The Gift of Sesame and the Fruits of Many Gifts

Verse 1 (13.236.1)

भगवन्देवदेवेश कथं देयं तिलान्वितम् । तस्य तस्य फलं ब्रूहि दत्तस्य च कृतस्य च ॥

bhagavandevadeveśa kathaṃ deyaṃ tilānvitam | tasya tasya phalaṃ brūhi dattasya ca kṛtasya ca

“Blessed lord, chief of the gods, how is a gift with sesame to be made? Tell me the fruit of each one, of what is given and of what is done.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3360-3361. Speaker: the page prints “उमोवाच” (उमा उवाच).

Verse 2 (13.236.2)

तिलकल्पविधिं देवि तन्मे शृणु समाहिता ॥

tilakalpavidhiṃ devi tanme śṛṇu samāhitā

“Goddess, listen to me with attention on the rule of the sesame rite.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3362. One line only, as the page prints it.

Verse 3 (13.236.3)

समृद्धैरसमृद्धैर्वा तिला देया विशेषतः । तिलाः पवित्राः पापघ्नाः सुपुण्या इति संस्मृताः ॥

samṛddhairasamṛddhairvā tilā deyā viśeṣataḥ | tilāḥ pavitrāḥ pāpaghnāḥ supuṇyā iti saṃsmṛtāḥ

“Sesame should be given especially by the wealthy and the poor alike. Sesame seeds are held to be pure, destroyers of sin, and highly meritorious.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3363-3364.

Verse 4 (13.236.4)

न्यायतस्तु तिलाञ्शुद्धान्संहृत्याथ स्वशक्तितः । तिलराशिं पुनः कुर्यात्पर्वताभं सरत्नकम् । महान्तं यदि वा स्तोकं नानाद्रव्यसमन्वितम् ॥

nyāyatastu tilāñśuddhānsaṃhṛtyātha svaśaktitaḥ | tilarāśiṃ punaḥ kuryātparvatābhaṃ saratnakam | mahāntaṃ yadi vā stokaṃ nānādravyasamanvitam

“After gathering pure sesame properly, according to his means, he should make a heap of it as high as a mountain, with jewels in it, large or small, mixed with many other things,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3365-3367. Three lines, as the page prints them. Corrected स्वशक्तिनः → स्वशक्तितः, पर्वाताभं → पर्वताभं, सुरस्नकम् → सरत्नकम् (misprints in Wikisource; Appendix I svaśaktitaḥ … parvatābhaṃ saratnakam).

Verse 5 (13.236.5)

सुवर्णरजताभ्यां च मणिमुक्ताप्रवालकैः । अलङ्कृत्य यथायोगं सपताकं सवेदिकम् । सभूषणं सवस्त्रं च शयनासनसंमितम् ॥

suvarṇarajatābhyāṃ ca maṇimuktāpravālakaiḥ | alaṅkṛtya yathāyogaṃ sapatākaṃ savedikam | sabhūṣaṇaṃ savastraṃ ca śayanāsanasaṃmitam

“adorned as fitting with gold and silver, with gems, pearls and coral, with a flag and a platform, with ornaments and cloth, and provided with a bed 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 3368-3370. Three lines, as the page prints them.

Verse 6 (13.236.6)

प्रायशः कौमुदीमासे पौर्णमास्यां विशेषतः । भोजयित्वा च विधिवद्ब्राह्मणानर्हतो बहून् ॥

prāyaśaḥ kaumudīmāse paurṇamāsyāṃ viśeṣataḥ | bhojayitvā ca vidhivadbrāhmaṇānarhato bahūn

“usually in the month of Kaumudi, especially on the full-moon day, and after feeding many worthy brahmins according to rule,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3371-3372. Corrected ब्राह्म्णानर्हतो → ब्राह्मणानर्हतो (misprint in Wikisource; Appendix I brāhmaṇān arhato).

Verse 7 (13.236.7)

स्वयं कृतोपवासश्च वृत्तशौचसमन्वितः । दद्यात्प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य तिलराशिं सदक्षिणम् ॥

svayaṃ kṛtopavāsaśca vṛttaśaucasamanvitaḥ | dadyātpradakṣiṇīkṛtya tilarāśiṃ sadakṣiṇam

“fasting himself and keeping to proper conduct and purity, he should give the heap of sesame with a gift-fee, after walking round it with his right side towards 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 3373-3374.

Verse 8 (13.236.8)

एकस्यापि बहूनां वा दातव्यं भूतिमिच्छता । तस्य दानफलं देवि अग्निष्टोमेन संयुतम् ॥

ekasyāpi bahūnāṃ vā dātavyaṃ bhūtimicchatā | tasya dānaphalaṃ devi agniṣṭomena saṃyutam

“It may be given to one person or to many by him who desires prosperity. The fruit of that gift, goddess, is equal to the Agnishtoma sacrifice.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3375-3376.

Verse 9 (13.236.9)

केवलं वा तिलैरेव भूमौ कृत्वा गवाकृतिम् । सवस्त्रकं सरत्नं च पुंसा गोदानकाङ्क्षिणा । तदर्हाय प्रदातव्यं तस्य गोदानतः फलम् ॥

kevalaṃ vā tilaireva bhūmau kṛtvā gavākṛtim | savastrakaṃ saratnaṃ ca puṃsā godānakāṅkṣiṇā | tadarhāya pradātavyaṃ tasya godānataḥ phalam

“Or, if a man wishes to give a cow, he may shape a cow on the ground from sesame alone, with cloth and jewels, and give it to a fit recipient; he gains the fruit of the gift of a cow.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3377-3379. Three lines, as the page prints them.

Verse 10 (13.236.10)

शरावांस्तिलसम्पूर्णान्सहिरण्यान्सचम्पकान् । नृपो ददद्ब्राह्मणाय स पुण्यफलभाग्भवेत् ॥

śarāvāṃstilasampūrṇānsahiraṇyānsacampakān | nṛpo dadadbrāhmaṇāya sa puṇyaphalabhāgbhavet

“A king who gives a brahmin small bowls filled with sesame, with gold and campaka flowers, becomes a sharer in the fruit of 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 3380-3381. Corrected नृपोऽददद्ब्राह्मणाय सु पुण्य° → नृपो ददद्ब्राह्मणाय स पुण्य° (misprint in Wikisource; Appendix I dadad brāhmaṇāya sa puṇyaphalabhāg bhavet). The page’s apparatus line after the colophon (“सहिरण्यान्सवस्त्रकानिति थ.पाठः”, a variant reading) is not added.

Verse 11 (13.236.11)

एवं तिलमयं देयं नरेण हितमिच्छता । नानादानफलं भूयः शृणु देवि समाहिता ॥

evaṃ tilamayaṃ deyaṃ nareṇa hitamicchatā | nānādānaphalaṃ bhūyaḥ śṛṇu devi samāhitā

“Thus a man who desires his own good should give things made of sesame. Now, goddess, listen again with attention to the fruits of gifts of many kinds.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3382-3383.

Verse 12 (13.236.12)

बलमायुष्यमारोग्यमन्नदानाल्लभेन्नरः । पानीयदस्तु सौभाग्यं रसज्ञानं लभेन्नरः ॥

balamāyuṣyamārogyamannadānāllabhennaraḥ | pānīyadastu saubhāgyaṃ rasajñānaṃ labhennaraḥ

“By the gift of food a man obtains strength, long life and health; the giver of drinking water obtains good fortune and discernment of flavours.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3384-3385.

Verse 13 (13.236.13)

वस्त्रदानाद्वपुःशोभामलङ्कारं लभेन्नरः । दीपदो बुद्धिवैशद्यं द्युतिशोभां लभेन्नरः ॥

vastradānādvapuḥśobhāmalaṅkāraṃ labhennaraḥ | dīpado buddhivaiśadyaṃ dyutiśobhāṃ labhennaraḥ

“By the gift of clothing a man obtains beauty of body and ornaments; the giver of a lamp obtains clarity of mind and the beauty of radiance.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3386-3387.

Verse 14 (13.236.14)

राजपीडाविमोक्षं तु छत्रदो लभते फलम् । दासीदासप्रदानात्तु भवेत्कर्मान्तभाङ्नरः । दासीदासं च विविधं लभेत्प्रेत्य गुणान्वितम् ॥

rājapīḍāvimokṣaṃ tu chatrado labhate phalam | dāsīdāsapradānāttu bhavetkarmāntabhāṅnaraḥ | dāsīdāsaṃ ca vividhaṃ labhetpretya guṇānvitam

“The giver of an umbrella obtains freedom from the oppression of kings. By giving maidservants and menservants a man becomes one who brings his undertakings to completion, and after death he obtains maidservants and menservants of many kinds, endowed with good qualities.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3388-3390. Three lines, as the page prints them.

Verse 15 (13.236.15)

यानानि वाहनं चैव तदर्हाय ददन्नरः । पादरोगपरिक्लेशान्मुक्तः श्वसनवाहवान् । विचित्रं रमणीयं च लभते यानवाहनम् ॥

yānāni vāhanaṃ caiva tadarhāya dadannaraḥ | pādarogaparikleśānmuktaḥ śvasanavāhavān | vicitraṃ ramaṇīyaṃ ca labhate yānavāhanam

“A man who gives carriages and conveyances to one who deserves them is freed from the pain of foot disease and comes to own conveyances swift as the wind; he obtains a wonderful and delightful carriage.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3391-3393. Three lines, as the page prints them. Corrected विचित्र रमणीयं → विचित्रं रमणीयं (dropped anusvara in Wikisource; Appendix I vicitraṃ ramaṇīyaṃ).

Verse 16 (13.236.16)

प्रतिश्रयप्रदानं च तदर्हाय तदिच्छते । वर्षाकाले तु रात्रौ वा लभेत्पक्षबलं शुभम् ॥

pratiśrayapradānaṃ ca tadarhāya tadicchate | varṣākāle tu rātrau vā labhetpakṣabalaṃ śubham

“One who gives shelter to a deserving person who asks for it, in the rainy season or at night, gains a fortunate strength of supporters.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3394-3395.

Verse 17 (13.236.17)

सेतुकूपतटाकानां कर्ता तु लभते नरः । दीर्घायुष्यं च सौभाग्यं तथा प्रेत्य गतिं शुभां ॥

setukūpataṭākānāṃ kartā tu labhate naraḥ | dīrghāyuṣyaṃ ca saubhāgyaṃ tathā pretya gatiṃ śubhāṃ

“The maker of embankments, wells and tanks gains long life and good fortune, and after death a happy course.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3396-3397. Corrected तता → तथा (misprint in Wikisource; Appendix I tathā).

Verse 18 (13.236.18)

वृक्षसंरोपको यस्तु छायापुष्पफलप्रदः । प्रेत्यभावे लभेत्पुण्यमभिगम्यो भवेन्नरः ॥

vṛkṣasaṃropako yastu chāyāpuṣpaphalapradaḥ | pretyabhāve labhetpuṇyamabhigamyo bhavennaraḥ

“One who plants trees that give shade, flowers and fruit gains merit after death and becomes a man to whom others resort.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3398-3399.

Verse 19 (13.236.19)

यस्तु सङ्क्रमकृल्लोके नदीषु जलहारिणाम् । लभेत्पुण्यफलं प्रेत्य व्यसनेभ्यो विमोक्षणम् ॥

yastu saṅkramakṛlloke nadīṣu jalahāriṇām | labhetpuṇyaphalaṃ pretya vyasanebhyo vimokṣaṇam

“One who builds a bridge in the world over rivers for those who carry water gains the fruit of merit after death and release from calamities.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3400-3401.

Verse 20 (13.236.20)

मार्गकृत्सततं मर्त्यो भवेत्सन्तानवान्नरः । कायदोषविमुक्तस्तु तीर्थकृत्सततं भवेत् ॥

mārgakṛtsatataṃ martyo bhavetsantānavānnaraḥ | kāyadoṣavimuktastu tīrthakṛtsatataṃ bhavet

“A man who makes roads will always have offspring, and a maker of sacred bathing-places will always be free from bodily defects.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3402-3403.

Verse 21 (13.236.21)

औषधानां प्रदानात्तु सततं कृपयाऽन्वितः । भवेद्व्याधिविहीनश्च दीर्घायुश्च विशेषतः ॥

auṣadhānāṃ pradānāttu satataṃ kṛpayā'nvitaḥ | bhavedvyādhivihīnaśca dīrghāyuśca viśeṣataḥ

“One who is ever compassionate and gives medicines becomes free of sickness, and especially long-lived.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3404-3405.

Verse 22 (13.236.22)

अनाथान्पोषयेद्यस्तु कृपणान्धकपङ्गुकान् । स च पुण्यफलं प्रेत्य लभते कृच्छ्रमोक्षणम् ॥

anāthānpoṣayedyastu kṛpaṇāndhakapaṅgukān | sa ca puṇyaphalaṃ pretya labhate kṛcchramokṣaṇam

“One who supports orphans, the wretched, the blind and the lame gains the fruit of merit after death and release from hardship.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3406-3407.

Verse 23 (13.236.23)

वेदगोष्ठाः शुभाः शाला भिक्षूणां च प्रतिश्रयम् । यः कुर्याल्लभते नित्यं नरः प्रेत्य फलं शुभम् ॥

vedagoṣṭhāḥ śubhāḥ śālā bhikṣūṇāṃ ca pratiśrayam | yaḥ kuryāllabhate nityaṃ naraḥ pretya phalaṃ śubham

“One who builds fine Vedic assemblies and halls, and a shelter for mendicants, always gains an auspicious fruit 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 3408-3409.

Verse 24 (13.236.24)

प्रासादवासं विविधं यक्षशोभां लभेत्पुनः । विविधं विविधाकारं भक्ष्यभोज्यगुणान्वितम् ॥

prāsādavāsaṃ vividhaṃ yakṣaśobhāṃ labhetpunaḥ | vividhaṃ vividhākāraṃ bhakṣyabhojyaguṇānvitam

“He gains a dwelling in palaces of many kinds and the splendour of a yaksha, with food and drink of many kinds and forms and excellent qualities.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3410-3411.

Verse 25 (13.236.25)

रम्यं तं दैवगोवाटं यः कुर्याल्लभते नरः । प्रेत्य भावे शुभां जातिं व्याधिमोक्षं तथैव च ॥

ramyaṃ taṃ daivagovāṭaṃ yaḥ kuryāllabhate naraḥ | pretya bhāve śubhāṃ jātiṃ vyādhimokṣaṃ tathaiva ca

“A man who builds a lovely cow-pen for the gods gains a fortunate birth after death and release from disease 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 3412-3413.

Verse 26 (13.236.26)

एवं नानाविधं द्रव्यं दानकर्ता लभेत्फलम् ॥

evaṃ nānāvidhaṃ dravyaṃ dānakartā labhetphalam

“In this way the maker of a gift obtains fruit from things of many kinds.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3414. One line only, as the page prints it; it closes the speech of Maheshvara before Uma speaks again.

Verse 27 (13.236.27)

कृतं दत्तं यथा यावत्तस्य तल्लभते फलम् । एतन्मे देवदेवेश तत्र कौतूहलं महत् ॥

kṛtaṃ dattaṃ yathā yāvattasya tallabhate phalam | etanme devadeveśa tatra kautūhalaṃ mahat

“For what has been done and given, in proportion and in measure, one obtains its fruit. Lord of the gods, I have great curiosity about this.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3415-3416.

Verse 28 (13.236.28)

प्रेत्यभावे शृणु फलं दत्तस्य च कृतस्य च । दानं षङ्गुणयुक्तं तु तदर्हाय यथाविधिः । यथाविभवतो दानं दातव्यमिति मानवैः ॥

pretyabhāve śṛṇu phalaṃ dattasya ca kṛtasya ca | dānaṃ ṣaṅguṇayuktaṃ tu tadarhāya yathāvidhiḥ | yathāvibhavato dānaṃ dātavyamiti mānavaiḥ

“Listen to the fruit after death of what is given and of what is done. A gift joined with six qualities should be given according to rule to a worthy recipient, and men should give according to their 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 3417-3419. Three lines, as the page prints them. Corrected प्रेत्यिभावे → प्रेत्यभावे (misprint in Wikisource; Appendix I pretyabhāve).

Verse 29 (13.236.29)

बुद्धिमायुष्यमारोग्यं बलं भाग्यं तथाऽऽगमम् । रूपेण सप्तधा भूत्वा मानुष्यं फलति ध्रुवम् ॥

buddhimāyuṣyamārogyaṃ balaṃ bhāgyaṃ tathā''gamam | rūpeṇa saptadhā bhūtvā mānuṣyaṃ phalati dhruvam

“Intelligence, long life, health, strength, fortune, and likewise income, together with beauty: becoming sevenfold, it surely bears fruit for man.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3420-3421.

Verse 30 (13.236.30)

इदं दत्तमिदं देयमित्येवं फलकाङ्क्षया । यद्दत्तं तत्तदेव स्यान्न तु किञ्चन लभ्यते ॥

idaṃ dattamidaṃ deyamityevaṃ phalakāṅkṣayā | yaddattaṃ tattadeva syānna tu kiñcana labhyate

““This I have given; this is to be given”: if one gives with such a desire for the fruit, what he has given remains only that, and nothing more is gained.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3422-3423.

Verse 31 (13.236.31)

ध्रुवं देव्युत्तमे दाने मध्यमे त्वधमे फलम् ॥

dhruvaṃ devyuttame dāne madhyame tvadhame phalam

“Surely, goddess, a gift of the best kind bears fruit of the best kind, and one of the middling or the lowest kind bears fruit accordingly.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3424. One line only, as the page prints it (it ends the Appendix passage of this adhyaya). Corrected देव्यत्तमे दानं मध्यमे त्वधमं → देव्युत्तमे दाने मध्यमे त्वधमे (misprint in Wikisource; Appendix I dhruvaṃ devy uttame dāne madhyame tv adhame phalam).