Gifts of Sandals, Sesame, Land, Cows and Food

Verse 1 (13.101.1)

दह्यमानाय विप्राय यः प्रयच्छत्युपानहौ । यत्फलं तस्य भवति तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥

dahyamānāya viprāya yaḥ prayacchatyupānahau | yatphalaṃ tasya bhavati tanme brūhi pitāmaha

Grandsire, what reward comes to a man who gives a pair of sandals to a Brahmin who is scorched by the heat? Tell me that.

Verse 2 (13.101.2)

उपानहौ प्रयच्छेद्यो ब्राह्मणेभ्यः समाहितः । मर्दते कण्टकान्सर्वान्विषमान्निस्तरत्यपि ॥

upānahau prayacchedyo brāhmaṇebhyaḥ samāhitaḥ | mardate kaṇṭakānsarvānviṣamānnistaratyapi

He who, with a collected mind, gives sandals to Brahmins treads down all thorns and crosses over uneven ground as well.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 13.65.2a, 2c (CE continues 2e in the next verse).

Verse 3 (13.101.3)

स शत्रूणामुपरि च सन्तिष्ठति युधिष्ठिर । यानं चाश्वतरीयुक्तं तस्य शुभ्रं विशाम्पते ॥

sa śatrūṇāmupari ca santiṣṭhati yudhiṣṭhira | yānaṃ cāśvatarīyuktaṃ tasya śubhraṃ viśāmpate

Yudhishthira, he stands above his enemies; and a bright carriage drawn by mules, O lord of the people, comes to him.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 13.65.2e, line 2 = CE 13.65.3a.

Verse 4 (13.101.4)

उपतिष्ठति कौन्तेय रौप्यकाञ्चनभूषितम् । शकटं दम्यसंयुक्तं दत्तं भवति चैव हि ॥

upatiṣṭhati kaunteya raupyakāñcanabhūṣitam | śakaṭaṃ damyasaṃyuktaṃ dattaṃ bhavati caiva hi

O son of Kunti, a cart adorned with silver and gold and yoked to young bullocks waits upon him, and it is counted as given by him.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 13.65.3c (rūpyakāñcanabhūṣaṇam in CE; Wikisource has the variant रौप्यकाञ्चनभूषितम्), line 2 = CE 13.65.3e.

Verse 5 (13.101.5)

यत्फलं तिलदाने च भूमिदाने च कीर्तितम् । गोदाने चान्नदाने च भूयस्तद्ब्रूहि कौरव ॥

yatphalaṃ tiladāne ca bhūmidāne ca kīrtitam | godāne cānnadāne ca bhūyastadbrūhi kaurava

Tell me further, O Kaurava, of the reward that is declared for the gift of sesame, of land, of cows and of food.

Verse 6 (13.101.6)

शृणुष्व मम कौन्तेय तिलदानस्य यत्फलम् । निशम्य च यथान्यायं प्रयच्छ कुरुसत्तम ॥

śṛṇuṣva mama kaunteya tiladānasya yatphalam | niśamya ca yathānyāyaṃ prayaccha kurusattama

Hear from me, O son of Kunti, the reward of the gift of sesame; and having heard it, O best of the Kurus, give accordingly.

Note on the text: Corrected कौन्तैय → कौन्तेय (misprint in Wikisource; "kauntaiya" is no word; the vocative is kaunteya, CE kaunteya).

Verse 7 (13.101.7)

पितॄणां प्रथमं भोज्यं तिलाः सृष्टाः स्वयंभुवा । तिलदानेन वै तस्मात्पितृपक्षः प्रमोदते ॥

pitṝṇāṃ prathamaṃ bhojyaṃ tilāḥ sṛṣṭāḥ svayaṃbhuvā | tiladānena vai tasmātpitṛpakṣaḥ pramodate

Sesame was created by the Self-born as the first food of the ancestors; therefore, through the gift of sesame the company of the ancestors rejoices.

Verse 8 (13.101.8)

माघमासे तिलान्यस्तु ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रयच्छति । सर्वसत्वसमाकीर्णं नरकं स न पश्यति ॥

māghamāse tilānyastu brāhmaṇebhyaḥ prayacchati | sarvasatvasamākīrṇaṃ narakaṃ sa na paśyati

He who gives sesame to Brahmins in the month of Magha does not see the hell that is crowded with every kind of creature.

Verse 9 (13.101.9)

सर्वसत्रैश्च यजते यस्तिलैर्यजते पितॄन् । न चाकामेन दातव्यं तिलैः श्राद्धं कदाचन ॥

sarvasatraiśca yajate yastilairyajate pitṝn | na cākāmena dātavyaṃ tilaiḥ śrāddhaṃ kadācana

He who honours the ancestors with sesame sacrifices with all sacrifices. But sesame should never be given, nor a shraddha made with it, by one who has no wish to give.

Note on the text: Recension variant of CE 13.65.8 (CE: sarvakāmaiḥ sa yajate … tilaśrāddhaṃ kathaṃ cana); the page's gloss records the CE-like reading as a variant. Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 10 (13.101.10)

महर्षेः कश्यपस्यैते गात्रेभ्यः प्रसृतास्तिलाः । ततो दिव्यं गता भावं प्रदानेषु तिलाः प्रभो ॥

maharṣeḥ kaśyapasyaite gātrebhyaḥ prasṛtāstilāḥ | tato divyaṃ gatā bhāvaṃ pradāneṣu tilāḥ prabho

These sesame seeds sprang from the limbs of the great sage Kashyapa; and so, O lord, sesame took on a divine nature in gifts.

Note on the text: Wikisource prints the last line without the verse-end mark; supplied.

Verse 11 (13.101.11)

पौष्टिका रूपदाश्चैव तथा पापविनाशनाः । तस्मात्सर्वप्रदानेभ्यस्तिलदानं विशिष्यते ॥

pauṣṭikā rūpadāścaiva tathā pāpavināśanāḥ | tasmātsarvapradānebhyastiladānaṃ viśiṣyate

Sesame nourishes, gives beauty, and destroys sin; therefore the gift of sesame is held to be the best of all gifts.

Verse 12 (13.101.12)

आपस्तम्बश्च मेधावी शङ्खश्च लिखितस्तथा । महर्षिर्गौतमश्चापि तिलदानैर्दिवं गताः ॥

āpastambaśca medhāvī śaṅkhaśca likhitastathā | maharṣirgautamaścāpi tiladānairdivaṃ gatāḥ

Apastamba the wise, Shankha and Likhita, and the great sage Gautama went to heaven through gifts of sesame.

Verse 13 (13.101.13)

तिलहोमरता विप्राः सर्वे संयतमैथुनाः । समा गव्येन हविषा प्रवृत्तिषु च संस्थिताः ॥

tilahomaratā viprāḥ sarve saṃyatamaithunāḥ | samā gavyena haviṣā pravṛttiṣu ca saṃsthitāḥ

Brahmins who delight in offering sesame in the fire, all of them continent, count it equal to an oblation of cow's ghee and stand firm in their sacred acts.

Verse 14 (13.101.14)

सर्वेषामिति दानानां तिलदानं विशिष्यते । अक्षयं सर्वदानानां तिलदानमिहोच्यते ॥

sarveṣāmiti dānānāṃ tiladānaṃ viśiṣyate | akṣayaṃ sarvadānānāṃ tiladānamihocyate

Of all gifts, the gift of sesame is declared the best; among all gifts it is said here to be the one that never perishes.

Note on the text: Recension variant of CE 13.65.13 (CE: sarveṣām eva dānānāṃ tiladānaṃ paraṃ smṛtam). Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 15 (13.101.15)

उच्छिन्ने तु पुरा हव्ये कुशिकर्षिः परन्तपः । तिलैरग्नित्रयं हुत्वा प्राप्तवान्गतिमुत्तमाम् ॥

ucchinne tu purā havye kuśikarṣiḥ parantapaḥ | tilairagnitrayaṃ hutvā prāptavāngatimuttamām

Long ago, when the sacred offering had failed, the sage Kushika, scourge of foes, offered sesame to the three fires and attained the highest goal.

Verse 16 (13.101.16)

इति प्रोक्तं कुरुश्रेष्ठ तिलदानमनुत्तमम् । विधानं येन विधिना तिलानामिह शस्यते ॥

iti proktaṃ kuruśreṣṭha tiladānamanuttamam | vidhānaṃ yena vidhinā tilānāmiha śasyate

Thus, O best of the Kurus, has the unsurpassed gift of sesame been told, together with the rule by which sesame is praised here.

Verse 17 (13.101.17)

अत ऊर्ध्वं निबोधेदं देवानां यष्टुमिच्छताम् । समागमे महाराज ब्रह्मणा वै स्वयंभुवा ॥

ata ūrdhvaṃ nibodhedaṃ devānāṃ yaṣṭumicchatām | samāgame mahārāja brahmaṇā vai svayaṃbhuvā

Now hear this further, great king: how the gods, wishing to sacrifice, met Brahma the Self-born.

Verse 18 (13.101.18)

देवाः समेत्य ब्रह्माणं भूमिभागे यियक्षवः । शुभं देशमयाचन्त यजेम इति पार्थिव ॥

devāḥ sametya brahmāṇaṃ bhūmibhāge yiyakṣavaḥ | śubhaṃ deśamayācanta yajema iti pārthiva

The gods, wishing to sacrifice, assembled before Brahma and asked him, O king, for a fair region of the earth, saying, "Let us perform a sacrifice."

Note on the text: Corrected यियश्रवः → यियक्षवः (misprint in Wikisource; "yiyaśravaḥ" is no word; the desiderative "wishing to sacrifice" is yiyakṣavaḥ, CE yiyakṣavaḥ).

Verse 19 (13.101.19)

भगवंस्त्वं प्रभुर्भूमेः सर्वस्य त्रिदिवस्य च । यजेम हि महाभाग यज्ञं भवदनुज्ञया ॥

bhagavaṃstvaṃ prabhurbhūmeḥ sarvasya tridivasya ca | yajema hi mahābhāga yajñaṃ bhavadanujñayā

Lord, you are master of the whole earth and of heaven. Great one, let us perform our sacrifice with your leave.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 13.65.18a, 18c (variant: यजेम हि for yajemahi).

Verse 20 (13.101.20)

नाननुज्ञातभूमिर्हि यज्ञस्य फलमश्नुते । त्वं हि सर्वस्य जगतः स्थावरस्य चरस्य च । प्रभुर्भवसि तस्मात्त्वं समनुज्ञातुमर्हसि ॥

nānanujñātabhūmirhi yajñasya phalamaśnute | tvaṃ hi sarvasya jagataḥ sthāvarasya carasya ca | prabhurbhavasi tasmāttvaṃ samanujñātumarhasi

One whose ground has not been granted does not win the fruit of the sacrifice. You are the lord of the whole world, of all that moves and all that stands still; therefore you should give us leave.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 13.65.18e, 19a, 19c.

Verse 21 (13.101.21)

ददानि मेदिनीभागं भवद्भ्योऽहं सुरर्षभाः । यस्मिन्देशे करिष्यध्वं यज्ञान्काश्यपनन्दनाः ॥

dadāni medinībhāgaṃ bhavadbhyo'haṃ surarṣabhāḥ | yasmindeśe kariṣyadhvaṃ yajñānkāśyapanandanāḥ

O foremost of the gods, sons of Kashyapa, I give you a portion of the earth; perform your sacrifices in whatever place you choose.

Verse 22 (13.101.22)

भगवन्कृतकामाः स्म यक्ष्महे स्वाप्तदक्षिणैः । इमं तु देशं मुनयः पर्युपासन्ति नित्यदा ॥

bhagavankṛtakāmāḥ sma yakṣmahe svāptadakṣiṇaiḥ | imaṃ tu deśaṃ munayaḥ paryupāsanti nityadā

Lord, our wish is fulfilled; we shall sacrifice with well-earned fees. This region the sages always frequent.

Note on the text: Page heading reads "दैवा ऊचुः", a misprint for "देवा ऊचुः" (CE: devā ūcuḥ); speaker given as देवा. Variant of CE 13.65.21 (CE: yakṣyāmas tv āptadakṣiṇaiḥ … paryupāsanta).

Verse 23 (13.101.23)

ततोऽगस्त्यश्च कण्वश्च भृगुरत्रिर्वृषाकपिः । असितो देवलश्चैव देवयज्ञमुपागमन् ॥

tato'gastyaśca kaṇvaśca bhṛguratrirvṛṣākapiḥ | asito devalaścaiva devayajñamupāgaman

Then Agastya, Kanva, Bhrigu, Atri, Vrishakapi, Asita and Devala came to the gods' sacrifice.

Note on the text: The table prints no heading after the gods' speech (v. 22); this and the following verses are Bhishma's narration and instruction (CE 13.65.22 heads them bhīṣma uvāca). The input had carried "दैवा" over to the end of the adhyaya; corrected to भीष्म from here to the end.

Verse 24 (13.101.24)

ततो देवा महात्मान ईजिरे यज्ञमच्युतम् । तथा समापयामासुर्यथाकालं सुरर्षभाः ॥

tato devā mahātmāna ījire yajñamacyutam | tathā samāpayāmāsuryathākālaṃ surarṣabhāḥ

Then the great-souled gods performed the sacrifice that does not fail, and those chief of the gods brought it to completion in due season.

Verse 25 (13.101.25)

त इष्टयज्ञास्त्रिदशा हिमवत्यचलोत्तमे । षष्ठमंशं क्रतोस्तस्य भूमिदानं प्रचक्रिरे ॥

ta iṣṭayajñāstridaśā himavatyacalottame | ṣaṣṭhamaṃśaṃ kratostasya bhūmidānaṃ pracakrire

Having performed their sacrifices on Himavat, best of mountains, the thirty gods made a gift of land as the sixth part of that rite.

Verse 26 (13.101.26)

प्रादेशमात्रं भूमेस्तु यो दद्यादनुपस्कृतम् । न सीदति स कृच्छ्रेषु न च दुर्गाण्यवाप्नुते ॥

prādeśamātraṃ bhūmestu yo dadyādanupaskṛtam | na sīdati sa kṛcchreṣu na ca durgāṇyavāpnute

He who gives even a span's breadth of land, in its natural state, does not sink in hardships and does not meet dangerous straits.

Verse 27 (13.101.27)

शीतवातातपसहां यागभूमिं सुसंस्कृताम् । प्रदाय सुरलोकस्थः पुण्यान्तेऽपि न चाल्यते ॥

śītavātātapasahāṃ yāgabhūmiṃ susaṃskṛtām | pradāya suralokasthaḥ puṇyānte'pi na cālyate

Having given well-prepared ground for sacrifice, one that withstands cold, wind and heat, he dwells in the world of the gods and is not dislodged even when his merit is spent.

Verse 28 (13.101.28)

मुदितो वसति प्राज्ञः शक्रेण सह पार्थिव । प्रतिश्रयप्रदानाच्च सोऽपि स्वर्गे महीयते ॥

mudito vasati prājñaḥ śakreṇa saha pārthiva | pratiśrayapradānācca so'pi svarge mahīyate

That wise man lives in joy with Indra, O king; and he too who gives a shelter is honoured in heaven.

Note on the text: Corrected पतिश्रय → प्रतिश्रय (misprint in Wikisource; "patiśraya" is no word here; the shelter given is pratiśraya, CE pratiśraya and the page's own gloss "प्रतिश्रयो वासार्थं स्थलम्").

Verse 29 (13.101.29)

अध्यापककुले जातः श्रोत्रियो नियतेन्द्रियः । गृहे यस्य वसेत्तुष्टः प्रधानं लोकमश्नुते ॥

adhyāpakakule jātaḥ śrotriyo niyatendriyaḥ | gṛhe yasya vasettuṣṭaḥ pradhānaṃ lokamaśnute

He in whose house a learned Brahmin of self-controlled senses, born in a family of teachers, stays contented, attains the foremost world.

Verse 30 (13.101.30)

तथा गवार्थे शरणं शीतवर्षसहं दृढम् । आसप्तमं तारयति कुलं भरतसत्तम ॥

tathā gavārthe śaraṇaṃ śītavarṣasahaṃ dṛḍham | āsaptamaṃ tārayati kulaṃ bharatasattama

So too one who builds a strong shelter for cows, able to bear cold and rain, lifts his family up to the seventh generation, O best of the Bharatas.

Verse 31 (13.101.31)

क्षेत्रभूमिं ददल्लोके शुभां श्रियमवाप्नुयात् । रत्नभूमिं प्रदद्यात्तु कुलवंशं प्रवर्धयेत् ॥

kṣetrabhūmiṃ dadalloke śubhāṃ śriyamavāpnuyāt | ratnabhūmiṃ pradadyāttu kulavaṃśaṃ pravardhayet

By giving farmland in this world one gains fair prosperity; by giving land rich in jewels one makes one's family and line flourish.

Note on the text: Recension variant of CE 13.65.30 (CE: putra śriyam avāpnuyāt / ratnabhūmiṃ pradattvā tu kulavaṃśaṃ vivardhayet).

Verse 32 (13.101.32)

न चोषरां न निर्दग्धां महीं दद्यात्कथञ्चन । न श्मशानपरीतां च न च पापनिषेविताम् ॥

na coṣarāṃ na nirdagdhāṃ mahīṃ dadyātkathañcana | na śmaśānaparītāṃ ca na ca pāpaniṣevitām

One should never give barren land or burnt land, nor land bordered by a cremation ground, nor land frequented by sinners.

Verse 33 (13.101.33)

पारक्ये भूमिदेशे तु पितॄणां निर्वपेत्तु यः । तद्भूमिं वाऽपि पितृभिः श्राद्धकर्म विहन्यते ॥

pārakye bhūmideśe tu pitṝṇāṃ nirvapettu yaḥ | tadbhūmiṃ vā'pi pitṛbhiḥ śrāddhakarma vihanyate

If one makes an offering to the ancestors on another man's land, the shraddha is spoiled, both as to that land and as to the ancestors.

Note on the text: Wikisource's reading (तद्भूमिं वाऽपि पितृभिः) kept; CE 13.65.32 reads tad bhūmisvāmipitṛbhiḥ.

Verse 34 (13.101.34)

तस्मात्क्रीत्वा महीं दद्यात्स्वल्पामपि विचक्षणः । पिण्डः पितृभ्यो दत्तो वै तस्यां भवति शाश्वतः ॥

tasmātkrītvā mahīṃ dadyātsvalpāmapi vicakṣaṇaḥ | piṇḍaḥ pitṛbhyo datto vai tasyāṃ bhavati śāśvataḥ

Therefore a wise man should buy land, even a small plot, and give it; the pinda given to the ancestors on it becomes everlasting.

Verse 35 (13.101.35)

अटवी पर्वताश्चैव नद्यस्तीर्थानि यानि च । सर्वाण्यस्वामिकान्याहुर्न हि तत्र परिग्रहः ॥

aṭavī parvatāścaiva nadyastīrthāni yāni ca | sarvāṇyasvāmikānyāhurna hi tatra parigrahaḥ

Forests, mountains, rivers and holy bathing places are all said to be without an owner; no one holds possession of them.

Note on the text: Corrected याद्दुर्न → याहुर्न (misprint in Wikisource; "āddur" is no word; "they say" is āhuḥ, CE āhur).

Verse 36 (13.101.36)

इत्येतद्भूमिदानस्य फलमुक्तं विशाम्पते । अतः परं तु गोदानं कीर्तयिष्यामि तेऽनघ ॥

ityetadbhūmidānasya phalamuktaṃ viśāmpate | ataḥ paraṃ tu godānaṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi te'nagha

Thus, O lord of the people, has the reward of the gift of land been told. Now, sinless one, I shall tell you of the gift of cows.

Verse 37 (13.101.37)

गावोऽधिकास्तपस्विभ्यो यस्मात्सर्वेभ्य एव च । तस्मान्महेश्वरो देवस्तपस्ताभिः सहास्थितः ॥

gāvo'dhikāstapasvibhyo yasmātsarvebhya eva ca | tasmānmaheśvaro devastapastābhiḥ sahāsthitaḥ

Because cows rank above ascetics and above all others, the god Maheshvara himself practised austerities in their company.

Verse 38 (13.101.38)

ब्राह्मे लोके वसन्त्येताः सोमेन सह भारत । यां तां ब्रह्मर्षयः सिद्धाः प्रार्थयन्ति परां गतिम् ॥

brāhme loke vasantyetāḥ somena saha bhārata | yāṃ tāṃ brahmarṣayaḥ siddhāḥ prārthayanti parāṃ gatim

O Bharata, they dwell in Brahma's world together with Soma, in that supreme state which the Brahmarshis and Siddhas seek.

Note on the text: Variant of CE 13.65.37. The CE adds a star line after it, 13.65.37d*0352_01 (tāṃ prāpnuvanti gāṃ dattvā vimuktāḥ sarvakilbiṣaiḥ), which Wikisource lacks; not added.

Verse 39 (13.101.39)

पयसा हविषा दध्ना शकृता चाथ चर्मणा । अस्थिभिश्चोपकुर्वन्ति शृङ्गैर्वालैश्च भारत ॥

payasā haviṣā dadhnā śakṛtā cātha carmaṇā | asthibhiścopakurvanti śṛṅgairvālaiśca bhārata

With their milk, ghee, curds, dung, hide, bones, horns and hair, O Bharata, they serve mankind.

Verse 40 (13.101.40)

नासां शीतातपौ स्यातां सदैताः कर्म कुर्वते । न वर्षविषयं वाऽपि दुःखमासां भवत्युत ॥

nāsāṃ śītātapau syātāṃ sadaitāḥ karma kurvate | na varṣaviṣayaṃ vā'pi duḥkhamāsāṃ bhavatyuta

Cold and heat do not afflict them, for they are always at work; nor does the season of rains bring them suffering.

Verse 41 (13.101.41)

ब्राह्मणैः सहिता यान्ति तस्मात्पारमकं पदम् । एकं गोब्राह्मणं तस्मात्प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः ॥

brāhmaṇaiḥ sahitā yānti tasmātpāramakaṃ padam | ekaṃ gobrāhmaṇaṃ tasmātpravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ

They go together with Brahmins to the highest state; therefore the wise say that cow and Brahmin are one.

Verse 42 (13.101.42)

रन्तिदेवस्य यज्ञे ताः पशुत्वेनोपकल्पिताः । अतश्चर्मण्वती राजन्गोचर्मभ्यः प्रवर्तिता । पशुत्वाच्च विनिर्मुक्ताः प्रदानायोपकल्पिताः ॥

rantidevasya yajñe tāḥ paśutvenopakalpitāḥ | ataścarmaṇvatī rājangocarmabhyaḥ pravartitā | paśutvācca vinirmuktāḥ pradānāyopakalpitāḥ

In Rantideva's sacrifice they were set aside as victims. From the hides of those cows, O king, the river Charmanvati came into being. Freed from being victims, they were set aside for giving.

Note on the text: Three lines = CE 13.65.41a, 41c, 42a.

Verse 43 (13.101.43)

ता इमा विप्रमुख्येभ्यो यो ददाति महीपते । निस्तरेदापदं कृच्छ्रां विषमस्थोऽपि पार्थिव ॥

tā imā vipramukhyebhyo yo dadāti mahīpate | nistaredāpadaṃ kṛcchrāṃ viṣamastho'pi pārthiva

He who gives these cows to the foremost Brahmins, O lord of the earth, crosses over calamity and hardship, even when he stands in distress.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 13.65.42c, 42e.

Verse 44 (13.101.44)

गवां सहस्रदः प्रेत्य नरकं न प्रपद्यते । सर्वत्र विजयं चापि लभते मनुजाधिप ॥

gavāṃ sahasradaḥ pretya narakaṃ na prapadyate | sarvatra vijayaṃ cāpi labhate manujādhipa

He who gives a thousand cows does not fall into hell after death, and he wins victory everywhere, O ruler of men.

Verse 45 (13.101.45)

अमृतं वै गवां क्षीरमित्याह त्रिदशाधिपः । तस्माद्ददाति यो धेनुममृतं स प्रयच्छति ॥

amṛtaṃ vai gavāṃ kṣīramityāha tridaśādhipaḥ | tasmāddadāti yo dhenumamṛtaṃ sa prayacchati

The lord of the gods said that the milk of cows is ambrosia; therefore one who gives a milch cow gives ambrosia.

Verse 46 (13.101.46)

अग्नीनामव्ययं ह्येतद्धौम्यं वेदविदो विदुः । तस्माद्ददाति यो धेनुं स हौम्यं सम्प्रयच्छति ॥

agnīnāmavyayaṃ hyetaddhaumyaṃ vedavido viduḥ | tasmāddadāti yo dhenuṃ sa haumyaṃ samprayacchati

Those who know the Vedas know this as the imperishable offering for the fires; therefore one who gives a cow gives an offering fit for the sacred fire.

Verse 47 (13.101.47)

स्वर्गो वै मूर्तिमानेष वृषभं यो गवां पतिम् । विप्रे गुणयुते दद्यात्स वै स्वर्गे महीयते ॥

svargo vai mūrtimāneṣa vṛṣabhaṃ yo gavāṃ patim | vipre guṇayute dadyātsa vai svarge mahīyate

The bull, lord of the cows, is heaven itself in bodily form; he who gives one to a virtuous Brahmin is honoured in heaven.

Verse 48 (13.101.48)

प्राणा वै प्राणिनामेते प्रोच्यन्ते भरतर्षभ । तस्माद्ददाति यो धेनुं प्राणानेष प्रयच्छति ॥

prāṇā vai prāṇināmete procyante bharatarṣabha | tasmāddadāti yo dhenuṃ prāṇāneṣa prayacchati

O best of the Bharatas, cows are called the very life-breaths of living beings; therefore he who gives a cow gives life-breaths.

Verse 49 (13.101.49)

गावः शरण्या भूतानामिति वेदविदो विदुः । तस्माद्ददाति यो धेनुं शरणं सम्प्रयच्छति ॥

gāvaḥ śaraṇyā bhūtānāmiti vedavido viduḥ | tasmāddadāti yo dhenuṃ śaraṇaṃ samprayacchati

Those who know the Vedas say that cows are the refuge of creatures; therefore he who gives a cow gives refuge.

Verse 50 (13.101.50)

न वधार्थं प्रदातव्या न कीनाशे न नास्तिके । गोजीविने न दातव्या तथा गौर्भरतर्षभ । गोरसानां न विक्रेतू रसं च यजनस्य च ॥

na vadhārthaṃ pradātavyā na kīnāśe na nāstike | gojīvine na dātavyā tathā gaurbharatarṣabha | gorasānāṃ na vikretū rasaṃ ca yajanasya ca

A cow must not be given for slaughter, nor to a miser, nor to an unbeliever; nor to one who lives by cattle, O best of the Bharatas; nor to a seller of milk products, nor to one who sells the essence of the sacrifice.

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 = CE 13.65.49a, 49c; line 3 (printed by Wikisource in backticks, as an addition) = CE star passage 13.65.49d*0353_01 (gorasānāṃ na vikretur apañcayajanasya ca). Removed the stray backtick, the closing quote and the doubled danda. The reading "विक्रेतू रसं च यजनस्य च" is corrupt (CE: vikretur apañcayajanasya ca); kept as printed, as no certain emendation exists. Wikisource lacks nothing else here.

Verse 51 (13.101.51)

ददत्स तादृशानां वै नरो गां पापकर्मणाम् । अक्षयं नरकं यातीत्येवमाहुर्महर्षयः ॥

dadatsa tādṛśānāṃ vai naro gāṃ pāpakarmaṇām | akṣayaṃ narakaṃ yātītyevamāhurmaharṣayaḥ

A man who gives a cow to people of such sinful deeds goes to a hell without end; so the great sages say.

Note on the text: Recension variant of CE 13.65.50 (CE: dadāti tādṛśānāṃ vai naro gāḥ pāpakarmaṇām / akṣayaṃ narakaṃ yātīty evam āhur manīṣiṇaḥ).

Verse 52 (13.101.52)

न कृशां नापवत्सां वा वन्ध्यां रोगान्वितां तथा । न व्यङ्गां न परिश्रान्तां दद्याद्गां ब्राह्मणाय वै ॥

na kṛśāṃ nāpavatsāṃ vā vandhyāṃ rogānvitāṃ tathā | na vyaṅgāṃ na pariśrāntāṃ dadyādgāṃ brāhmaṇāya vai

A cow that is lean, or without a calf, or barren, or sick, or maimed, or worn out should not be given to a Brahmin.

Verse 53 (13.101.53)

दशगोसहस्रदः सम्यक् शक्रेण सह मोदते । अक्षयाँल्लभते लोकान्नरः शतसहस्रशः ॥

daśagosahasradaḥ samyak śakreṇa saha modate | akṣayām̐llabhate lokānnaraḥ śatasahasraśaḥ

He who rightly gives ten thousand cows delights with Indra; he wins imperishable worlds by the hundred thousand.

Verse 54 (13.101.54)

इत्येतद्गोप्रदानं च तिलदानं च कीर्तितम् । तथा भूमिप्रदानं च शृणुष्वान्ने च भारत ॥

ityetadgopradānaṃ ca tiladānaṃ ca kīrtitam | tathā bhūmipradānaṃ ca śṛṇuṣvānne ca bhārata

Thus the gifts of cows and of sesame have been told, and also the gift of land. Now, O Bharata, hear about food.

Verse 55 (13.101.55)

अन्नदानं प्रधानं हि कौन्तेय परिचक्षते । अन्नस्य हि प्रदानेन रन्तिदेवो दिवं गतः ॥

annadānaṃ pradhānaṃ hi kaunteya paricakṣate | annasya hi pradānena rantidevo divaṃ gataḥ

O son of Kunti, the gift of food is called the foremost; by giving food Rantideva went to heaven.

Verse 56 (13.101.56)

श्रान्ताय क्षुधितायान्नं यः प्रयच्छति भूमिप । स्वायंभुवं महत्स्थानं स गच्छति नराधिप ॥

śrāntāya kṣudhitāyānnaṃ yaḥ prayacchati bhūmipa | svāyaṃbhuvaṃ mahatsthānaṃ sa gacchati narādhipa

O protector of the earth, he who gives food to one who is weary and hungry goes to the great abode of the Self-born, O lord of men.

Note on the text: Corrected महात्स्थानं → महत्स्थानं (misprint in Wikisource; "mahāt-sthānam" is not valid sandhi; the adjective with sthāna is mahat, "great abode"). Variant of CE 13.65.55 (CE: svāyaṃbhuvaṃ mahābhāgaṃ sa paśyati narādhipa; the page records this as a variant).

Verse 57 (13.101.57)

न हिरण्यैर्न वासोभिर्नान्यदानेन भारत । प्राप्नुवन्ति नराः श्रेयो यथा ह्यन्नप्रदाः प्रभो ॥

na hiraṇyairna vāsobhirnānyadānena bhārata | prāpnuvanti narāḥ śreyo yathā hyannapradāḥ prabho

O lord, men do not attain such good through gold, garments or any other gift as the givers of food attain.

Note on the text: Variant of CE 13.65.56 (CE: nāśvadānena for नान्यदानेन).

Verse 58 (13.101.58)

अन्नं वै प्रथमं द्रव्यमन्नं श्रीश्च परा मता । अन्नात्प्राणः प्रभवति तेजो वीर्यं बलं तथा ॥

annaṃ vai prathamaṃ dravyamannaṃ śrīśca parā matā | annātprāṇaḥ prabhavati tejo vīryaṃ balaṃ tathā

Food is the first of all wealth, and food is held to be the highest prosperity; from food arise life-breath, brilliance, vigour and strength.

Verse 59 (13.101.59)

सद्यो ददाति यश्चान्नं सदैकाग्रमना नरः । न स दुर्गाण्यवाप्नोतीत्येवमाह पराशरः ॥

sadyo dadāti yaścānnaṃ sadaikāgramanā naraḥ | na sa durgāṇyavāpnotītyevamāha parāśaraḥ

The man who gives food at once, with a mind always one-pointed, meets no hardships; so said Parashara.

Verse 60 (13.101.60)

अर्चयित्वा यथान्यायं देवेभ्योऽन्नं निवेदयेत् । यदन्ना हि नरा राजंस्तदन्नास्तस्य देवतः ॥

arcayitvā yathānyāyaṃ devebhyo'nnaṃ nivedayet | yadannā hi narā rājaṃstadannāstasya devataḥ

Having worshipped the gods as is right, one should offer food to them; for, O king, the food that men eat is the food their gods eat.

Note on the text: Variant of CE 13.65.59.

Verse 61 (13.101.61)

कौमुद्यां शुक्लपक्षे तु योऽन्नदानं करोत्युत । स सन्तरति दुर्गाणि प्रेत्य चानन्त्यमश्नुते ॥

kaumudyāṃ śuklapakṣe tu yo'nnadānaṃ karotyuta | sa santarati durgāṇi pretya cānantyamaśnute

He who gives food on the night of the full moon in the bright fortnight crosses over hardships and, after death, attains endlessness.

Verse 62 (13.101.62)

अभुक्त्वाऽतिथये चान्नं प्रयच्छेद्यः समाहितः । स वै ब्रह्मविदां लोकान्प्राप्नुयाद्भरतर्षभ ॥

abhuktvā'tithaye cānnaṃ prayacchedyaḥ samāhitaḥ | sa vai brahmavidāṃ lokānprāpnuyādbharatarṣabha

He who, with a collected mind, gives food to a guest before eating himself attains the worlds of those who know Brahman, O best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Corrected ऽतिथेये → ऽतिथये (misprint in Wikisource; "atitheya" is no word here; "to a guest" is atithaye, CE atithaye).

Verse 63 (13.101.63)

सुकृच्छ्रामापदं प्राप्तश्चान्नदः पुरुषस्तरेत् । पापं तरति चैवेह दुष्कृतं चापकर्षति ॥

sukṛcchrāmāpadaṃ prāptaścānnadaḥ puruṣastaret | pāpaṃ tarati caiveha duṣkṛtaṃ cāpakarṣati

A man who gives food crosses over even the heaviest calamity; here he crosses over sin and drives away his evil deeds.

Verse 64 (13.101.64)

इत्येतदन्नदानस्य तिलदानस्य चैव ह । भूमिदानस्य च फलं गोदानस्य च कीर्तितम् ॥

ityetadannadānasya tiladānasya caiva ha | bhūmidānasya ca phalaṃ godānasya ca kīrtitam

Thus have the rewards of the gift of food, of sesame, of land and of cows been told.