Chapter 15

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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
deśādīnkramaśo brūhi sūta sarvārthavittam |
sūta uvāca |
śuddhaṃ gṛhaṃ samaphalaṃ devayajñādikarmasu || 1 ||
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tato daśaguṇaṃ goṣṭhaṃ jalatīraṃ tato daśa |
tato daśaguṇaṃ bilvatulasyaśvatthamūlakam || 2 ||
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tato devālayaṃ vidyāttīrthatīraṃ tato daśa |
tato daśaguṇaṃ nadyāstīrthanadyāstato daśa || 3 ||
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saptagaṃgānadītīraṃ tasyā daśaguṇaṃ bhavet |
gaṃgā godāvarī caiva kāverī tāmraparṇikā || 4 ||
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siṃdhuśca sarayū revā saptagaṃgāḥ prakīrtitāḥ |
tato'bdhitīraṃ daśa ca parvatāgre tato daśa || 5 ||
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sarvasmādadhikaṃ jñeyaṃ yatra vā rocate manaḥ |
kṛte pūrṇaphalaṃ jñeyaṃ yajñadānādikaṃ tathā || 6 ||
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tretāyuge tripādaṃ ca dvāpare'rdhaṃ sadā smṛtam |
kalau pādaṃ tu vijñeyaṃ tatpādonaṃ tatorddhake || 7 ||
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śuddhātmanaḥ śuddhadinaṃ puṇyaṃ samaphalaṃ viduḥ |
tasmāddaśaguṇaṃ jñeyaṃ ravisaṃkramaṇe budhāḥ || 8 ||
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viṣuve taddaśaguṇamayane taddaśa smṛtam |
taddaśa mṛgasaṃkrāṃtau taccaṃdra grahaṇe daśa || 9 ||
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tataśca sūryagrahaṇe pūrṇakālottame viduḥ |
jagadrūpasya sūryasya viṣayogācca rogadam || 10 ||
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atastadviṣaśāṃtyarthaṃ snānadānajapāṃścaret |
viṣaśāṃtyarthakālatvātsa kālaḥ puṇyadaḥ smṛtaḥ || 11 ||
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janmarkṣe ca vratāṃte ca sūryarāgopamaṃ viduḥ |
mahatāṃ saṃgakālaśca koṭyarkagrahaṇaṃ viduḥ || 12 ||
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taponiṣṭhā jñānaniṣṭhā yogino yatayastathā |
pūjāyāḥ pātramete hi pāpasaṃkṣayakāraṇam || 13 ||
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caturviṃśatilakṣaṃ vā gāyatryā japasaṃyutaḥ |
brāhmaṇastu bhavetpātraṃ saṃpūrṇaphalabhogadam || 14 ||
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patanāttrāyata iti pātraṃ śāstre prayujyate |
dātuśca pātakāttrāṇātpātramityabhidhīyate || 15 ||
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gāyakaṃ trāyate pātādgāyatrītyucyate hi sā |
yathā'rthahino loke'sminparasyārthaṃ na yacchati || 16 ||
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arthavāniha yo loke parasyārthaṃ prayacchati |
svayaṃ śuddho hi pūtātmā narānsaṃtrātumarhati || 17 ||
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gāyatrījapaśuddho hi śuddhabrāhmaṇa ucyate |
tasmāddāne jape home pūjāyāṃ sarvakarmaṇi || 18 ||
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dānaṃ kartuṃ tathā trātuṃ pātraṃ tu brāhmaṇorhati |
annasya kṣudhitaṃ pātraṃ nārīnaramayātmakam || 19 ||
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brāhmaṇaṃ śreṣṭhamāhūya yatkāle susamāhitam |
tadarthaṃ śabdamarthaṃ vā sadbodhakamabhīṣṭadam || 20 ||
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icchāvataḥ pradānaṃ ca saṃpūrṇaphaladaṃ viduḥ |
yatpraśnānaṃtaraṃ dattaṃ tadardhaṃ phaladaṃ viduḥ || 21 ||
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yatsevakāya dattaṃ syāttatpādaphaladaṃ viduḥ |
jātimātrasya viprasya dīnavṛtterdvijarṣabhāḥ || 22 ||
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dattamarthaṃ hi bhogāya bhūrlokedaśavārṣikam |
vedayuktasya viprasya svarge hi daśavārṣikam || 23 ||
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gāyatrījapayuktasya satye hi daśavārṣikam |
viṣṇubhaktasya viprasya dattaṃ vaikuṃṭhadaṃ viduḥ || 24 ||
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śivabhaktasya viprasya dattaṃ kailāsadaṃ viduḥ |
tattallokopabhogārthaṃ sarveṣāṃ dānamiṣyate || 25 ||
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daśāṃgamannaṃ viprasya bhānuvāre dadannaraḥ |
parajanmani cārogyaṃ daśavarṣaṃ samaśnute || 26 ||
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bahumānamathāhvānamabhyaṃgaṃ pādasevanam |
vāso gaṃdhādyarcanaṃ ca ghṛtāpūparasottaram || 27 ||
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ṣaḍrasaṃ vyaṃjanaṃ caiva tāṃbūlaṃ dakṣiṇottaram |
namaścānugamaścaiva svannadānaṃ daśāṃgakam || 28 ||
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daśāṃgamannaṃ viprebhyo daśabhyo vai dadannaraḥ |
arkavāre tathā''rogyaṃ śatavarṣaṃ samaśnute || 29 ||
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somavārādivāreṣu tattadvāraguṇaṃ phalam |
annadānasya vijñeyaṃ bhūrloke parajanmani || 30 ||
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saptasvapi ca vāreṣu daśabhyaśca daśāṃgakam |
annaṃ dattvā śataṃ varṣamārogyādikamaśnute || 31 ||
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evaṃ śatebhyo viprebhyo bhānuvāre dadannaraḥ |
sahasravarṣamārogyaṃ śarvaloke samaśnute || 32 ||
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sahasrebhyastathā dattvā'yutavarṣaṃ samaśnute |
evaṃ somādivāreṣu vijñeyaṃ hi vipaścitā || 33 ||
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bhānuvāre sahasrāṇāṃ gāyatrīpūtacetasām |
annaṃ dattvā satyaloke hyārogyādi samaśnute || 34 ||
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ayutānāṃ tathā dattvā viṣṇuloke samaśnute |
annaṃ dattvā tu lakṣāṇāṃ rudra loke samaśnute || 35 ||
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bālānāṃ brahmabuddhyā hi deyaṃ vidyārthibhirnaraiḥ |
yūnāṃ ca viṣṇubuddhyā hi putrakāmārthibhirnaraiḥ || 36 ||
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vṛddhānāṃ rudra buddhyā hi deyaṃ jñānārthibhirnaraiḥ |
bālastrībhāratībuddhyā buddhikāmairnarottamaiḥ || 37 ||
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lakṣmībuddhyā yuvastrīṣu bhogakāmairnarottamaiḥ |
vṛddhāsu pārvatībuddhyā deyamātmārthibhirjanaiḥ || 38 ||
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śilavṛttyoñchavṛttyā ca gurudakṣiṇayārjitam |
śuddhadravyamiti prāhustatpūrṇaphaladaṃ viduḥ || 39 ||
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śuklapratigrahāddattaṃ madhyamaṃ dravyamucyate |
kṛṣivāṇijyakopetamadhamaṃ dravyamucyate || 40 ||
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kṣatriyāṇāṃ viśāṃ caiva śauryavāṇijyakārjitam |
uttamaṃ dravyamityāhuḥ śūdrāṇāṃ bhṛtakārjitam || 41 ||
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strīṇāṃ dharmārthināṃ dravyaṃ paitṛkaṃ bhartṛkaṃ tathā |
gavādīnāṃ dvādaśīnāṃ caitrādiṣu yathākramam || 42 ||
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saṃbhūya vā puṇyakāle dadyādiṣṭasamṛddhaye |
gobhūtilahiraṇyājyavāsodhānyaguḍāni ca || 43 ||
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raupyaṃ lavaṇakūṣmāṃḍe kanyādvādaśakaṃ tathā |
godānāddattagavyena gomayenopakāriṇā || 44 ||
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dhanadhānyādyāśritānāṃ duritānāṃ nivāraṇam |
jalasnehādyāśritānāṃ duritānāṃ tu gojalaiḥ || 45 ||
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kāyikāditrāṇāṃ tu kṣīradadhyājyakaistathā |
tathā teṣāṃ ca puṣṭiśca vijñeyā hi vipaścitā || 46 ||
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bhūdānaṃ tu pratiṣṭhārthamiha cā'mutra ca dvijāḥ |
tiladānaṃ balārthaṃ hi sadā mṛtyujayaṃ viduḥ || 47 ||
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hiraṇyaṃ jāṭharāgnestu vṛddhidaṃ vīryadaṃ tathā |
ājyaṃ puṣṭikaraṃ vidyādvastramāyuṣkaraṃ viduḥ || 48 ||
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dhānyamannaṃ samṛddhyarthaṃ madhurāhāradaṃ guḍam |
raupyaṃ retobhivṛddhyarthaṃ ṣaḍrasārthaṃ tu lāvaṇam || 49 ||
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sarvaṃ sarvasamṛddhyarthaṃ kūṣmāṃḍaṃ puṣṭidaṃ viduḥ |
prāptidaṃ sarvabhogānāmiha cā'mutra ca dvijāḥ || 50 ||
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yāvajjīvanamuktaṃ hi kanyādānaṃ tu bhogadam |
panasāmrakapitthānāṃ vṛkṣāṇāṃ phalameva ca || 51 ||
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kadalyādyauṣadhīnāṃ ca phalaṃ gulmodbhavaṃ tathā |
māṣādīnāṃ ca mudgānāṃ phalaṃ śākādikaṃ tathā || 52 ||
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marīcisarṣapādyānāṃ śākopakaraṇaṃ tathā |
yadṛtau yatphalaṃ siddhaṃ taddeyaṃ hi vipaścitā || 53 ||
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śrotrādīṃdriyatṛptiśca sadā deyā vipaścitā |
śabdādidaśabhogārthaṃ digādīnāṃ ca tuṣṭidā || 54 ||
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vedaśāstraṃ samādāya buddhvā gurumukhātsvayam |
karmaṇāṃ phalamastīti buddhirāstikyamucyate || 55 ||
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baṃdhurājabhayādbuddhiśraddhā sā ca kanīyasī |
sarvābhāve daridra stu vācā vā karmaṇā yajet || 56 ||
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vācikaṃ yajanaṃ vidyānmaṃtrastotrajapādikam |
tīrthayātrāvratādyaṃ hi kāyikaṃ yajanaṃ viduḥ || 57 ||
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yena kenāpyupāyena hyalpaṃ vā yadi vā bahu |
devatārpaṇabuddhyā ca kṛtaṃ bhogāya kalpate || 58 ||
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tapaścaryā ca dānaṃ ca kartavyamubhayaṃ sadā |
pratiśrayaṃ pradātavyaṃ svavarṇaguṇaśobhitam || 59 ||
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devānāṃ tṛptaye'tyarthaṃ sarvabhogapradaṃ budhaiḥ |
ihā'mutrottamaṃ janmasadābhogaṃ labhedbudhaḥ |
īśvarārpaṇabuddhyā hi kṛtvā mokṣaphalaṃ labhet || 60 ||
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ya imaṃ paṭhate'dhyāyaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti sadā naraḥ |
tasya vaidharmabuddhiśca jñānasiddhiḥ prajāyate || 61 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ paṃcadaśodhyāyaḥ || 15 ||
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