarcya yathānyāyaṃ pādaprakṣālanādibhiḥ |
prīyatāṃ me mahādevo dadyāddravyaṃ svakīyakam || 30 ||
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sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ prāpnoti paramāṃ gatim |
dvijaiḥ kṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ viśeṣataḥ || 31 ||
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amāvāsyāṃ tathā bhaktaiḥ pūjanīyastrivikramaḥ |
ekādaśyāṃ nirāhāro dvādaśyāṃ puruṣottamam || 32 ||
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arcayedbrāhmaṇamukhe sa gacchetparamaṃ padam |
eṣā tithirvaiṣṇavī syāddvādaśī śuklapakṣataḥ || 33 ||
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tasyāmārādhayeddevaṃ prayatnena janārdanam |
yatkiṃciddevamīśānamuddiśya brāhmaṇe śucau || 34 ||
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dīyate viṣṇumevāpi tadanaṃtaphalaṃ smṛtam |
yo hi yāṃ devatāmicchetsamārādhayituṃ naraḥ || 35 ||
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brāhmaṇānpūjayedyatnātsa tasyāstoṣayettataḥ |
dvijānāṃ vapurāsthāya nityaṃ tiṣṭhaṃti devatāḥ || 36 ||
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pūjyaṃte brāhmaṇā lābhe pratimādiṣu taiḥ kvacit |
pratimādiṣu yatnena tasmātphalamabhīpsatā || 37 ||
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dvijeṣu devatā nityaṃ pūjanīyā viśeṣataḥ |
vibhūtikāmaḥ satataṃ pūjayeddhi puraṃdaram || 38 ||
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brahmavarcasakāmastu brahmāṇaṃ jñānakāmukaḥ |
ārogyakāmotha raviṃ dhanakāmo hutāśanam || 39 ||
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karmmaṇāṃ siddhikāmastu pūjayedvai vināyakam |
bhogakāmastu śaśinaṃ balakāmaḥ samīraṇam || 40 ||
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mumukṣuḥ sarvasaṃsārātprayatnenārcayeddharim |
yastu yogaṃ tathā mokṣamanvicche'jjñānamaiśvaram || 41 ||
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arcayeta virūpākṣaṃ prayatnena sureśvaram |
ye vāṃcchaṃti mahābhogānjñānāni ca maheśvaram || 42 ||
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te pūjayaṃti bhūteśaṃ keśavaṃ cāpi bhoginaḥ |
vāridastṛptimāpnoti jaladānaṃ tatodhikam || 43 ||
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tailapradaḥ prajāmiṣṭāṃ dīpadaścakṣuruttamam |
bhūmidaḥ sarvamāpnoti dīrghamāyurhiraṇyadaḥ || 44 ||
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gṛhadātāgryaveśmāni rūpyado rūpamuttamam |
vāsodaścaṃdrasālokyamaśvado yānamuttamam || 45 ||
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annadātā śriyaṃ sveṣṭāṃ godo brāhmaṇaviṣṭapam |
yānaśayyāprado bhāryyāmaiśvaryamabhayapradaḥ || 46 ||
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dhānyadaḥ śāśvataṃ saukhyaṃ brahmado brahmaśāśvatam |
dhānyānyapi yathāśakti vipreṣu pratipādayet || 47 ||
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vedavidyāviśiṣṭeṣu pretya svargaṃ samaśnute |
gavāṃ cānnapradānena sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || 48 ||
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iṃdhanānāṃ pradānena dīptāgnirjāyate naraḥ |
phalamūlāni pānāni śākāni vividhāni ca || 49 ||
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pradadyādbrāhmaṇebhyastu mudāyuktaḥ sadā bhavet |
auṣadhaṃ snehamāhāraṃ rogiṇo rogaśāṃtaye || 50 ||
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dadāno rogarahitaḥ sukhī dīrghāyureva ca |
asipatravanaṃ mārgaṃ kṣuradhārāsamanvitam || 51 ||
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tīkṣṇatāpaṃ ca tarati chatropānatprado naraḥ |
yadyadiṣṭatamaṃ loke yaccāsyāpekṣitaṃ gṛhe || 52 ||
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tattadguṇavate deyaṃ tadevākṣayamicchatā |
ayane viṣuve caiva grahaṇe caṃdrasūryayoḥ || 53 ||
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saṃkrāṃtyādiṣu kāleṣu dattaṃ bhavati cākṣayam |
prayāgādiṣu tīrtheṣu puṇyeṣvāyataneṣu ca || 54 ||
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datvā cākṣayamāpnoti nadīprasravaṇeṣu ca |
dānadharmātparo dharmo bhūtānāṃ neha vidyate || 55 ||
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tasmādviprāya dātavyaṃ śrotriyāya dvijātibhiḥ |
svargāya bhūtikāmena tathā pāpopaśāṃtaye || 56 ||
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mumukṣuṇā tu dātavyaṃ brāhmaṇebhyastathānvaham |
dīyamānaṃ tu yo mohādgoviprāgnisureṣu ca || 57 ||
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nivārayatyadharmātmā tiryagyoniṃ vrajeta saḥ |
yastu dravyārjanaṃ kṛtvā nārcayedbrāhmaṇānsurān || 58 ||
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sarvasvamapahṛtyainaṃ rājā rāṣṭrātpravāsayet |
yastu durbhikṣavelāyāmannādyaṃ na prayacchati || 59 ||
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mriyamāṇeṣu vipreṣu brāhmaṇaḥ sa tu garhitaḥ |
na tasmātpratigṛhṇīyuḥ na vaseyuśca tena hi || 60 ||
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ājñāyitvā svakādrāṣṭrādrājā taṃ vipravāsayet |
paścātsadbhyo dadātīha svadravyaṃ dharmasādhanam || 61 ||
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sapūrvābhyadhikaḥ pāpī narake pacyate naraḥ |
svādhyāyavaṃto ye viprā vidyāvaṃto jiteṃdriyāḥ || 62 ||
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satyasaṃyamasaṃyuktāstebhyo dadyāddvijottamāḥ |
prabhuktamapi vidvāṃsaṃ dhārmikaṃ bhojayeddvijam || 63 ||
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na ca mūrkhamavṛttasthaṃ daśarātramupoṣitam |
sannikṛṣṭamatikramya śrotriyaṃ yaḥ prayacchati || 64 ||
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sa tena karmaṇā pāpī dahatyāsaptamaṃ kulam |
yadi syādadhiko vipraḥ śīlavidyādibhiḥ svayam || 65 ||
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tasmai yatnena dātavyamatikramya ca sannidhim |
yorcitaṃ pratigṛhṇīyāddadyādarcitameva ca || 66 ||
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tāvubhau gacchataḥ svargaṃ narakaṃ tu viparyaye |
na vāryapi prayaccheta nāstike haitukepi ca || 67 ||
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na pākhaṃḍeṣu sarveṣu nāvedavididharmavit |
rūpyaṃ caiva hiraṇyaṃ ca gāmaśvaṃ pṛthivīṃ tilān || 68 ||
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avidvānpratigṛhṇīyādbhasmī bhavati kāṣṭhavat |
dvijātibhyo dhanaṃ lipsetpraśastebhyo dvijotamaḥ || 69 ||
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api rājanyavaiśyābhyāṃ na tu śūdrātkathaṃcana |
vṛttisaṃkocamanvicchenneheta dhanavistaram || 70 ||
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dhanalobhe prasaktastu brāhmaṇyādeva hīyate |
vedānadhītya sakalānyajñāṃścāvāpya sarvaśaḥ || 71 ||
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na tāṃ gatimavāpnoti saṃtoṣādyāmavāpnuyāt |
pratigraharucirna syācchūdrānna tu samāharet || 72 ||
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sthityarthādadhikaṃ gṛhṇanbrāhmaṇo yātyadhogatim |
yastu yāti na saṃtoṣaṃ na sa svargasya bhājanam || 73 ||
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udvejayati bhūtāni yathā caurastathaiva saḥ |
guruṃ bhṛtyāṃścojjihīrṣustarpayandevatātithīn || 74 ||
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sarvataḥ pratigṛhṇīyānna tu tṛpyetsvayaṃ tataḥ |
evaṃ gṛhastho yuktātmā devatātithipūjakaḥ || 75 ||
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vartamānaḥ saṃyatātmā yāti tatparamaṃ padam |
putreṣu bhāryāṃ nikṣipya gatvāraṇyaṃ tu tattvavit || 76 ||
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ekākī vicarennityamudāsīnaḥ samāhitaḥ |
eṣa vaḥ kathito dharmmo gṛhasthānāṃ dvijottamāḥ |
jñātvā tu tiṣṭhenniyataṃ tathānuṣṭhāpayeddvijān || 77 ||
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iti devamanādimekamīśaṃ gṛhadharmeṇa samarcayedajasram |
samatītya sa sarvabhūtayoniṃ prakṛtiṃ yāti paraṃ na yāti janma || 78 ||
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iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe svargakhaṃḍe gṛhasthadharmanirṇayo |
nāma saptapaṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ || 57 ||
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