The Great Gifts: Food, Gold, Cows, Land, a Bride and Learning

Verse 1 (13.235.1)

भगवन्कानि देयानि धर्ममुद्दिश्य मानवैः । तान्यहं श्रोतुमिच्छामि तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

bhagavankāni deyāni dharmamuddiśya mānavaiḥ | tānyahaṃ śrotumicchāmi tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

“Blessed lord, what things should people give for the sake of dharma? I wish to hear of them; please tell me.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3197-3198. Speaker: the page prints “उमोवाच” (उमा उवाच); the rest of the discourse is headed महेश्वर.

Verse 2 (13.235.2)

अजस्रं धर्मकार्यं च तथा नैमित्तिकं प्रिये । अन्नं प्रतिश्रयो दीपः पानीयं तृणमिन्धनम् ॥

ajasraṃ dharmakāryaṃ ca tathā naimittikaṃ priye | annaṃ pratiśrayo dīpaḥ pānīyaṃ tṛṇamindhanam

“Giving for dharma is of two kinds, dear one: the constant and the occasional. Among the constant gifts are food, shelter, a lamp, drinking water, grass, firewood,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3199-3200.

Verse 3 (13.235.3)

स्नेहो गन्धश्च भैषज्यं तिलाश्च लवणं तथा । एवमादि तथाऽन्यश्च दानमाजस्रमुच्यते ॥

sneho gandhaśca bhaiṣajyaṃ tilāśca lavaṇaṃ tathā | evamādi tathā'nyaśca dānamājasramucyate

“oil, perfume, medicine, sesame and salt. These and the like are called constant gifts.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3201-3202.

Verse 4 (13.235.4)

अजस्रदानात्सततमाजस्रमिति निश्चितम् । सामान्यं सर्ववर्णानां दानं शृणु समाहिता ॥

ajasradānātsatatamājasramiti niścitam | sāmānyaṃ sarvavarṇānāṃ dānaṃ śṛṇu samāhitā

“Because such gifts are given without break, it is settled that they are called constant. Now listen attentively to the gift that is common to all the castes.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3203-3204.

Verse 5 (13.235.5)

अन्नं प्राणो मनुष्याणामन्नदः प्राणदो भवेत् । तस्मादन्नं विशेषेण दातुमिच्छति मानवः ॥

annaṃ prāṇo manuṣyāṇāmannadaḥ prāṇado bhavet | tasmādannaṃ viśeṣeṇa dātumicchati mānavaḥ

“Food is the life-breath of men, and the giver of food becomes a giver of life. Therefore a man should wish above all to give food.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3205-3206. Corrected तस्माकदन्नं → तस्मादन्नं (misprint in Wikisource; the Appendix text reads tasmād annaṃ).

Verse 6 (13.235.6)

ब्राह्मणायाभिरूपाय यो दद्यादन्नमीप्सितम् । निदधाति निधिं श्रेष्ठं सोऽनन्तं पारलौकिकम् ॥

brāhmaṇāyābhirūpāya yo dadyādannamīpsitam | nidadhāti nidhiṃ śreṣṭhaṃ so'nantaṃ pāralaukikam

“One who gives the food that a worthy brahmin desires lays up a supreme treasure, endless, that serves him in the next 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 3207-3208.

Verse 7 (13.235.7)

श्रान्तमध्वपरिश्रान्तमतिथिं गृहमागतम् । अर्चयीत प्रयत्नेन स हि यज्ञो वरप्रदः ॥

śrāntamadhvapariśrāntamatithiṃ gṛhamāgatam | arcayīta prayatnena sa hi yajño varapradaḥ

“A guest who has come to one’s house, tired and worn out by the road, should be honoured with care; that is indeed a sacrifice that grants boons.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3209-3210.

Verse 8 (13.235.8)

कृत्वा तु पातकं कर्म यो दद्यादन्नमर्थिनाम् । ब्राह्मणानां विशेषेण सोपहन्ति स्वकं तमः ॥

kṛtvā tu pātakaṃ karma yo dadyādannamarthinām | brāhmaṇānāṃ viśeṣeṇa sopahanti svakaṃ tamaḥ

“Even one who has done a sinful deed, if he gives food to those who ask, and especially to brahmins, destroys his own darkness.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3211-3212.

Verse 9 (13.235.9)

पितरस्तस्य नन्दन्ति सुवृष्ट्या कर्षका इव । पुत्रो यस्य तु पौत्रो वा श्रोत्रियं भोजयिष्यति ॥

pitarastasya nandanti suvṛṣṭyā karṣakā iva | putro yasya tu pautro vā śrotriyaṃ bhojayiṣyati

“His ancestors rejoice, as farmers do at a good rain, when his son or grandson feeds a brahmin learned in the Veda.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3213-3214.

Verse 10 (13.235.10)

अपि चण्डालशूद्राणामन्नदानं न गर्हते । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन दद्यादन्नममत्सरः ॥

api caṇḍālaśūdrāṇāmannadānaṃ na garhate | tasmātsarvaprayatnena dadyādannamamatsaraḥ

“A gift of food even to candalas and shudras is not condemned. Therefore one should give food with every effort, free of envy.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3215-3216.

Verse 11 (13.235.11)

कलत्रं पीडयित्वाऽपि पोषयेदतिथीन्सदा । जन्मापि मानुषे लोके तदर्थं हि विधीयते ॥

kalatraṃ pīḍayitvā'pi poṣayedatithīnsadā | janmāpi mānuṣe loke tadarthaṃ hi vidhīyate

“Even if it distresses his wife, he should always take care of guests; for even birth in the human world is ordained for this purpose.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3217-3218.

Verse 12 (13.235.12)

अन्नदानाच्च लोकांस्तान्सम्प्रवक्ष्याम्यनिन्दिते । भवनानि प्रकाशन्ते दिवि तेषां महात्मनाम् ॥

annadānācca lokāṃstānsampravakṣyāmyanindite | bhavanāni prakāśante divi teṣāṃ mahātmanām

“Now, blameless one, I shall tell you of the worlds won by the gift of food. In heaven the palaces of those great-souled ones shine,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3219-3220.

Verse 13 (13.235.13)

अनेकशतभौमानि सान्तर्जलवनानि च । वैडूर्यार्चिःप्रकाशानि हेमरूप्यमयानि च ॥

anekaśatabhaumāni sāntarjalavanāni ca | vaiḍūryārciḥprakāśāni hemarūpyamayāni ca

“many hundreds of storeys high, with water and groves within them, gleaming with the light of cat’s-eye gems, made of gold and silver,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3221-3222. Corrected प्रकाशपनि → प्रकाशानि (misprint in Wikisource; Appendix I vaiḍūryārciḥprakāśāni).

Verse 14 (13.235.14)

नानारूपाणि संस्थानां नानारत्नमयानि च । चन्द्रमण्डलशुभ्राणि किङ्किणीजालवन्ति च ॥

nānārūpāṇi saṃsthānāṃ nānāratnamayāni ca | candramaṇḍalaśubhrāṇi kiṅkiṇījālavanti ca

“of many forms and shapes, made of many kinds of jewels, white as the disc of the moon, hung with nets of little bells,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3223-3224.

Verse 15 (13.235.15)

तरुणादित्यवर्णानि स्थावराणि चराणि च । यथेष्टभक्ष्यभोज्यानि शयनासनवन्ति च ॥

taruṇādityavarṇāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca | yatheṣṭabhakṣyabhojyāni śayanāsanavanti ca

“bright as the young sun, some fixed and some moving, supplied with any food and drink one wishes, and with beds and seats.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3225-3226.

Verse 16 (13.235.16)

सर्वकामफलाश्चात्र वृक्षा भवनसंस्थिताः । वाप्यो बह्व्यश्च कूपाश्च दीर्घिकाश्च सहस्रशः ॥

sarvakāmaphalāścātra vṛkṣā bhavanasaṃsthitāḥ | vāpyo bahvyaśca kūpāśca dīrghikāśca sahasraśaḥ

“In those palaces stand trees that bear every fruit one desires, and there are many stepwells, wells and long ponds, in their thousands,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3227-3228.

Verse 17 (13.235.17)

अरुजानि विशोकानि नित्यानि विविधानि च । भवनानि विचित्राणि प्राणदानां त्रिविष्टपे ॥

arujāni viśokāni nityāni vividhāni ca | bhavanāni vicitrāṇi prāṇadānāṃ triviṣṭape

“free of sickness and of sorrow, lasting, and of many kinds. Such are the wondrous palaces in heaven of those who give life.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3229-3230.

Verse 18 (13.235.18)

विवस्वतश्च सोमस्य ब्रह्मणश्च प्रजापतेः । विशन्ति लोकांस्ते नित्यं जगत्यन्नोदकप्रदाः ॥

vivasvataśca somasya brahmaṇaśca prajāpateḥ | viśanti lokāṃste nityaṃ jagatyannodakapradāḥ

“Those who give food and water in the world enter the worlds of Vivasvat, of Soma, and of Brahma, the lord of creatures, and stay there 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 3231-3232.

Verse 19 (13.235.19)

तत्र ते सुचिरं कालं विहृत्याप्सरसां गणैः । जायन्ते मानुषे लोके सर्वकल्याणसंयुताः ॥

tatra te suciraṃ kālaṃ vihṛtyāpsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ | jāyante mānuṣe loke sarvakalyāṇasaṃyutāḥ

“There they enjoy themselves for a very long time with troops of apsarases, and then they are born in the human world, endowed with every blessing.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3233-3234.

Verse 20 (13.235.20)

बलसंहननोपेता नीरोगाश्चिरजीविनः । कुलीना मतिमन्तश्च भवन्त्यन्नप्रदा नराः ॥

balasaṃhananopetā nīrogāścirajīvinaḥ | kulīnā matimantaśca bhavantyannapradā narāḥ

“Men who give food become strong and well built, free of disease, long-lived, of good family and wise.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3235-3236.

Verse 21 (13.235.21)

तस्मादन्नं विशेषेण दातव्यं भूतिमिच्छता । सर्वकालं च सर्वस्य सर्वत्र च सदैव च ॥

tasmādannaṃ viśeṣeṇa dātavyaṃ bhūtimicchatā | sarvakālaṃ ca sarvasya sarvatra ca sadaiva ca

“Therefore one who desires prosperity should give food above all, at all times, to everyone, everywhere, and 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 3237-3238.

Verse 22 (13.235.22)

सुवर्णदानं परमं स्वर्ग्यं स्वस्त्ययनं महत् । तस्मात्ते वर्णयिष्यामि यथावदनुपूर्वशः ॥

suvarṇadānaṃ paramaṃ svargyaṃ svastyayanaṃ mahat | tasmātte varṇayiṣyāmi yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ

“The gift of gold is supreme, leads to heaven and is a great blessing. Therefore I shall describe it to you duly, in order.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3239-3240. The Appendix’s three-line verse (lines 3239-3241) is split by Wikisource into verse 22 (two lines) and verse 23 (one line).

Verse 23 (13.235.23)

अपि पापकृतं क्रूरं दत्तं रुक्मं प्रणाशयेत् ॥

api pāpakṛtaṃ krūraṃ dattaṃ rukmaṃ praṇāśayet

“Gold given destroys even a cruel sin that has been committed.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3241. Third line of the three-line verse begun in verse 22; one line only, as the page prints it. Corrected प्रकाशयेत् → प्रणाशयेत् (misprint in Wikisource; the sense is that the gift destroys the sin, and Appendix I reads praṇāśayet).

Verse 24 (13.235.24)

सुवर्णं ये प्रयच्छन्ति श्रोत्रियेभ्यः सुचेतसः । देवतास्ते तर्पयन्ति समस्ता इति वैदिकम् ॥

suvarṇaṃ ye prayacchanti śrotriyebhyaḥ sucetasaḥ | devatāste tarpayanti samastā iti vaidikam

“The pure-minded who give gold to brahmins learned in the Veda satisfy all the gods; so the Veda teaches.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3242-3243. Corrected श्रोत्रिभेभ्यः → श्रोत्रियेभ्यः (misprint in Wikisource; Appendix I śrotriyebhyaḥ).

Verse 25 (13.235.25)

अग्निर्हि देवताः सर्वाः सुवर्णं चाग्निरुच्यते । तस्मात्सुवर्णदानेन तृप्ताः स्युः सर्वदेवताः ॥

agnirhi devatāḥ sarvāḥ suvarṇaṃ cāgnirucyate | tasmātsuvarṇadānena tṛptāḥ syuḥ sarvadevatāḥ

“Agni is all the gods, and gold is called Agni. Therefore by the gift of gold all the gods are gratified.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3244-3245.

Verse 26 (13.235.26)

अग्न्यभावे तु कुर्वन्ति वह्निस्थानेषु काञ्चनम् । तस्मात्सुवर्णदातारः सर्वान्कामानवाप्नुयुः ॥

agnyabhāve tu kurvanti vahnisthāneṣu kāñcanam | tasmātsuvarṇadātāraḥ sarvānkāmānavāpnuyuḥ

“When no fire is at hand, people place gold in the places of the fire. Therefore givers of gold obtain all their desires.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3246-3247.

Verse 27 (13.235.27)

आदित्यस्य हुताशस्य लोकान्नानाविधाञ्शुभान् । काञ्चनं सम्प्रदायाशु प्रविशन्ति न संशयः ॥

ādityasya hutāśasya lokānnānāvidhāñśubhān | kāñcanaṃ sampradāyāśu praviśanti na saṃśayaḥ

“By giving gold they quickly enter the many bright worlds of the Sun and of Agni, the eater of oblations; there is no doubt 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 3248-3249.

Verse 28 (13.235.28)

अलङ्कारं कृतं चापि केवलान्प्रविशिष्यते । सौवर्णैर्ब्राह्मणं काले तैरलङ्कृत्य भोजयेत् ॥

alaṅkāraṃ kṛtaṃ cāpi kevalānpraviśiṣyate | sauvarṇairbrāhmaṇaṃ kāle tairalaṅkṛtya bhojayet

“Made into an ornament, gold is better still than the bare metal. At the proper time one should adorn a brahmin with golden ornaments and feed 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 3250-3251.

Verse 29 (13.235.29)

य एतत्परमं दानं दत्त्वा सौवर्णमद्भुतम् । द्युतिं मेधां वपुः कीर्तिं पुनर्जाते लभेद्ध्रुवम् ॥

ya etatparamaṃ dānaṃ dattvā sauvarṇamadbhutam | dyutiṃ medhāṃ vapuḥ kīrtiṃ punarjāte labheddhruvam

“One who has given this supreme, wondrous gift of gold surely obtains radiance, intelligence, a fine body and fame when he is born again.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3252-3253. Corrected लबेद्ध्रुवम् → लभेद्ध्रुवम् (misprint in Wikisource; Appendix I labhed dhruvam).

Verse 30 (13.235.30)

तस्मात्स्वशक्त्या दातव्यं काञ्चनं भुवि मानवैः । न ह्येतस्मात्परं लोकेष्वन्यत्पापात्प्रमुच्यते ॥

tasmātsvaśaktyā dātavyaṃ kāñcanaṃ bhuvi mānavaiḥ | na hyetasmātparaṃ lokeṣvanyatpāpātpramucyate

“So men on earth should give gold according to their means; for in the worlds there is nothing higher than this by which one is freed from sin.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3254-3255.

Verse 31 (13.235.31)

अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि गवां दानमनिन्दिते । नहि गोभ्यः परं दानं विद्यते जगति प्रिये ॥

ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi gavāṃ dānamanindite | nahi gobhyaḥ paraṃ dānaṃ vidyate jagati priye

“After this, blameless one, I shall speak of the gift of cows. There is no gift in the world higher than cows, dear 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 3256-3257.

Verse 32 (13.235.32)

लोकान्सिसृक्षुणा पूर्वं गावः सृष्टाः स्वयंभुवा । वृत्त्यर्थं सर्वभूतानां तस्मात्ता मातरः स्मृताः ॥

lokānsisṛkṣuṇā pūrvaṃ gāvaḥ sṛṣṭāḥ svayaṃbhuvā | vṛttyarthaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ tasmāttā mātaraḥ smṛtāḥ

“Wishing to create the worlds, the Self-existent One first made the cows, to sustain all beings; therefore they are called mothers.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3258-3259.

Verse 33 (13.235.33)

लोकज्येष्ठा लोकवृत्त्या प्रवृत्ता । मय्यायत्ताः सोमनिष्यन्दभूताः । सौम्याः पुण्याः प्राणदाः कामदाश्च । तस्मात्पूज्याः पुण्यकामैर्मनुष्यैः ॥

lokajyeṣṭhā lokavṛttyā pravṛttā | mayyāyattāḥ somaniṣyandabhūtāḥ | saumyāḥ puṇyāḥ prāṇadāḥ kāmadāśca | tasmātpūjyāḥ puṇyakāmairmanuṣyaiḥ

“They are the eldest of the worlds, engaged in supporting the world’s livelihood, dependent on me, and born of the flowing of Soma. Gentle, holy, givers of life and of desires, they are therefore to be revered by men who seek merit.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3260-3263.

Verse 34 (13.235.34)

धेनुं दत्त्वा निभृतां सुशीलां । कल्याणवत्सां च पयस्विनीं च । यावन्ति रोमाणि भवन्ति तस्याः । तावत्समाः स्वर्गफलानि भुङ्क्ते ॥

dhenuṃ dattvā nibhṛtāṃ suśīlāṃ | kalyāṇavatsāṃ ca payasvinīṃ ca | yāvanti romāṇi bhavanti tasyāḥ | tāvatsamāḥ svargaphalāni bhuṅkte

“One who gives a calm, gentle-natured cow, with a fair calf and rich in milk, enjoys the fruits of heaven for as many years as she has hairs on her body.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3264-3267. Four lines (pādas), as the page prints them. Rejoined the word split across the line break with a hyphen (तस्या- । स्तावत्° → तस्याः । तावत्°; pausal form at the pāda end, as Appendix I reads tasyās / tāvat).

Verse 35 (13.235.35)

प्रयच्छते यः कपिलां सचेलां । सकांस्यदोहां कनकाग्र्यशृङ्गीम् । पुत्राश्च पौत्रांश्च कुलं च सर्वम् । आसप्तमं तारयते परत्र च ॥

prayacchate yaḥ kapilāṃ sacelāṃ | sakāṃsyadohāṃ kanakāgryaśṛṅgīm | putrāśca pautrāṃśca kulaṃ ca sarvam | āsaptamaṃ tārayate paratra ca

“One who gives a tawny cow with a cloth, a bronze milking-pail, and the tips of her horns capped in gold, carries across his sons, grandsons and his whole family up to the seventh generation, and in the next world as well.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3268-3271. Four lines (pādas), as the page prints them. Rejoined the word split across the line break with a hyphen (सर्व- । मासप्तमं → सर्वम् । आसप्तमं); the text is otherwise unchanged.

Verse 36 (13.235.36)

अन्तर्जाताः क्रीतका द्यूतलब्धाः । प्राणक्रीताः सोदकाश्चौजसा वा । कृच्छ्रोत्सृष्टाः पोषणार्थागताश्च । द्वारैरेतैस्ताः प्रलब्धाः प्रदद्यात् ॥

antarjātāḥ krītakā dyūtalabdhāḥ | prāṇakrītāḥ sodakāścaujasā vā | kṛcchrotsṛṣṭāḥ poṣaṇārthāgatāśca | dvārairetaistāḥ pralabdhāḥ pradadyāt

“Cows born in the house, bought, won at dice, bought at the price of life, received with a libation of water, taken by force, left to him in distress, or come to him to be kept: cows obtained through these doors he may give.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3272-3275.

Verse 37 (13.235.37)

कृशाय बहुपुत्राय श्रोत्रियायाहिताग्नये । प्रदाय नीरुजां धेनुं लोकान्प्राप्नोत्यनुत्तमान् ॥

kṛśāya bahuputrāya śrotriyāyāhitāgnaye | pradāya nīrujāṃ dhenuṃ lokānprāpnotyanuttamān

“By giving a healthy cow to a lean brahmin with many sons, learned in the Veda and keeping the sacred fires, one reaches the highest worlds.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3276-3277. Corrected कृसाय → कृशाय (misprint in Wikisource; Appendix I kṛśāya).

Verse 38 (13.235.38)

नृशंसस्य कृतघ्नस्य लुब्धस्यानृतवादिनः । हव्यकव्यव्यपेतस्य न दद्याद्गाः कथञ्चन ॥

nṛśaṃsasya kṛtaghnasya lubdhasyānṛtavādinaḥ | havyakavyavyapetasya na dadyādgāḥ kathañcana

“He should never give cows to a cruel man, an ungrateful one, a greedy one, a liar, or one who has abandoned the offerings to gods and ancestors.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3278-3279.

Verse 39 (13.235.39)

समानवत्सां यो दद्याद्धेनुं विप्रे पयस्विनीम् । सुवृत्तां वस्त्रसंछन्नां सोमलोके महीयते ॥

samānavatsāṃ yo dadyāddhenuṃ vipre payasvinīm | suvṛttāṃ vastrasaṃchannāṃ somaloke mahīyate

“One who gives a milch cow to a brahmin, together with a calf like her, well-behaved and covered with cloth, is honoured in the world of Soma.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3280-3281. Corrected धेर्नुं → धेनुं (misprint in Wikisource; Appendix I dhenuṃ).

Verse 40 (13.235.40)

समानवत्सां यो दद्यात्कृष्णां धेनुं पयस्विनीम् । सुवृत्तां वस्त्रसंछन्नां लोकान्प्राप्नोत्यपांपतेः ॥

samānavatsāṃ yo dadyātkṛṣṇāṃ dhenuṃ payasvinīm | suvṛttāṃ vastrasaṃchannāṃ lokānprāpnotyapāṃpateḥ

“One who gives a black milch cow with a calf like her, well-behaved and covered with cloth, reaches the worlds of Varuna, lord of the waters.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3282-3283.

Verse 41 (13.235.41)

हिरण्यवर्णां पिङ्गाक्षीं सवत्सां कांस्यदोहनाम् । प्रदाय वस्त्रसम्पन्नां यान्ति कौबेरसद्मनि ॥

hiraṇyavarṇāṃ piṅgākṣīṃ savatsāṃ kāṃsyadohanām | pradāya vastrasampannāṃ yānti kauberasadmani

“Those who give a golden-hued cow with tawny eyes, with her calf and a bronze milking-pail, covered with cloth, go to the abode of Kubera.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3286-3287. Order differs from Appendix I, which gives the verse of the fair cow (verse 43 here, lines 3284-3285) before this one. Corrected कौकबेरसद्मनः → कौबेरसद्मनि (misprint in Wikisource; Appendix I kauberasadma, “to Kubera’s abode”).

Verse 42 (13.235.42)

वायुरेणुसवर्णां च सवत्सां कांस्यदोहनाम् । प्रदाय वस्त्रसम्पन्नां वायुलोके महीयते ॥

vāyureṇusavarṇāṃ ca savatsāṃ kāṃsyadohanām | pradāya vastrasampannāṃ vāyuloke mahīyate

“One who gives a cow the colour of wind-blown dust, with her calf and a bronze milking-pail, covered with cloth, is honoured in the world of Vayu.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3288-3289. Corrected वायुरेणुसवर्मां → वायुरेणुसवर्णां (misprint in Wikisource; Appendix I vāyureṇusavarṇāṃ).

Verse 43 (13.235.43)

समानवत्सां यो धेनुं दत्त्वा गौरीं पयस्विनीम् । सुवृत्तां वस्त्रसंछन्नामग्निलोके महीयते ॥

samānavatsāṃ yo dhenuṃ dattvā gaurīṃ payasvinīm | suvṛttāṃ vastrasaṃchannāmagniloke mahīyate

“One who gives a fair-coloured milch cow with a calf like her, well-behaved and covered with cloth, is honoured in the world of Agni.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3284-3285. Order differs from Appendix I, where these lines (3284-3285) stand before the Kubera and Vayu verses (here verses 41-42).

Verse 44 (13.235.44)

युवानं बलिनं श्यामं शतेन सह यूथपम् । गवेन्द्रं ब्राह्मणेन्द्राय भूरिशृङ्गमलंकृतम् ॥

yuvānaṃ balinaṃ śyāmaṃ śatena saha yūthapam | gavendraṃ brāhmaṇendrāya bhūriśṛṅgamalaṃkṛtam

“A young, strong, dark bull, the leader of a herd, together with a hundred cows, the lord of cattle, great-horned and adorned, given to the best of brahmins —”

Note on the text: Parallel in the critical edition, 13.77.13 (the second line is identical; the first line differs, CE yuvānam indriyopetaṃ); also in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3290-3291. The sentence continues in verse 45.

Verse 45 (13.235.45)

ऋषभं ये प्रयच्छन्ति श्रोत्रियाणां महात्मनाम् । ऐश्वर्यमभिजायन्ते जायमानाः पुनःपुनः ॥

ṛṣabhaṃ ye prayacchanti śrotriyāṇāṃ mahātmanām | aiśvaryamabhijāyante jāyamānāḥ punaḥpunaḥ

“those who give a bull to great-souled brahmins learned in the Veda are born to sovereignty again and again, in every birth.”

Note on the text: Parallel in the critical edition, 13.77.14 (vṛṣabhaṃ ye prayacchanti śrotriyāya paraṃtapa / aiśvaryaṃ te ’bhijāyante jāyamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ); Wikisource’s first line differs in the recipient (श्रोत्रियाणां महात्मनाम्). Also in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3292-3293.

Verse 46 (13.235.46)

गवां मूत्रपुरीषाणि नोद्विजेत कदाचन । न चासां मांसमश्नीयाद्गोषु भक्तः सदा भवेत् ॥

gavāṃ mūtrapurīṣāṇi nodvijeta kadācana | na cāsāṃ māṃsamaśnīyādgoṣu bhaktaḥ sadā bhavet

“He should never be disgusted by the urine or dung of cows, nor eat their flesh; he should always be devoted to cows.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3294-3295. Corrected नोद्विजेन → नोद्विजेत (misprint in Wikisource; Appendix I nodvijeta).

Verse 47 (13.235.47)

ग्रासमुष्टिं परगवे दद्यात्संवत्सरं शुचि । अकृत्वा स्वयमाहारं व्रतं तत्सार्वकामिकम् ॥

grāsamuṣṭiṃ paragave dadyātsaṃvatsaraṃ śuci | akṛtvā svayamāhāraṃ vrataṃ tatsārvakāmikam

“For a year, keeping pure, he should give a handful of fodder to another’s cow before taking food himself; that vow fulfils every desire.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3296-3297.

Verse 48 (13.235.48)

गवामुभयतः काले नित्यं स्वस्त्ययनं वदेत् । न चासां चिन्तयेत्पापमिति धर्मविदो विदुः ॥

gavāmubhayataḥ kāle nityaṃ svastyayanaṃ vadet | na cāsāṃ cintayetpāpamiti dharmavido viduḥ

“At both times of day he should always speak a blessing on cows, and never think ill of them; so those who know dharma teach.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3298-3299.

Verse 49 (13.235.49)

गावः पवित्रं परमं गोषु लोकाः प्रतिष्ठिताः । कथञ्चिन्नावमन्तव्या गावो लोकस्य मातरः ॥

gāvaḥ pavitraṃ paramaṃ goṣu lokāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ | kathañcinnāvamantavyā gāvo lokasya mātaraḥ

“Cows are the highest purifier, and the worlds rest upon cows. Cows, the mothers of the world, must never in any way be disregarded.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3300-3301.

Verse 50 (13.235.50)

तस्मादेव गवां दानं विशिष्टमिति कथ्यते । गोषु पूजा च भक्तिश्च नरस्यायुष्यतां वहेत् ॥

tasmādeva gavāṃ dānaṃ viśiṣṭamiti kathyate | goṣu pūjā ca bhaktiśca narasyāyuṣyatāṃ vahet

“For this reason the gift of cows is said to be the most excellent; worship of cows and devotion to them bring a man long life.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3302-3303.

Verse 51 (13.235.51)

अतःपरं प्रवक्ष्यामि भूमिदानं महाफलम् । भूमिदानसमं दानं लोके नास्तीति निश्चयः ॥

ataḥparaṃ pravakṣyāmi bhūmidānaṃ mahāphalam | bhūmidānasamaṃ dānaṃ loke nāstīti niścayaḥ

“After this I shall speak of the gift of land, which has great fruit. It is settled that no gift in the world equals the gift of land.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3304-3305.

Verse 52 (13.235.52)

गृहयुक्क्षेत्रयुग्वाऽपि भूमिभागः प्रदीयते । सुखभोगं निराक्रोशं वास्तुपूर्वं प्रकल्प्य च ॥

gṛhayukkṣetrayugvā'pi bhūmibhāgaḥ pradīyate | sukhabhogaṃ nirākrośaṃ vāstupūrvaṃ prakalpya ca

“A portion of land, with a house or with a field, is to be given after the site has been prepared so that it is comfortable to use and free of complaint, the house-site being laid out first.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3306-3307.

Verse 53 (13.235.53)

ग्रहीतारमलङ्कृत्य वस्त्रपुष्पानुलोपनैः । सभृत्यं सपरीवारं भोजयित्वा यथेष्टतः । यो दद्याद्दक्षिणां काले त्रिरद्भिर्गृह्यतामिति ॥

grahītāramalaṅkṛtya vastrapuṣpānulopanaiḥ | sabhṛtyaṃ saparīvāraṃ bhojayitvā yatheṣṭataḥ | yo dadyāddakṣiṇāṃ kāle triradbhirgṛhyatāmiti

“Having honoured the recipient with garments, flowers and unguents, and fed him and his servants and household as much as he wishes, one should give the fee at the proper time, saying three times, with water, “Let it be accepted.””

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3308-3310. Three lines, as the page prints them.

Verse 54 (13.235.54)

एवं भूम्यां प्रदत्तायां श्रद्धया वीतमत्सरैः । यावत्तिष्ठति सा भूमिस्तावद्दत्तफलं विदुः ॥

evaṃ bhūmyāṃ pradattāyāṃ śraddhayā vītamatsaraiḥ | yāvattiṣṭhati sā bhūmistāvaddattaphalaṃ viduḥ

“When land has been given in this way, in faith and without envy, the fruit of the gift, they say, lasts as long as the land lasts.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3311-3312.

Verse 55 (13.235.55)

भूमिदः स्वर्गमारुह्य रमते शाश्वतीः समाः । अचला ह्यक्षया भूमिः सर्वकामान्दुधुक्षति ॥

bhūmidaḥ svargamāruhya ramate śāśvatīḥ samāḥ | acalā hyakṣayā bhūmiḥ sarvakāmāndudhukṣati

“The giver of land goes up to heaven and delights there for endless years. Land is unmoving and imperishable, and she longs to yield all desires.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3313-3314.

Verse 56 (13.235.56)

यत्किञ्चित्कुरुते पापं पुरुषो वृत्तिकर्शितः । अपि गोकर्णमात्रेण भूमिदानेन मुच्यते ॥

yatkiñcitkurute pāpaṃ puruṣo vṛttikarśitaḥ | api gokarṇamātreṇa bhūmidānena mucyate

“Whatever sin a man commits when worn down by the need to earn his living, he is freed from it by the gift of land, even if it is only the size of a cow’s ear.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3315-3316. Corrected भूमिदानन → भूमिदानेन (misprint in Wikisource; Appendix I bhūmidānena mucyate).

Verse 57 (13.235.57)

सुवर्णं रजतं वस्त्रं मणिमुक्तावसूनि च । सर्वमेतन्महाभागे भूमिदाने प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥

suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ vastraṃ maṇimuktāvasūni ca | sarvametanmahābhāge bhūmidāne pratiṣṭhitam

“Gold, silver, clothes, jewels, pearls and wealth: all this, O highly blessed one, rests upon the gift of land.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3317-3318.

Verse 58 (13.235.58)

भर्तुर्निः श्रेयसे युक्तास्त्यक्तात्मानो रणे हताः । ब्रह्मलोकाय संसिद्धा नातिक्रामन्ति भूमिदम् ॥

bharturniḥ śreyase yuktāstyaktātmāno raṇe hatāḥ | brahmalokāya saṃsiddhā nātikrāmanti bhūmidam

“Those who, devoted to their master’s welfare, give up their lives and fall in battle, are perfected for the world of Brahma, yet they do not surpass the giver of land.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3319-3320.

Verse 59 (13.235.59)

हलकृष्टां महीं दद्यात्सर्वबीजफलान्विताम् । सुकूपशरणां वाऽपि सा भवेत्सर्वकामदा ॥

halakṛṣṭāṃ mahīṃ dadyātsarvabījaphalānvitām | sukūpaśaraṇāṃ vā'pi sā bhavetsarvakāmadā

“One should give land that has been ploughed and is furnished with every kind of seed and fruit, or with a good well to shelter it; it will grant every desire.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3321-3322.

Verse 60 (13.235.60)

निष्पन्नसस्यां पृथिवीं यो ददाति द्विजन्मनाम् । विमुक्तः कलुषैः सर्वैः शक्रलोकं स गच्छति ॥

niṣpannasasyāṃ pṛthivīṃ yo dadāti dvijanmanām | vimuktaḥ kaluṣaiḥ sarvaiḥ śakralokaṃ sa gacchati

“One who gives to the twice-born land with the crop ripe is freed from all stains and goes to the world of Shakra.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3323-3324. Corrected शकलोकं → शक्रलोकं (misprint in Wikisource; Appendix I śakralokaṃ).

Verse 61 (13.235.61)

यथा जनित्री क्षीरेण स्वपुत्रमभिवर्धयेत् । एवं सर्वफलैर्भूमिर्दातारमभिवर्धयेत् ॥

yathā janitrī kṣīreṇa svaputramabhivardhayet | evaṃ sarvaphalairbhūmirdātāramabhivardhayet

“As a mother nourishes her own son with her milk, so the earth nourishes her giver with all her fruits.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3325-3326. Corrected क्षीरेणि → क्षीरेण (misprint in Wikisource; Appendix I kṣīreṇa).

Verse 62 (13.235.62)

ब्राह्मणं वृत्तसम्पन्नमाहिताग्निं शुचिव्रतम् । ग्राहयित्वा निजां भूमिं न यान्ति यमसादनम् ॥

brāhmaṇaṃ vṛttasampannamāhitāgniṃ śucivratam | grāhayitvā nijāṃ bhūmiṃ na yānti yamasādanam

“Those who have a virtuous brahmin, keeper of the sacred fires and firm in pure vows, accept their own land do not go to Yama’s abode.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3327-3328.

Verse 63 (13.235.63)

यथा चन्द्रमसो वृद्धिरहन्यहनि दृश्यते । तथा भूमेः कृतं दानं सस्येसस्ये विवर्धते ॥

yathā candramaso vṛddhirahanyahani dṛśyate | tathā bhūmeḥ kṛtaṃ dānaṃ sasyesasye vivardhate

“As the moon’s growth is seen from day to day, so a gift of land grows with every crop.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3329-3330.

Verse 64 (13.235.64)

यथा बीजानि रोहन्ति प्रकीर्णानि महीतले । तथा कामाः प्ररोहन्ति भूमिदानगुणार्जिताः ॥

yathā bījāni rohanti prakīrṇāni mahītale | tathā kāmāḥ prarohanti bhūmidānaguṇārjitāḥ

“As seeds scattered on the ground sprout, so desires sprout that are won by the merit of giving land.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3331-3332. Cf. CE 13.61.44cd (tathā kāmāḥ prarohanti bhūmidānasamārjitāḥ), a parallel that differs in its last word; the verse as a whole is Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3331-3332.

Verse 65 (13.235.65)

पितरः पितृलोकस्था देवताश्च दिवि स्थिताः । सन्तर्पयन्ति भोगैस्तं यो ददाति वसुन्धराम् ॥

pitaraḥ pitṛlokasthā devatāśca divi sthitāḥ | santarpayanti bhogaistaṃ yo dadāti vasundharām

“The ancestors in the world of the ancestors and the gods who dwell in heaven delight with enjoyments the man who gives the earth.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3333-3334.

Verse 66 (13.235.66)

दीर्घायुष्यं वराङ्गत्वं स्फीतां च श्रियमुत्तमाम् । परत्र लभते मर्त्यः सम्प्रदाय वसुन्धराम् ॥

dīrghāyuṣyaṃ varāṅgatvaṃ sphītāṃ ca śriyamuttamām | paratra labhate martyaḥ sampradāya vasundharām

“A mortal who has given the earth obtains in the next world long life, a fine body and splendid, abundant prosperity.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3335-3336.

Verse 67 (13.235.67)

एतत्सर्वं मयोद्दिष्टं भूमिदानस्य यत्फलम् । श्रद्दधानैर्नरैर्नित्यं श्राव्यमेतत्सनातनम् ॥

etatsarvaṃ mayoddiṣṭaṃ bhūmidānasya yatphalam | śraddadhānairnarairnityaṃ śrāvyametatsanātanam

“All this that I have set out, the fruit of the gift of land, should always be recited to men of faith; it is eternal.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3337-3338.

Verse 68 (13.235.68)

अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि कन्यादानं यथाविधि । कन्या देया महादेवि परेषामात्मनोपि वा ॥

ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi kanyādānaṃ yathāvidhi | kanyā deyā mahādevi pareṣāmātmanopi vā

“After this I shall speak of the gift of a maiden, according to the rule. A girl may be given, great goddess, whether she is another’s or 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 3339-3340.

Verse 69 (13.235.69)

कन्यां शुद्धव्रताचारां कुलरूपसमन्विताम् । यस्मै दित्सति पात्राय तेनापि भृशकामिताम् ॥

kanyāṃ śuddhavratācārāṃ kularūpasamanvitām | yasmai ditsati pātrāya tenāpi bhṛśakāmitām

“A maiden of pure vows and conduct, endowed with good family and beauty, whom one wishes to give to some worthy man who also greatly desires her,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3341-3342.

Verse 70 (13.235.70)

प्रथमं तत्समाकल्प्य बन्धुभिः कृतनिश्चयः । कारयित्वा गृहं पूर्वं दासीदासपरिच्छदैः ॥

prathamaṃ tatsamākalpya bandhubhiḥ kṛtaniścayaḥ | kārayitvā gṛhaṃ pūrvaṃ dāsīdāsaparicchadaiḥ

“after first arranging the matter and settling it with his kinsmen, having first had a house built and furnished with maidservants and menservants and their needs,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3343-3344.

Verse 71 (13.235.71)

गृहोपकरणैश्चैव पशुधान्येन संयुताम् । तदर्थिने तदर्हाय कन्यां तां समलङ्कृताम् ॥

gṛhopakaraṇaiścaiva paśudhānyena saṃyutām | tadarthine tadarhāya kanyāṃ tāṃ samalaṅkṛtām

“with household implements, and with cattle and grain, he should give that maiden, fully adorned, to the suitor who is worthy of her,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3345-3346.

Verse 72 (13.235.72)

सविवाहं यथान्यायं प्रयच्छेदग्निसाक्षिकम् । वृत्त्यायतिं यथा कृत्वा सद्गृहे तौ निवेशयेत् ॥

savivāhaṃ yathānyāyaṃ prayacchedagnisākṣikam | vṛttyāyatiṃ yathā kṛtvā sadgṛhe tau niveśayet

“with the marriage rite, in due form, with fire as witness, and having assured the couple a livelihood and a future, he should settle them in a good home.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3347-3348. Corrected प्रचच्छेदग्निसाक्षिकम् → प्रयच्छेदग्निसाक्षिकम् and वृत्त्यातीं → वृत्त्यायतिं (misprints in Wikisource; Appendix I prayacched agnisākṣikam, vṛttyāyatiṃ).

Verse 73 (13.235.73)

एवं कृत्वा वधूदानं तस्य दानस्य गौरवात् । प्रेत्यभावे महीयेत स्वर्गलोके यथासुखम् ॥

evaṃ kṛtvā vadhūdānaṃ tasya dānasya gauravāt | pretyabhāve mahīyeta svargaloke yathāsukham

“Having made the gift of a bride in this way, he is honoured, because of the weight of that gift, in heaven after death, and lives there at ease.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3349-3350.

Verse 74 (13.235.74)

पुनर्जातस्य सौभाग्यं कुलवृद्धिं तथाऽऽप्नुयात् ॥

punarjātasya saubhāgyaṃ kulavṛddhiṃ tathā''pnuyāt

“And in a later birth he will gain good fortune and the growth of his family.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3351. Third line of the three-line verse begun in verse 73; one line only, as the page prints it.

Verse 75 (13.235.75)

विद्यादानं तथा देवि पात्रभूताय वै ददत् । प्रेत्यभावे लभेन्मर्त्यो मेधां वृद्धिं धृतिं स्मृतिम् ॥

vidyādānaṃ tathā devi pātrabhūtāya vai dadat | pretyabhāve labhenmartyo medhāṃ vṛddhiṃ dhṛtiṃ smṛtim

“Likewise, goddess, one who gives learning to a fit recipient obtains after death intelligence, prosperity, steadfastness and memory.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3352-3353.

Verse 76 (13.235.76)

अनुरूपाय शिष्याय यश्च विद्यां प्रयच्छति । यथोक्तस्य प्रदानस्य फलमानन्त्यमश्नुते ॥

anurūpāya śiṣyāya yaśca vidyāṃ prayacchati | yathoktasya pradānasya phalamānantyamaśnute

“One who gives his learning to a suitable pupil gains the endless fruit of the gift described above.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3354-3355.

Verse 77 (13.235.77)

दापनं त्वथ विद्यानां दरिद्रेभ्योऽर्थवेदनैः । स्वयं दत्तेन तुल्यं स्यादिति विद्धि शुभानने ॥

dāpanaṃ tvatha vidyānāṃ daridrebhyo'rthavedanaiḥ | svayaṃ dattena tulyaṃ syāditi viddhi śubhānane

“And causing learning to be given to the poor, by providing the means for it, is equal to giving it oneself; know this, fair-faced 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 3356-3357.

Verse 78 (13.235.78)

एवं ते कथितान्येव महादानानि मानिनि । त्वत्प्रियार्थं मया देवि भूयः श्रोतुं किमिच्छसि ॥

evaṃ te kathitānyeva mahādānāni mānini | tvatpriyārthaṃ mayā devi bhūyaḥ śrotuṃ kimicchasi

“So, proud lady, I have told you of the great gifts, for your pleasure, goddess. What more do you wish to hear?”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3358-3359.