The Six Factors of a Gift and Its Fruit

Verse 1 (13.234.1)

चेतनाचेतनैर्युक्तं यल्लोके विद्यते धनम् । एतदर्थमवाप्नोति नरः प्रेत्य शुभेक्षणे ॥

cetanācetanairyuktaṃ yalloke vidyate dhanam | etadarthamavāpnoti naraḥ pretya śubhekṣaṇe

“Whatever wealth there is in the world, made up of things with life and things without — for the sake of this, fair-eyed lady, a man gains his reward after death.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3120-3121. Restored from the critical edition (Appendix I No. 15, line 3120): Wikisource prints only the second line of this verse (label 13-234-1a), the first half having been lost with the end of the previous page. The restored line is CE 3120, cetanācetanair yuktaṃ yal loke vidyate dhanam; the line printed on the page is CE 3121.

Verse 2 (13.234.2)

लोकसिद्धं तु यद्द्रव्यं सर्वसाधारणं भवेत् । तद्ददत्सर्वसामान्यं कथं धर्मं लभेन्नरः । एवं साधारणे द्रव्ये तस्य स्वत्वं कथं भवेत् ॥

lokasiddhaṃ tu yaddravyaṃ sarvasādhāraṇaṃ bhavet | taddadatsarvasāmānyaṃ kathaṃ dharmaṃ labhennaraḥ | evaṃ sādhāraṇe dravye tasya svatvaṃ kathaṃ bhavet

“What is a thing of common use in the world, held in common by all — how can a man gain dharma by giving what is common to everyone? When property is common like this, how can it be one's own?”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3122-3124. Three-line verse (the third line corresponds to CE 3124). Corrected तददत्सर्विसामान्यं → तद्ददत्सर्वसामान्यं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped द् and a stray ि; CE 3123 tad dadat sarvasāmānyaṃ).

Verse 3 (13.234.3)

लोके भूतमयं द्रव्यं सर्वसाधारणं तथा । तथैव तद्ददन्मर्त्यो लभेत्पुण्यं स तच्छृणु ॥

loke bhūtamayaṃ dravyaṃ sarvasādhāraṇaṃ tathā | tathaiva taddadanmartyo labhetpuṇyaṃ sa tacchṛṇu

“In the world wealth is made of the elements and is common to all; yet by giving it just so, a mortal gains merit. Listen to how.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3125-3126.

Verse 4 (13.234.4)

दाता प्रतिग्रहीता च देयं सोपक्रमं तथा । देशकालौ च यत्त्वेतद्दानं षड्गुणमुच्यते । तेषां सम्पद्विशेषांश्च कीर्त्यमानान्निबोध मे ॥

dātā pratigrahītā ca deyaṃ sopakramaṃ tathā | deśakālau ca yattvetaddānaṃ ṣaḍguṇamucyate | teṣāṃ sampadviśeṣāṃśca kīrtyamānānnibodha me

“The giver, the receiver, the gift together with the manner of giving, and the place and the time — a gift is said to have these six factors. Hear from me the excellences of each, as I name them.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3127-3129. Three-line verse. Corrected षङ्गुणमुच्यते → षड्गुणमुच्यते (misprint in Wikisource; ङ् for ड्; sandhi षट् + गुण gives षड्गुण, CE 3128 ṣaḍguṇam ucyate).

Verse 5 (13.234.5)

आदिप्रभृति यः शुद्धो मनोवाक्कायकर्मभिः । सत्यवादी जितक्रोधस्त्वलुब्धो नाभ्यसूयकः । श्रद्धावानास्तिकश्चैव एवं दाता प्रशस्यते ॥

ādiprabhṛti yaḥ śuddho manovākkāyakarmabhiḥ | satyavādī jitakrodhastvalubdho nābhyasūyakaḥ | śraddhāvānāstikaścaiva evaṃ dātā praśasyate

“One who has been pure from the beginning in mind, speech, body and action, truthful, free of anger, free of greed, not given to fault-finding, a man of faith who believes in the other world — such a giver is praised.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3130-3132. Three-line verse. Restored from the raw page: the input row had only the first line, but the page prints the missing line in an unnumbered row of the table (so it is one verse, not two). Corrected श्रुद्धावानास्तिकश्चैवक एवं → श्रद्धावानास्तिकश्चैव एवं (misprint in Wikisource; श्रुद्धा for श्रद्धा and a stray क; CE 3132 śraddhāvān āstikaś caiva evaṃ dātā praśasyate).

Verse 6 (13.234.6)

शुद्धो दान्तो जितक्रोधस्तथा दीनकुलोद्भवः । श्रुतचारित्रसम्पन्नस्तथा बहुकलत्रवान् ॥

śuddho dānto jitakrodhastathā dīnakulodbhavaḥ | śrutacāritrasampannastathā bahukalatravān

“Pure, self-controlled, free of anger, born in a humble family, rich in learning and good conduct, and with many wives,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3133-3134. Corrected शुद्रो दान्तो → शुद्धो दान्तो (misprint in Wikisource; द्र for द्ध; CE 3133 śuddho dānto). The reading दीनकुलोद्भवः (a poor or humble family) is a valid word and is kept; the critical edition has tathoditakulodbhavaḥ.

Verse 7 (13.234.7)

पञ्चयज्ञपरो नित्यं निर्विकारशरीरवान् । एतान्पात्रगुणान्विद्धि तादृक्पात्रं प्रशस्यते ॥

pañcayajñaparo nityaṃ nirvikāraśarīravān | etānpātraguṇānviddhi tādṛkpātraṃ praśasyate

“always devoted to the five sacrifices, with a body free of defect — know these as the qualities of a recipient; a recipient of that kind is praised.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3135-3136.

Verse 8 (13.234.8)

पितृदेवाग्निकार्येषु तस्य दत्तं महाफलम् । यद्यदर्हति यो लोके पात्रं तस्य भवेच्च सः । मुच्येदापद आपन्नो येन पात्रं तदस्य तु ॥

pitṛdevāgnikāryeṣu tasya dattaṃ mahāphalam | yadyadarhati yo loke pātraṃ tasya bhavecca saḥ | mucyedāpada āpanno yena pātraṃ tadasya tu

“What is given to him at rites for the ancestors, the gods and the fire bears great fruit. Whatever a man deserves in the world, he becomes the fit recipient of that; and whoever can free a man fallen into calamity from his calamity, that one is a fit recipient for him.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3137-3139. Three-line verse. Restored from the raw page: the input row had only the first two lines, but the page prints the missing line in an unnumbered row of the table (so it is one verse, not two).

Verse 9 (13.234.9)

अन्नस्य क्षुधितं पात्रं तृषितस्तु जलस्य वै । एवं पात्रेषु नानात्वमिष्यते पुरुषं प्रति ॥

annasya kṣudhitaṃ pātraṃ tṛṣitastu jalasya vai | evaṃ pātreṣu nānātvamiṣyate puruṣaṃ prati

“A hungry man is the recipient for food, a thirsty one for water. So recipients differ according to the person.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3140-3141.

Verse 10 (13.234.10)

जारश्चोरश्च षण्डश्च हिंस्रः समयभेदकः । लोकविघ्नकराश्चान्ये वर्जितव्याः सर्वशः प्रिये ॥

jāraścoraśca ṣaṇḍaśca hiṃsraḥ samayabhedakaḥ | lokavighnakarāścānye varjitavyāḥ sarvaśaḥ priye

“An adulterer, a thief, a eunuch, a violent man, a breaker of agreements, and others who obstruct the world are to be avoided altogether, beloved.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3142-3143.

Verse 11 (13.234.11)

परोपघाताद्यद्द्रव्यं चौर्याद्वा लभ्यते नृभिः । निर्दयाल्लभ्यते यच्च धूर्तभावेन वै तथा ॥

paropaghātādyaddravyaṃ cauryādvā labhyate nṛbhiḥ | nirdayāllabhyate yacca dhūrtabhāvena vai tathā

“Wealth that men obtain by harming others, or by theft, or by pitilessness, or likewise by trickery,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3144-3145.

Verse 12 (13.234.12)

अधर्मादर्थमोहाद्वा बहूनामुपरोधनात् । यल्लभ्यते धनं देवि तदत्यन्तविगर्हितम् ॥

adharmādarthamohādvā bahūnāmuparodhanāt | yallabhyate dhanaṃ devi tadatyantavigarhitam

“or by unrighteousness, by delusion over wealth, or by obstructing many — wealth got in such ways, goddess, is utterly condemned.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3146-3147.

Verse 13 (13.234.13)

तादृशेन कृतं धर्मं निष्फलं विद्धि भामिनि । तस्मान्न्यायागतेनैव दातव्यं शुभमिच्छता ॥

tādṛśena kṛtaṃ dharmaṃ niṣphalaṃ viddhi bhāmini | tasmānnyāyāgatenaiva dātavyaṃ śubhamicchatā

“Know, lady, that dharma done with such wealth is fruitless. Therefore one who wishes for good should give only from what has come by lawful means.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3148-3149.

Verse 14 (13.234.14)

यद्यदात्मप्रियं नित्यं तत्तद्देयमिति स्थितिः । उपक्रममिमं विद्धि दातॄणां परमं हितम् ॥

yadyadātmapriyaṃ nityaṃ tattaddeyamiti sthitiḥ | upakramamimaṃ viddhi dātṝṇāṃ paramaṃ hitam

“Whatever is always dear to oneself, that should be given: such is the rule. Know this to be the right manner of giving, the highest good for givers.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3150-3151.

Verse 15 (13.234.15)

पात्रभूतं तु दूरस्थमभिगम्य प्रसाद्य च । दाता दानं तथा दद्याद्यथा तुष्येत तेन सः । एष दानविधिः श्रेष्ठः समाहूय तु मध्यमः ॥

pātrabhūtaṃ tu dūrasthamabhigamya prasādya ca | dātā dānaṃ tathā dadyādyathā tuṣyeta tena saḥ | eṣa dānavidhiḥ śreṣṭhaḥ samāhūya tu madhyamaḥ

“Going to a worthy recipient who lives far away and pleasing him, the giver should give in such a way that the other is satisfied by it. This is the best way of giving; calling the recipient to oneself is the middling one.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3152-3154. Three-line verse. Restored from the raw page: the input row had only the first two lines, but the page prints the missing line in an unnumbered row of the table (so it is one verse, not two). Corrected दानविधइः → दानविधिः (misprint in Wikisource; CE 3154 eṣa dānavidhiḥ śreṣṭhaḥ).

Verse 16 (13.234.16)

पूर्वं च पात्रतां ज्ञात्वा समाहूय निवेद्य च । शौचाचमनसंयुक्तं दातव्यं श्रद्धया प्रिये ॥

pūrvaṃ ca pātratāṃ jñātvā samāhūya nivedya ca | śaucācamanasaṃyuktaṃ dātavyaṃ śraddhayā priye

“First ascertaining the recipient's worth, then summoning him and informing him, one should give with faith, beloved, in a state of purity and after rinsing the mouth.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3155-3156.

Verse 17 (13.234.17)

याचितॄणां तु परममाभिमुख्यं पुरस्कृतम् । संमानपूर्वं सङ्ग्राह्यं दातव्यं देशकालयोः ॥

yācitṝṇāṃ tu paramamābhimukhyaṃ puraskṛtam | saṃmānapūrvaṃ saṅgrāhyaṃ dātavyaṃ deśakālayoḥ

“Toward those who ask, the best course is to turn to them and put them first; they are to be received with honour, and given to at the proper place and time.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3157-3158. Corrected दातव्यं देशकालयो → दातव्यं देशकालयोः (misprint in Wikisource; visarga dropped; CE 3158 dātavyaṃ deśakālayoḥ).

Verse 18 (13.234.18)

अपात्रेभ्योऽपि चान्येभ्यो दातव्यं भूतिमिच्छता । पात्राणि सम्परीक्ष्यैव दात्रा वै नाममात्रया ॥

apātrebhyo'pi cānyebhyo dātavyaṃ bhūtimicchatā | pātrāṇi samparīkṣyaiva dātrā vai nāmamātrayā

“One who desires prosperity should give even to others who are not fit recipients; but the giver, having first examined the recipients, should give only a token measure.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3159-3160. Corrected अपात्रेभ्योपि → अपात्रेभ्योऽपि (missing avagraha in Wikisource; CE 3159 apātrebhyo 'pi).

Verse 19 (13.234.19)

अतिशक्त्या परं दानं यथाशक्ति तु मध्यमम् । तृतीयं चापरं दानं नानुरूपमिवात्मनः ॥

atiśaktyā paraṃ dānaṃ yathāśakti tu madhyamam | tṛtīyaṃ cāparaṃ dānaṃ nānurūpamivātmanaḥ

“The highest gift is one made beyond one's means, the middling is made according to one's means, and the third, the lowest, is one not in keeping with oneself.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3161-3162. Corrected अतिशक्तया → अतिशक्त्या (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; CE 3161 atiśaktyā).

Verse 20 (13.234.20)

यथा सम्भाषितं पूर्वं दातव्यं तत्तथैव च । पुण्यक्षेत्रेषु यद्दत्तं पुण्यकालेषु वा यथा । तच्छोभनतरं विद्धि गौरवाद्देशकालयोः ॥

yathā sambhāṣitaṃ pūrvaṃ dātavyaṃ tattathaiva ca | puṇyakṣetreṣu yaddattaṃ puṇyakāleṣu vā yathā | tacchobhanataraṃ viddhi gauravāddeśakālayoḥ

“What was promised beforehand should be given exactly so. What is given in holy places, or at holy times, as the case may be — know that to be still better, by the weight of place and time.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3163-3165. Three-line verse. Restored from the raw page: the input row had only the first two lines, but the page prints the missing line in an unnumbered row of the table (so it is one verse, not two). Corrected पुण्यिक्षेत्रेषु → पुण्यक्षेत्रेषु (misprint in Wikisource; stray ि; CE 3164 puṇyakṣetreṣu).

Verse 21 (13.234.21)

यश्च पुण्यतमो देशस्तथा कालश्च शंस मे ॥

yaśca puṇyatamo deśastathā kālaśca śaṃsa me

“Tell me, too, which place is the most holy, and which time.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), line 3166. Speaker corrected: the input had Maheshvara, but the page prints an Uma heading (उमोवाच) before this line, and the line is her question.

Verse 22 (13.234.22)

कुरुक्षेत्रं महानद्यो यश्च देवर्षिसेवितः । गिरिर्वरश्च तीर्थानि देशभागेषु पूजितः । ग्रहीतुमीप्सितो यत्र तत्र दत्तं महाफलम् ॥

kurukṣetraṃ mahānadyo yaśca devarṣisevitaḥ | girirvaraśca tīrthāni deśabhāgeṣu pūjitaḥ | grahītumīpsito yatra tatra dattaṃ mahāphalam

“Kurukshetra, the great rivers, whatever is frequented by divine sages, the best of mountains, and the holy fords, honoured in their several regions — and wherever the receiver wishes to receive: a gift given there bears great fruit.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3167-3169. Three-line verse. Corrected महानन्यो → महानद्यो (misprint in Wikisource; न्य for द्य; CE 3167 mahānadyo). Corrected महाफमल् → महाफलम् (misprint in Wikisource; garbled ending; the sense is 'great fruit', CE 3169 mahat phalam).

Verse 23 (13.234.23)

शरद्वसन्तकालश्च पुण्यमासस्तथैव च । शुक्लपक्षश्च पक्षाणां पौर्णमासी च पर्वसु ॥

śaradvasantakālaśca puṇyamāsastathaiva ca | śuklapakṣaśca pakṣāṇāṃ paurṇamāsī ca parvasu

“The autumn and spring seasons, a holy month, the bright fortnight among fortnights, and the full-moon day among the festival days,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3170-3171.

Verse 24 (13.234.24)

पितृदैवतनक्षत्रनिर्मलो दिवसस्तथा । तच्छोभनतरं विद्धि चन्द्रसूर्यग्रहे तथा ॥

pitṛdaivatanakṣatranirmalo divasastathā | tacchobhanataraṃ viddhi candrasūryagrahe tathā

“the star whose deity is the Fathers or the gods, a cloudless day, and the eclipse of the moon or the sun — know these to be still more excellent.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3172-3173.

Verse 25 (13.234.25)

प्रतिग्रहीतुर्यः कालो मनसा कीर्तितः शुभे । एवमादिष्टकालेषु दत्तं दानं महद्भवेत् ॥

pratigrahīturyaḥ kālo manasā kīrtitaḥ śubhe | evamādiṣṭakāleṣu dattaṃ dānaṃ mahadbhavet

“And whatever time the receiver has himself named in his mind, auspicious lady — a gift given at times such as these becomes great.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3174-3175.

Verse 26 (13.234.26)

दाता देयं च पात्रं च उपक्रमयुता क्रिया । देशकालं तथा तेषां सम्पच्छुद्धिः प्रकीर्तिता ॥

dātā deyaṃ ca pātraṃ ca upakramayutā kriyā | deśakālaṃ tathā teṣāṃ sampacchuddhiḥ prakīrtitā

“The giver, the gift, the recipient, the act joined with its manner, and place and time — the perfection and purity of these has been declared.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3176-3177.

Verse 27 (13.234.27)

यथैव युगपत्सम्पत्तत्र दानं महद्भवेत् ॥

yathaiva yugapatsampattatra dānaṃ mahadbhavet

“Where these perfections occur together at one moment, there the gift becomes great.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), line 3178. One-line verse; CE 3178 reads yatraiva yugapat saṃpat tatra śuddhir mahad bhavet, and the Wikisource wording is kept.

Verse 28 (13.234.28)

अत्यल्पमपि यद्दानमेभिः षड्भिर्गुणैर्युतम् । भूत्वाऽनन्तं नयेत्स्वर्गं दातारं दोषवर्जितम् ॥

atyalpamapi yaddānamebhiḥ ṣaḍbhirguṇairyutam | bhūtvā'nantaṃ nayetsvargaṃ dātāraṃ doṣavarjitam

“Even a very small gift, if joined with these six qualities, becomes endless and carries the giver, free of fault, to heaven.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3179-3180.

Verse 29 (13.234.29)

सुमहद्वाऽपि यद्दानं गुणैरेभिर्विनाकृतम् । अत्यल्पफलनिर्योगमफलं वा फलोद्धतम् ॥

sumahadvā'pi yaddānaṃ guṇairebhirvinākṛtam | atyalpaphalaniryogamaphalaṃ vā phaloddhatam

“But even a very great gift, if it lacks these qualities, yields very little fruit, or none at all, its fruit struck away.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3181-3182.

Verse 30 (13.234.30)

एवंगुणयुतं दानं दत्तं च फलतां व्रजेत् । तदस्ति चेन्महद्देयं तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

evaṃguṇayutaṃ dānaṃ dattaṃ ca phalatāṃ vrajet | tadasti cenmahaddeyaṃ tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

“A gift endowed with such qualities and given would come to bear fruit. If there is some great thing to be given, tell me of it.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3183-3184. Speaker corrected: the input had Maheshvara, but the page prints an Uma heading (उमोवाच) before this verse, and it is her question. The first line reads दत्तं च फलतां व्रजेत्; the critical edition (3183) has dattaṃ tv aphalatāṃ vrajet ('may go to fruitlessness'), which is the sense Maheshvara's answer in the next verse assumes. The Wikisource reading is a valid text and is kept.

Verse 31 (13.234.31)

तदप्यस्ति महाभागे नराणां भावदोषतः ॥

tadapyasti mahābhāge narāṇāṃ bhāvadoṣataḥ

“That too exists, fortunate lady, through the faults of men's inner states.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), line 3185.

Verse 32 (13.234.32)

कृत्वा धर्मं तु विधिवत्पश्चात्तापं करोति चेत् । श्लाघया वा यदि ब्रूयाद्वृथा संसदि यत्कृतम् ॥

kṛtvā dharmaṃ tu vidhivatpaścāttāpaṃ karoti cet | ślāghayā vā yadi brūyādvṛthā saṃsadi yatkṛtam

“If, having done dharma by the rule, a man afterwards repents, or if he boasts, speaking in vain in an assembly of what he did,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3186-3187. Corrected संसदिं → संसदि (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara; locative, CE 3187 saṃsadi).

Verse 33 (13.234.33)

प्रकल्पयेच्च मनसा तत्फलं प्रेत्यभावतः । कर्म धर्मकृतं यच्च सततं फलकाङ्क्षया । एतत्कृतं वा दत्तं वा परत्र विफलं भवेत् ॥

prakalpayecca manasā tatphalaṃ pretyabhāvataḥ | karma dharmakṛtaṃ yacca satataṃ phalakāṅkṣayā | etatkṛtaṃ vā dattaṃ vā paratra viphalaṃ bhavet

“or reckons up in his mind its fruit in the world to come; or if a deed of dharma is done always out of desire for its fruit — whether done or given, it becomes fruitless in the other world.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3188-3190. Three-line verse. Restored from the raw page: the input row had only the first two lines, but the page prints the missing line in an unnumbered row of the table (so it is one verse, not two).

Verse 34 (13.234.34)

एते दोषा विवर्ज्याश्च दातृभिः पुण्यकाङ्क्षिभिः । सनातनमिदं वृत्तं सद्भिराचरितं तथा ॥

ete doṣā vivarjyāśca dātṛbhiḥ puṇyakāṅkṣibhiḥ | sanātanamidaṃ vṛttaṃ sadbhirācaritaṃ tathā

“These faults are to be avoided by givers who seek merit. This is the ancient practice, and it has been followed by the good.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3191-3192.

Verse 35 (13.234.35)

अनुग्रहात्परेषां तु गृहस्थानामृणं हि तत् । इत्येवं मन आविश्य दातव्यं सततं बुधैः ॥

anugrahātpareṣāṃ tu gṛhasthānāmṛṇaṃ hi tat | ityevaṃ mana āviśya dātavyaṃ satataṃ budhaiḥ

“What is done as a favour to others is, for householders, a debt. With this thought in mind the wise should give always.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3193-3194.

Verse 36 (13.234.36)

एवमेव कृतं नित्यं सुकृतं तद्भवेन्महत् । सर्वसाधारणं द्रव्यमेवं दत्त्वा महत्फलम् ॥

evameva kṛtaṃ nityaṃ sukṛtaṃ tadbhavenmahat | sarvasādhāraṇaṃ dravyamevaṃ dattvā mahatphalam

“What is done in this way always becomes a great good deed. By giving what is common to all in this manner, one gains a great reward.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3195-3196.