Krishna on the Gift of Water and Food, and the Honouring of Guests

Verse 1 (14.101.1)

श्रुत्वा यमपुराध्वानं जीवानां गमनं तथा । धर्मपुत्रः प्रहृष्टात्मा केशवं पुनरब्रवीत् ॥

śrutvā yamapurādhvānaṃ jīvānāṃ gamanaṃ tathā | dharmaputraḥ prahṛṣṭātmā keśavaṃ punarabravīt

Having heard about the road to Yama's city and how living beings travel it, Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma, was delighted and spoke to Keshava once more.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d; the speaker line 'vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca' is at @004_0839), here lines @004_0840–@004_0841.

Verse 2 (14.101.2)

देवदेवेश दैत्यघ्न ऋषिसङ्घैरभिष्टुत । भगवन्भवहञ्श्रीमन्सहस्रादित्यसन्निभ ॥

devadeveśa daityaghna ṛṣisaṅghairabhiṣṭuta | bhagavanbhavahañśrīmansahasrādityasannibha

"O lord of the gods, slayer of the Daityas, praised by hosts of sages, O Blessed One, destroyer of worldly bondage, glorious one, shining like a thousand suns,

Note on the text: Printed heading वैशंपायन is carried over from verse 1; these verses are Yudhishthira's direct speech to Keshava, so the speaker is corrected. Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0842–@004_0843.

Verse 3 (14.101.3)

सर्वसंभव धर्मज्ञ सर्वधर्मप्रवर्तक । सर्वदानफलं सौम्य कथयस्व ममाच्युत ॥

sarvasaṃbhava dharmajña sarvadharmapravartaka | sarvadānaphalaṃ saumya kathayasva mamācyuta

source of all things, knower of dharma, founder of every dharma — tell me, gentle one, the fruit of every kind of giving, O Achyuta.

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वधरमप्रवर्तक → सर्वधर्मप्रवर्तक (misprint in Wikisource; stray र for the conjunct; CE sarvadharmapravartaka). Printed heading वैशंपायन is carried over from verse 1; these verses are Yudhishthira's direct speech to Keshava, so the speaker is corrected. Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0844–@004_0845.

Verse 4 (14.101.4)

दानं देयं कथं कृष्ण कीदृशाय द्विजाय वै । कीदृशं वा तपः कृत्वा तत्फलं कुत्र भुज्यते ॥

dānaṃ deyaṃ kathaṃ kṛṣṇa kīdṛśāya dvijāya vai | kīdṛśaṃ vā tapaḥ kṛtvā tatphalaṃ kutra bhujyate

How should a gift be given, O Krishna, and to what kind of Brahmin? And after performing what kind of austerity is its fruit enjoyed, and where?"

Note on the text: Printed heading वैशंपायन is carried over from verse 1; these verses are Yudhishthira's direct speech to Keshava, so the speaker is corrected. Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0846–@004_0847.

Verse 5 (14.101.5)

एवमुक्तो हृषीकेशो धर्मपुत्रेण धीमता । उवाच धर्मपुत्राय पुण्यान्धर्मान्महोदयान् ॥

evamukto hṛṣīkeśo dharmaputreṇa dhīmatā | uvāca dharmaputrāya puṇyāndharmānmahodayān

Addressed thus by the wise son of Dharma, Hrishikesha spoke to him of meritorious dharmas that bring great reward.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0848–@004_0849.

Verse 6 (14.101.6)

शृणुष्वावहितो राजन्पूतं पापघ्नमुत्तमम् । सर्वदानफलं सौम्य न श्राव्यं पापकर्मणाम् ॥

śṛṇuṣvāvahito rājanpūtaṃ pāpaghnamuttamam | sarvadānaphalaṃ saumya na śrāvyaṃ pāpakarmaṇām

"Listen with attention, O king, to this pure and supreme teaching that destroys sin — the fruit of every kind of gift, gentle one. It is not to be recited to those who do evil.

Note on the text: Corrected पापकर्मणम् → पापकर्मणाम् (misprint in Wikisource; genitive plural lacks its long ā; CE pāpakarmaṇām). From here the speech is Krishna's (unheaded on the page; the CE shows no heading either until @004_1030 'bhagavān uvāca'), so the speaker is Vasudeva. Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0850–@004_0851.

Verse 7 (14.101.7)

यच्छ्रुत्वा पुरुषः स्त्री वा नष्टपापः समाहितः । तत्क्षणात्पूततां याति पापकर्मरतोपि वा ॥

yacchrutvā puruṣaḥ strī vā naṣṭapāpaḥ samāhitaḥ | tatkṣaṇātpūtatāṃ yāti pāpakarmaratopi vā

A man or a woman who hears it with a collected mind is freed of sin and becomes pure in that very moment, even if devoted to evil deeds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0852–@004_0853.

Verse 8 (14.101.8)

एकाहमपि कौन्तेय भूमावुत्पादितं जलम् । सप्त तारयते पूर्वान्वितृष्णा यत्र गौर्भवेत् ॥

ekāhamapi kaunteya bhūmāvutpāditaṃ jalam | sapta tārayate pūrvānvitṛṣṇā yatra gaurbhavet

Water provided on the earth, even for a single day, O son of Kunti, rescues seven generations of ancestors, if a thirsty cow there has her thirst quenched.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0854–@004_0855.

Verse 9 (14.101.9)

पानीयं परमं लोके जीवानां जीवनं स्मृतम् । पानीयस्य प्रदानेन तृप्तिर्भवति पाण्डव । पानीयस्य गुणा दिव्याः परलोके गुणावहाः ॥

pānīyaṃ paramaṃ loke jīvānāṃ jīvanaṃ smṛtam | pānīyasya pradānena tṛptirbhavati pāṇḍava | pānīyasya guṇā divyāḥ paraloke guṇāvahāḥ

Water is declared the highest thing in the world, the very life of living beings. By the gift of water, satisfaction is produced, O Pandava. The divine virtues of water bring benefit in the other world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0856–@004_0858.

Verse 10 (14.101.10)

तत्र पुष्पोदकी नाम नदी परमपावनी । कामान्ददाति राजेन्द्र तोयदानां यमालये ॥

tatra puṣpodakī nāma nadī paramapāvanī | kāmāndadāti rājendra toyadānāṃ yamālaye

There, in Yama's abode, O best of kings, is a river named Pushpodaki, utterly purifying; it grants their desires to those who have given water.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0859–@004_0860.

Verse 11 (14.101.11)

शीतलं सलिलं ह्यत्र ह्यक्षय्यममृतोपमम् । शीततोयप्रदातॄणां भवेन्नित्यं सुखावहम् ॥

śītalaṃ salilaṃ hyatra hyakṣayyamamṛtopamam | śītatoyapradātṝṇāṃ bhavennityaṃ sukhāvaham

The water there is cool, inexhaustible and like nectar; for those who have given cool water it is always a source of happiness.

Note on the text: Corrected शीततोयप्रदादॄणां → शीततोयप्रदातॄणां (misprint in Wikisource; प्रदादॄ is not a word; CE pradātṝṇām). Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0861–@004_0862.

Verse 12 (14.101.12)

ये चाप्यतोयदातारः पूयस्तेषां विधीयते ॥

ye cāpyatoyadātāraḥ pūyasteṣāṃ vidhīyate

But for those who have never given water, pus is ordained.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here line @004_0863. A single line in the CE as well.

Verse 13 (14.101.13)

प्रणश्यत्यंबुपानेन बुभुक्षा च युधिष्ठिर । तृषितस्य न चान्नेन पिपासाऽपि प्रणश्यति । तस्मात्तोयं सदा देयं तृषितेभ्यो विजानता ॥

praṇaśyatyaṃbupānena bubhukṣā ca yudhiṣṭhira | tṛṣitasya na cānnena pipāsā'pi praṇaśyati | tasmāttoyaṃ sadā deyaṃ tṛṣitebhyo vijānatā

Hunger, Yudhishthira, is destroyed by drinking water, but the thirst of one who is thirsty is not destroyed by food. Therefore a man who understands should always give water to the thirsty.

Note on the text: Corrected तृपीषस्य → तृषितस्य (misprint in Wikisource; garbled; CE tṛṣitasya). Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0864–@004_0866.

Verse 14 (14.101.14)

अग्नेर्मूर्तिः क्षितेर्योनिरमृतस्य स संभवः । अतोऽम्भः सर्वभूतानां मूलमित्युच्यते बुधैः ॥

agnermūrtiḥ kṣiteryoniramṛtasya sa saṃbhavaḥ | ato'mbhaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ mūlamityucyate budhaiḥ

Water is the embodiment of fire, the source of the earth, and the origin of nectar; therefore the wise call water the root of all beings.

Note on the text: Corrected अतोंभः → अतोऽम्भः (misprint in Wikisource; anusvara printed for avagraha + म्; CE ato 'mbhaḥ). Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0867–@004_0868.

Verse 15 (14.101.15)

अद्भिः सर्वाणि भूतानि जीवन्ति प्रभवन्ति च । तस्मात्सर्वेषु दानेषु तोयदानं विशिष्यते ॥

adbhiḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni jīvanti prabhavanti ca | tasmātsarveṣu dāneṣu toyadānaṃ viśiṣyate

All beings live and come into being by water; therefore, among all gifts, the gift of water is the most excellent.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0869–@004_0870.

Verse 16 (14.101.16)

सर्वदानतपोयज्ञैर्यत्प्राप्यं फलमुत्तमम् । तत्सर्वं तोयदानेन प्राप्यते नात्र संशयः ॥

sarvadānatapoyajñairyatprāpyaṃ phalamuttamam | tatsarvaṃ toyadānena prāpyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Whatever supreme fruit is to be won through all gifts, austerities and sacrifices, all of it is won through the gift of water; there is no doubt of this.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0871–@004_0872.

Verse 17 (14.101.17)

ये प्रयच्छन्ति विप्रेभ्यस्त्वन्नदानं सुसंस्कृतम् । तैस्तु दत्ताः स्वयं प्राणा भवन्ति भरतर्षभ ॥

ye prayacchanti viprebhyastvannadānaṃ susaṃskṛtam | taistu dattāḥ svayaṃ prāṇā bhavanti bharatarṣabha

Those who give Brahmins well-prepared food have themselves given them life, O best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Corrected त्वन्नदातं → त्वन्नदानं (misprint in Wikisource; CE tv annadānaṃ). Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0873–@004_0874.

Verse 18 (14.101.18)

अन्नाद्रक्तं च शुक्लं च अन्ने जीवः प्रतिष्ठितः । इन्द्रियाणि च बुद्धिश्च पुष्णन्त्यन्नेन नित्यशः । अन्नहीनानि सीदन्ति सर्वभूतानि पाण्डव ॥

annādraktaṃ ca śuklaṃ ca anne jīvaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ | indriyāṇi ca buddhiśca puṣṇantyannena nityaśaḥ | annahīnāni sīdanti sarvabhūtāni pāṇḍava

From food come blood and seed; life is established in food. The senses and the intellect are nourished by food every day; without food all beings sink, O Pandava.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0875–@004_0877.

Verse 19 (14.101.19)

तेजो बलं च रूपं च सत्वं वीर्यं धृतिर्द्युतिः । ज्ञानं मेधा तथाऽऽयुश्च सर्वमन्ने प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥

tejo balaṃ ca rūpaṃ ca satvaṃ vīryaṃ dhṛtirdyutiḥ | jñānaṃ medhā tathā''yuśca sarvamanne pratiṣṭhitam

Radiance, strength, beauty, vitality, courage, steadiness, brilliance, knowledge, intelligence and long life — all of it is established in food.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0878–@004_0879.

Verse 20 (14.101.20)

देवमानवतिर्यक्षु सर्वलोकेषु सर्वदा । सर्वकालं हि सर्वेषां सर्वमन्ने प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥

devamānavatiryakṣu sarvalokeṣu sarvadā | sarvakālaṃ hi sarveṣāṃ sarvamanne pratiṣṭhitam

Among gods, men and animals, in all the worlds and at all times, everything of everyone, always, is founded on food.

Note on the text: Corrected देवमानवर्तिर्यक्षु → देवमानवतिर्यक्षु (misprint in Wikisource; र् intruded in तिर्यक्; CE devamānavatiryakṣu). Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0880–@004_0881.

Verse 21 (14.101.21)

अन्नं प्रजापते रूपमन्नं प्रजननं स्मृतम् । सर्वभूतमयं चान्नं जीवश्चान्नमयः स्मृतः ॥

annaṃ prajāpate rūpamannaṃ prajananaṃ smṛtam | sarvabhūtamayaṃ cānnaṃ jīvaścānnamayaḥ smṛtaḥ

Food is the form of Prajapati; food is said to be the means of procreation. Food is made of all beings, and the living being is said to be made of food.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0882–@004_0883.

Verse 22 (14.101.22)

अन्नेनाधिष्ठितः प्राण अपानो व्यान एव च । उदानश्च समानश्च धारयन्ति शरीरिणम् ॥

annenādhiṣṭhitaḥ prāṇa apāno vyāna eva ca | udānaśca samānaśca dhārayanti śarīriṇam

Sustained by food, the vital breaths — prana, apana, vyana, udana and samana — hold the embodied being together.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0884–@004_0885.

Verse 23 (14.101.23)

शयनोत्थानगमनग्रहणाकर्षणानि च । सर्वसत्वकृतं कर्म चान्नादेव प्रवर्तते ॥

śayanotthānagamanagrahaṇākarṣaṇāni ca | sarvasatvakṛtaṃ karma cānnādeva pravartate

Lying down, rising, walking, grasping, drawing — every action done by any creature proceeds from food alone.

Note on the text: Corrected क्रम चान्नादेव → कर्म चान्नादेव (misprint in Wikisource; CE karma cānnād eva). Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0886–@004_0887.

Verse 24 (14.101.24)

चतुर्विधानि भूतानि जङ्गमानि स्थिराणि च । अन्नाद्भवन्ति राजेन्द्र सृष्टिरेषा प्रजापतेः ॥

caturvidhāni bhūtāni jaṅgamāni sthirāṇi ca | annādbhavanti rājendra sṛṣṭireṣā prajāpateḥ

The four kinds of beings, moving and unmoving, come into being from food, O best of kings; this is the creation of Prajapati.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0888–@004_0889.

Verse 25 (14.101.25)

विद्यास्थानानि सर्वाणि सर्वयज्ञाश्च पावनाः । अन्नाद्यस्मात्प्रवर्तन्ते तस्मादन्नं परं स्मृतम् ॥

vidyāsthānāni sarvāṇi sarvayajñāśca pāvanāḥ | annādyasmātpravartante tasmādannaṃ paraṃ smṛtam

All the branches of learning and all the purifying sacrifices proceed from food; therefore food is declared supreme.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0890–@004_0891.

Verse 26 (14.101.26)

देवा रुद्रादयः सर्वे पितरोऽप्यग्नयस्तथा । यस्मादन्नेन तुष्यन्ति तस्मादन्नं विशिष्यते ॥

devā rudrādayaḥ sarve pitaro'pyagnayastathā | yasmādannena tuṣyanti tasmādannaṃ viśiṣyate

The gods led by Rudra, the ancestors and the sacred fires are all satisfied by food; therefore food is the most excellent.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0892–@004_0893.

Verse 27 (14.101.27)

यस्मादन्नात्प्रजाः सर्वाः कल्पेकल्पेऽसृजत्प्रभुः । तस्मादन्नात्परं दानं न भूतं न भविष्यति ॥

yasmādannātprajāḥ sarvāḥ kalpekalpe'sṛjatprabhuḥ | tasmādannātparaṃ dānaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati

Since it was from food that the Lord created all creatures in every cycle of the world, there has never been, nor will there be, a gift greater than food.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0894–@004_0895.

Verse 28 (14.101.28)

यस्मादन्नात्प्रवर्तन्ते धर्मार्थौ काम एव च । तस्मादन्नात्परं दानं नामुत्रेह च पाण्डव ॥

yasmādannātpravartante dharmārthau kāma eva ca | tasmādannātparaṃ dānaṃ nāmutreha ca pāṇḍava

Since dharma, wealth and desire all proceed from food, there is no gift greater than food, O Pandava, either here or hereafter.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0896–@004_0897.

Verse 29 (14.101.29)

यक्षरक्षोग्रहा नागा भूतान्यन्ते च दानवाः । तुष्यन्त्यन्नेन यस्मात्तु तस्मादन्नं परं भवेत् ॥

yakṣarakṣograhā nāgā bhūtānyante ca dānavāḥ | tuṣyantyannena yasmāttu tasmādannaṃ paraṃ bhavet

Yakshas, rakshasas, grahas and nagas, the elemental beings and, last of all, the danavas are satisfied by food; for this reason food must be supreme.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0898–@004_0899.

Verse 30 (14.101.30)

परान्नमुपभुञ्जानो यत्कर्म कुरुते शुभम् । तच्छुभस्यैकभागस्तु कर्तुर्भवति भारत ॥

parānnamupabhuñjāno yatkarma kurute śubham | tacchubhasyaikabhāgastu karturbhavati bhārata

When a man eats another's food and performs a good deed, only one share of that merit goes to the doer, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected भुञ्जनो → भुञ्जानो (misprint in Wikisource; CE upabhuñjāno). Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0900–@004_0901.

Verse 31 (14.101.31)

अन्नदस्य त्रयो भागा भवन्ति पुरुषर्षभ । तस्मादन्नं प्रदातव्यं ब्राह्मणेभ्यो विशेषतः ॥

annadasya trayo bhāgā bhavanti puruṣarṣabha | tasmādannaṃ pradātavyaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo viśeṣataḥ

The giver of food has three shares, O best of men; therefore food should be given, especially to Brahmins.

Note on the text: Corrected भन्ति → भवन्ति (misprint in Wikisource; dropped व; CE bhavanti). Corrected तस्यादन्नं → तस्मादन्नं (misprint in Wikisource; CE tasmād annaṃ). Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0902–@004_0903.

Verse 32 (14.101.32)

ब्राह्मणाय दरिद्राय योऽन्नं संवत्सरं नृप । श्रोत्रियाय प्रयच्छेद्वै पाकभेदविवर्जितः ॥

brāhmaṇāya daridrāya yo'nnaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ nṛpa | śrotriyāya prayacchedvai pākabhedavivarjitaḥ

O king, a man who gives food for a full year to a poor Brahmin learned in the Veda, making no difference in the cooking,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0904–@004_0905.

Verse 33 (14.101.33)

डंभानृतविमुक्तस्तु परां भक्तिमुपागतः । स्वधर्मेणार्जितफलं तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु ॥

ḍaṃbhānṛtavimuktastu parāṃ bhaktimupāgataḥ | svadharmeṇārjitaphalaṃ tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

free of hypocrisy and falsehood, filled with the highest devotion, from wealth earned by his own dharma — hear the fruit of that merit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0906–@004_0907.

Verse 34 (14.101.34)

शतवर्षसहस्राणि कामगः कामरूपधृत् । मोदतेऽमरलोकस्थः पूज्यमानोप्सरोगणैः । ततश्चापि च्युतः कालान्नरलोके द्विजो भवेत् ॥

śatavarṣasahasrāṇi kāmagaḥ kāmarūpadhṛt | modate'maralokasthaḥ pūjyamānopsarogaṇaiḥ | tataścāpi cyutaḥ kālānnaraloke dvijo bhavet

For a hundred thousand years he moves at will, taking whatever form he wishes, and rejoices in the world of the immortals, honoured by troops of apsarases. Then, when his time there ends, he is born as a Brahmin in the world of men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0908–@004_0910.

Verse 35 (14.101.35)

अग्रभिक्षां च यो दद्याद्दरिद्राय द्विजातये । षण्मासान्वार्षिकं श्राद्धं तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु ॥

agrabhikṣāṃ ca yo dadyāddaridrāya dvijātaye | ṣaṇmāsānvārṣikaṃ śrāddhaṃ tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

He who gives the first portion of his food to a poor twice-born for six months — that is reckoned as a yearly shraddha; hear the fruit of his merit.

Note on the text: Corrected अग्नभिक्षां → अग्रभिक्षां (misprint in Wikisource; CE agrabhikṣāṃ). Corrected श्राद्दं → श्राद्धं (misprint in Wikisource; द for ध; CE śrāddhaṃ). Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0911–@004_0912.

Verse 36 (14.101.36)

गोसहस्रप्रदानेन यत्पुण्यं समुदाहृतम् । तत्पुण्यफलमाप्नोति नरो वै नात्र संशयः ॥

gosahasrapradānena yatpuṇyaṃ samudāhṛtam | tatpuṇyaphalamāpnoti naro vai nātra saṃśayaḥ

That man obtains the merit declared for the gift of a thousand cows; of this there is no doubt.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रण्यफल → पुण्यफल (misprint in Wikisource; CE tat puṇyaphalam). Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0913–@004_0914.

Verse 37 (14.101.37)

अथ संवत्सरं दद्यादग्रभिक्षामयाचते । प्रच्छाद्यैव स्वयं नीत्वा तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु ॥

atha saṃvatsaraṃ dadyādagrabhikṣāmayācate | pracchādyaiva svayaṃ nītvā tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

And he who for a year gives the first portion of alms to one who has not asked, bringing it himself, covered over — hear the fruit of his merit.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रच्छद्यैव → प्रच्छाद्यैव (misprint in Wikisource; CE pracchādyaiva). Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0915–@004_0916.

Verse 38 (14.101.38)

कपिलानां सहस्रैस्तु यद्देयं पुण्यमुच्यते । तत्सर्वमखिलं प्राप्य शक्रलोके महीयते ॥

kapilānāṃ sahasraistu yaddeyaṃ puṇyamucyate | tatsarvamakhilaṃ prāpya śakraloke mahīyate

Whatever merit is said to come from giving a thousand tawny cows, he gains all of it in full and is honoured in the world of Shakra.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0917–@004_0918.

Verse 39 (14.101.39)

स शक्रभवने रम्ये वर्षकोटिशतं नृप । यथाकामं महातेजाः क्रीडत्यप्सरसांगणैः ॥

sa śakrabhavane ramye varṣakoṭiśataṃ nṛpa | yathākāmaṃ mahātejāḥ krīḍatyapsarasāṃgaṇaiḥ

In Shakra's lovely palace, O king, that radiant one amuses himself at will with troops of apsarases for a hundred crore years.

Note on the text: Corrected रम्ये र्षिकोटिशतं → रम्ये वर्षकोटिशतं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped व; CE varṣakoṭiśataṃ). Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0919–@004_0920.

Verse 40 (14.101.40)

अन्नं च यस्तु वै दद्याद्द्विजाय नियतव्रतः । दशवर्षाणि राजेन्द्र तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु ॥

annaṃ ca yastu vai dadyāddvijāya niyatavrataḥ | daśavarṣāṇi rājendra tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

And he who, firm in his vows, gives food to a Brahmin for ten years, O best of kings — hear the fruit of his merit.

Note on the text: Corrected दशवर्षामि → दशवर्षाणि (misprint in Wikisource; CE daśavarṣāṇi). Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0921–@004_0922.

Verse 41 (14.101.41)

कपिला शतसहस्रस्य विधिदत्तस्य यत्फलम् । तत्पुण्यफलमासाद्य पुरन्दरपुरं व्रजेत् ॥

kapilā śatasahasrasya vidhidattasya yatphalam | tatpuṇyaphalamāsādya purandarapuraṃ vrajet

Obtaining the fruit of a hundred thousand tawny cows given according to rule, he goes to the city of Purandara.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0923–@004_0924.

Verse 42 (14.101.42)

स शक्रभवने रम्ये कामरूपी यथासुखम् । शतकोटिसमा राजन्क्रीडतेऽमरपूजितः ॥

sa śakrabhavane ramye kāmarūpī yathāsukham | śatakoṭisamā rājankrīḍate'marapūjitaḥ

In Shakra's lovely palace, taking any form at will and living at ease, he sports for a hundred crore years, O king, honoured by the immortals.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0925–@004_0926.

Verse 43 (14.101.43)

शक्रलोकावतीर्णश्च इह लोके महाद्युतिः । चतुर्वेदी द्विजः श्रीमाञ्जायते राजपूजितः ॥

śakralokāvatīrṇaśca iha loke mahādyutiḥ | caturvedī dvijaḥ śrīmāñjāyate rājapūjitaḥ

Descending from Shakra's world, he is born in this world as a radiant, prosperous Brahmin who knows the four Vedas, honoured by kings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0927–@004_0928.

Verse 44 (14.101.44)

अध्वश्रान्ताय विप्राय क्षुधितायान्नकाङ्क्षिणे । देशकालाभियाताय दीयते पाण्डुनन्दन ॥

adhvaśrāntāya viprāya kṣudhitāyānnakāṅkṣiṇe | deśakālābhiyātāya dīyate pāṇḍunandana

It is to a Brahmin weary from the road, hungry and wanting food, who has arrived at the proper place and time, that food is given, O son of Pandu.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0929–@004_0930.

Verse 45 (14.101.45)

याचतेऽन्नं न दद्याद्यो विद्यमाने धनागमे । स लुब्धो नरकं याति कृमीणां कालसूत्रकम् ॥

yācate'nnaṃ na dadyādyo vidyamāne dhanāgame | sa lubdho narakaṃ yāti kṛmīṇāṃ kālasūtrakam

He who does not give food to one who asks, though wealth is coming to him, is a miser and goes to the hell called Kalasutra, the hell of worms.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्यामाने → विद्यमाने (misprint in Wikisource; CE vidyamāne). Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0931–@004_0932.

Verse 46 (14.101.46)

तत्र नरके घोरे लोभमोहविचेतनः । दशवर्षसहस्राणि क्लिश्यते वेदनार्दितः ॥

tatra narake ghore lobhamohavicetanaḥ | daśavarṣasahasrāṇi kliśyate vedanārditaḥ

In that dreadful hell, senseless with greed and delusion, he is tormented for ten thousand years, afflicted by pain.

Note on the text: Corrected दशरव्षसहस्राणि → दशवर्षसहस्राणि (misprint in Wikisource; र/व transposed; CE daśavarṣasahasrāṇi). Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0933–@004_0934.

Verse 47 (14.101.47)

तस्माच्च नरकान्मुक्तः कालेन महता हि सः । दरिद्रो मानुषे लोके चण्डालेष्वपि जायते ॥

tasmācca narakānmuktaḥ kālena mahatā hi saḥ | daridro mānuṣe loke caṇḍāleṣvapi jāyate

Released from that hell after a long time, he is born poor in the world of men, even among the Chandalas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0935–@004_0936.

Verse 48 (14.101.48)

यस्तु पांसुलपादश्च दूराध्वश्रमकर्शितः । क्षुत्पिपासाश्रमश्रान्त आर्तः खिन्नगतिर्द्विजः ॥

yastu pāṃsulapādaśca dūrādhvaśramakarśitaḥ | kṣutpipāsāśramaśrānta ārtaḥ khinnagatirdvijaḥ

A Brahmin whose feet are covered with dust, worn out by the long road, wearied by hunger, thirst and exertion, distressed, his gait faltering,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0937–@004_0938.

Verse 49 (14.101.49)

पृच्छन्वै ह्यन्नदातारं गृहमभ्येत्य याचयेत् । तं पूजयेत्तु यत्नेन सोऽतिथिः स्वर्गसंक्रमः । तस्मिंस्तुष्टे नरश्रेष्ठ तुष्टाः स्युः सर्वदेवताः ॥

pṛcchanvai hyannadātāraṃ gṛhamabhyetya yācayet | taṃ pūjayettu yatnena so'tithiḥ svargasaṃkramaḥ | tasmiṃstuṣṭe naraśreṣṭha tuṣṭāḥ syuḥ sarvadevatāḥ

who, asking after a giver of food, comes up to a house and begs — he should be honoured with diligence; that guest is a bridge to heaven. When he is pleased, O best of men, all the gods are pleased.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0939–@004_0941.

Verse 50 (14.101.50)

न तथा हविषा होमैर्न पुष्पैर्नानुलेपनैः । अग्नयः पार्थ तुष्यन्ति यथा ह्यतिथिपूजनात् ॥

na tathā haviṣā homairna puṣpairnānulepanaiḥ | agnayaḥ pārtha tuṣyanti yathā hyatithipūjanāt

The fires are not so pleased, O Partha, with oblations, offerings, flowers or ointments as they are by the honouring of a guest.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0942–@004_0943.

Verse 51 (14.101.51)

कपिलायां तु दत्तायां विधिवज्ज्येष्ठपुष्करे । न तत्फलमवाप्नोति यत्फलं विप्रभोजनात् ॥

kapilāyāṃ tu dattāyāṃ vidhivajjyeṣṭhapuṣkare | na tatphalamavāpnoti yatphalaṃ viprabhojanāt

A tawny cow duly given at Jyeshtha Pushkara does not bring the fruit that the feeding of Brahmins brings.

Note on the text: Corrected विप्रबोजनान् → विप्रभोजनात् (misprint in Wikisource; CE viprabhojanāt). Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0944–@004_0945.

Verse 52 (14.101.52)

द्विजपादोदकक्लिन्ना यावत्तिष्ठति मेदिनी । तावत्पुष्करपत्रेण पिबन्ति पितरो जलम् ॥

dvijapādodakaklinnā yāvattiṣṭhati medinī | tāvatpuṣkarapatreṇa pibanti pitaro jalam

As long as the ground remains wet with the water that washed a Brahmin's feet, so long do the ancestors drink water from lotus leaves.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0946–@004_0947.

Verse 53 (14.101.53)

देवमाल्यापनयनं द्विजोच्छिष्टापमार्जनम् । श्रान्तसंवाहनं चैव तथा पादावसेचनम् ॥

devamālyāpanayanaṃ dvijocchiṣṭāpamārjanam | śrāntasaṃvāhanaṃ caiva tathā pādāvasecanam

Taking away the garlands offered to the gods, clearing away a Brahmin's leavings, massaging a weary man, washing his feet,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0948–@004_0949.

Verse 54 (14.101.54)

प्रतिश्रयप्रदानं च तथा शय्यासनस्य च । एकैकं पाण्डवश्रेष्ठ गोप्रदानाद्विशिष्यते ॥

pratiśrayapradānaṃ ca tathā śayyāsanasya ca | ekaikaṃ pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha gopradānādviśiṣyate

giving shelter, and giving a bed and a seat — each one of these, best of the Pandavas, is better than the gift of a cow.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0950–@004_0951.

Verse 55 (14.101.55)

पादोदकं पादघृतं दीपमन्नं प्रतिश्रयम् । ये प्रयच्छन्ति विप्रेभ्यो नोपसर्पन्ति ते यमम् ॥

pādodakaṃ pādaghṛtaṃ dīpamannaṃ pratiśrayam | ye prayacchanti viprebhyo nopasarpanti te yamam

Those who give Brahmins water for the feet, ghee for the feet, a lamp, food and shelter do not come near Yama.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0952–@004_0953.

Verse 56 (14.101.56)

विप्रातिथ्ये कृते राजन्भक्त्या शुश्रूषितेऽपि च । देवाः शुश्रूषिताः सर्वे त्रयस्त्रिंशदरिन्दम ॥

viprātithye kṛte rājanbhaktyā śuśrūṣite'pi ca | devāḥ śuśrūṣitāḥ sarve trayastriṃśadarindama

When hospitality is shown to a Brahmin, O king, and he is served with devotion, all the thirty-three gods are served, O subduer of foes.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0954–@004_0955.

Verse 57 (14.101.57)

अभ्यागतो ज्ञातपूर्वो ह्यज्ञातोऽतिथिरुच्यते । तयोः पूजां द्विजः कुर्यादिति पौराणिकी श्रुतिः ॥

abhyāgato jñātapūrvo hyajñāto'tithirucyate | tayoḥ pūjāṃ dvijaḥ kuryāditi paurāṇikī śrutiḥ

One who comes and was known before is called an abhyagata; one who is unknown is called an atithi. A twice-born should honour both — so says the Puranic tradition.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0956–@004_0957.

Verse 58 (14.101.58)

पादाभ्यङ्गान्नपानैस्तु योऽतिथिं पूजयेन्नरः । पूजितस्तेन राजेन्द्र भवामीह न संशयः ॥

pādābhyaṅgānnapānaistu yo'tithiṃ pūjayennaraḥ | pūjitastena rājendra bhavāmīha na saṃśayaḥ

The man who honours a guest with foot-anointing, food and drink — by him, O king of kings, I myself am honoured here; of this there is no doubt.

Note on the text: Corrected पादाभ्यङ्गन्नपानैस्तु → पादाभ्यङ्गान्नपानैस्तु (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ा; CE pādābhyaṅgānnapānais). Corrected योऽतिर्थिं → योऽतिथिं (misprint in Wikisource; थ for र्थ; CE atithiṃ). Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0958–@004_0959.

Verse 59 (14.101.59)

शीघ्रं पापाद्विनिर्मुक्तो मया चानुग्रहीकृतः । विमानेनेन्दुकल्पेन मम लोकं स गच्छति ॥

śīghraṃ pāpādvinirmukto mayā cānugrahīkṛtaḥ | vimānenendukalpena mama lokaṃ sa gacchati

Quickly freed from sin and favoured by me, he goes to my world in a celestial car bright as the moon.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0960–@004_0961.

Verse 60 (14.101.60)

अभ्यागतं श्रान्तमनुव्रजन्ति । देवाश्च सर्वे पितरोऽग्नयश्च । तस्मिन्द्विजे पूजिते पूजिताः स्युः । गते निराशाः पितरो व्रजन्ति ॥

abhyāgataṃ śrāntamanuvrajanti | devāśca sarve pitaro'gnayaśca | tasmindvije pūjite pūjitāḥ syuḥ | gate nirāśāḥ pitaro vrajanti

The gods, the ancestors and the fires all follow a weary guest who has come. When that Brahmin is honoured, they are honoured; when he departs disappointed, the ancestors depart dejected too.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (स्यु- । / र्गते); written here with the word-ends resolved (स्युः । / गते), the line division kept. Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0962–@004_0965. The four lines are the four pādas of one verse.

Verse 61 (14.101.61)

अतिथिर्यस्य भग्नाशो गृहात्प्रतिनिवर्तते । पितरस्तस्य नाश्नन्ति दशवर्षाणि पञ्च च ॥

atithiryasya bhagnāśo gṛhātpratinivartate | pitarastasya nāśnanti daśavarṣāṇi pañca ca

If a guest turns back from a man's house with his hope broken, that man's ancestors do not eat for fifteen years.

Note on the text: Corrected अतिर्थिर्यस्य → अतिथिर्यस्य (misprint in Wikisource; CE atithir yasya). Corrected दशवर्षणि → दशवर्षाणि (misprint in Wikisource; CE daśa varṣāṇi). Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0966–@004_0967.

Verse 62 (14.101.62)

वर्जितः पितृभिर्लुब्धः स देवैरग्निभिः सह । निरयं रौरवं गत्वा दशवर्षाणि पञ्च च । ततश्चापि च्युतः कालादिह चोच्छिष्टभुग्भवेत् ॥

varjitaḥ pitṛbhirlubdhaḥ sa devairagnibhiḥ saha | nirayaṃ rauravaṃ gatvā daśavarṣāṇi pañca ca | tataścāpi cyutaḥ kālādiha cocchiṣṭabhugbhavet

Forsaken by the ancestors, along with the gods and the fires, that miser goes to the Raurava hell and is cooked there for fifteen years; then, falling from there in time, he becomes an eater of leavings here.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0968–@004_0970.

Verse 63 (14.101.63)

वैश्वदेवान्तिके प्राप्तमतिथिं यो न पूजयेत् । चण्डालत्वमवाप्नोति सद्य एव न संशयः ॥

vaiśvadevāntike prāptamatithiṃ yo na pūjayet | caṇḍālatvamavāpnoti sadya eva na saṃśayaḥ

One who does not honour a guest who arrives at the close of the Vaishvadeva rite becomes a Chandala at once; there is no doubt.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0971–@004_0972.

Verse 64 (14.101.64)

निर्वासयति यो विप्रं देशकालगतं गृहात् । पतितस्तत्क्षणादेव जायते नात्र संशयः ॥

nirvāsayati yo vipraṃ deśakālagataṃ gṛhāt | patitastatkṣaṇādeva jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

One who drives out of his house a Brahmin who has come at the proper place and time becomes an outcaste in that very moment; of this there is no doubt.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0973–@004_0974.

Verse 65 (14.101.65)

नरके रौरवे घोरे वर्षकोटिं स पच्यते । ततश्चापि च्युतः कालादिह लोके नराधमः । श्वा वै द्वादशजन्मानि जायते क्षुत्पिपासितः ॥

narake raurave ghore varṣakoṭiṃ sa pacyate | tataścāpi cyutaḥ kālādiha loke narādhamaḥ | śvā vai dvādaśajanmāni jāyate kṣutpipāsitaḥ

He is cooked for a crore of years in the dreadful Raurava hell; then, falling from there in time, the lowest of men is born in this world as a dog twelve times, tormented by hunger and thirst.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0975–@004_0977.

Verse 66 (14.101.66)

चण्डालोप्यतिथिः प्राप्तो देशकालेऽन्नकाङ्क्षया । अभ्युद्गम्यो गृहस्थेन पूजनीयश्च सर्वदा ॥

caṇḍālopyatithiḥ prāpto deśakāle'nnakāṅkṣayā | abhyudgamyo gṛhasthena pūjanīyaśca sarvadā

Even a Chandala who arrives as a guest at the proper place and time, wanting food, should be met by the householder and honoured always.

Note on the text: Corrected न्नकाङ्क्षयाः → न्नकाङ्क्षया (misprint in Wikisource; stray visarga; CE 'nnakāṅkṣayā). Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0978–@004_0979.

Verse 67 (14.101.67)

अनर्चयित्वा योऽश्नाति लोभमोहविचेतनः । स चण्डालत्वमापन्नो दश जन्मानि पाण्डव ॥

anarcayitvā yo'śnāti lobhamohavicetanaḥ | sa caṇḍālatvamāpanno daśa janmāni pāṇḍava

One who eats without honouring a guest, senseless through greed and delusion, becomes a Chandala for ten births, O Pandava.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0980–@004_0981.

Verse 68 (14.101.68)

निराशमतिथिं कृत्वा भुञ्जनो यः प्रहृष्टवान् । न जानाति किलात्मानं विष्ठकूपे निपातितं ॥

nirāśamatithiṃ kṛtvā bhuñjano yaḥ prahṛṣṭavān | na jānāti kilātmānaṃ viṣṭhakūpe nipātitaṃ

He who eats gladly after sending a guest away hopeless does not realise that he himself has been thrown into a pit of filth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0982–@004_0983.

Verse 69 (14.101.69)

मोघं ध्रुवं प्रोर्णयति मोघमस्य तु पच्यते । मोघमन्नं सदाऽश्नाति योतिथिं न च पूजयेत् ॥

moghaṃ dhruvaṃ prorṇayati moghamasya tu pacyate | moghamannaṃ sadā'śnāti yotithiṃ na ca pūjayet

In vain, surely, does he clothe himself; in vain is what he cooks; in vain is the food he always eats, who does not honour a guest.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0984–@004_0985.

Verse 70 (14.101.70)

साङ्गोपाङ्गांस्तु यो वेदान्पठतीह दिनेदिने । न चातिथिं पूजयति वृथा भवति स द्विजः ॥

sāṅgopāṅgāṃstu yo vedānpaṭhatīha dinedine | na cātithiṃ pūjayati vṛthā bhavati sa dvijaḥ

A twice-born who recites the Vedas with all their limbs and subsidiary limbs every day, yet does not honour a guest, is a Brahmin in vain.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0986–@004_0987.

Verse 71 (14.101.71)

पाकयज्ञमहायज्ञैः सोमसंस्थाभिरेव च । ये यजन्ति न चार्चन्ति गृहेष्वतिथिमागतम् ॥

pākayajñamahāyajñaiḥ somasaṃsthābhireva ca | ye yajanti na cārcanti gṛheṣvatithimāgatam

Those who perform the pakayajnas, the great sacrifices and the Soma sacrifices, but do not honour the guest who has come to their house,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0988–@004_0989.

Verse 72 (14.101.72)

तेषां यशोभिकामानां दत्तमिष्टं च यद्भवेत् । वृथा भवति तत्सर्वमाशया हि तया हतम् ॥

teṣāṃ yaśobhikāmānāṃ dattamiṣṭaṃ ca yadbhavet | vṛthā bhavati tatsarvamāśayā hi tayā hatam

those who long for fame — whatever they have given or sacrificed becomes entirely futile, for it is struck down by that frustrated hope.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0990–@004_0991.

Verse 73 (14.101.73)

देशं कालं च पात्रं च स्वशक्तिं च निरीक्ष्य च । अल्पं समं महद्वापि कुर्यादातिथ्यमात्मवान् ॥

deśaṃ kālaṃ ca pātraṃ ca svaśaktiṃ ca nirīkṣya ca | alpaṃ samaṃ mahadvāpi kuryādātithyamātmavān

Considering place, time, the worthy recipient and his own means, a self-controlled man should show hospitality, whether it be small, moderate or great.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0992–@004_0993.

Verse 74 (14.101.74)

सुमुखः सुप्रसन्नात्मा धीमानतिथिमागतम् । स्वागतेनासनेनाद्भिरन्नाद्येन च पूजयेत् ॥

sumukhaḥ suprasannātmā dhīmānatithimāgatam | svāgatenāsanenādbhirannādyena ca pūjayet

With a cheerful face and a serene mind, the wise man should honour the guest who has come with a welcome, a seat, water, food and the like.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0994–@004_0995.

Verse 75 (14.101.75)

हितः प्रियो वा द्वेष्यो वा मूर्खः पण्डित एव वा । प्राप्तो यो वैश्वदेवान्ते सोतिथिः स्वर्गसंक्रमः ॥

hitaḥ priyo vā dveṣyo vā mūrkhaḥ paṇḍita eva vā | prāpto yo vaiśvadevānte sotithiḥ svargasaṃkramaḥ

Whether friend, dear one or enemy, fool or scholar, whoever arrives at the close of the Vaishvadeva is a guest, a bridge to heaven.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0996–@004_0997.

Verse 76 (14.101.76)

क्षुत्पिपासाश्रमार्ताय देशकालगताय च । सत्कृत्यान्नं प्रदातव्यं यज्ञस्य फलमिच्छता ॥

kṣutpipāsāśramārtāya deśakālagatāya ca | satkṛtyānnaṃ pradātavyaṃ yajñasya phalamicchatā

A man who desires the fruit of sacrifice should respectfully give food to one afflicted by hunger, thirst and fatigue, who has come at the proper place and time.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_0998–@004_0999.

Verse 77 (14.101.77)

भोजयेदात्मनः श्रेष्ठान्विधिवद्धव्यकव्ययोः । अन्नं प्राणो मनुष्याणामन्नदः प्राणदो भवेत् । तस्मादन्नं विशेषेण दातव्यं भूतिमिच्छता ॥

bhojayedātmanaḥ śreṣṭhānvidhivaddhavyakavyayoḥ | annaṃ prāṇo manuṣyāṇāmannadaḥ prāṇado bhavet | tasmādannaṃ viśeṣeṇa dātavyaṃ bhūtimicchatā

He should feed those who are better than himself, with due offerings to gods and ancestors. Food is the life-breath of men, and the giver of food is the giver of life. Therefore, one who desires prosperity should give food above all.

Note on the text: Corrected विधइवद्धव्यकव्ययोः → विधिवद्धव्यकव्ययोः (misprint in Wikisource; CE vidhivad dhavyakavyayoḥ). Corrected मनुष्यणा → मनुष्याणा (misprint in Wikisource; CE manuṣyāṇām). Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_1000–@004_1002.

Verse 78 (14.101.78)

अन्नदः सर्वकामैस्तु सुतृप्तः सुष्ठ्वलङ्कृतः । पूर्णचन्द्रप्रकाशेन विमानेन विराजते ॥

annadaḥ sarvakāmaistu sutṛptaḥ suṣṭhvalaṅkṛtaḥ | pūrṇacandraprakāśena vimānena virājate

The giver of food, fully satisfied in all his desires and finely adorned, shines in a celestial car with the radiance of the full moon.

Note on the text: Corrected सुष्ट्वलङ्कृतः → सुष्ठ्वलङ्कृतः (misprint in Wikisource; ट for ठ; CE suṣṭhv alaṃkṛtaḥ). Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_1003–@004_1004.

Verse 79 (14.101.79)

सेव्यमानो वरस्त्रीभिर्मम लोकं स गच्छति । क्रीडित्वा तु ततस्तस्मिन्वर्षकोटिं यथाऽमरः ॥

sevyamāno varastrībhirmama lokaṃ sa gacchati | krīḍitvā tu tatastasminvarṣakoṭiṃ yathā'maraḥ

Served by excellent women, he goes to my world; having played there for a crore of years like an immortal,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_1005–@004_1006.

Verse 80 (14.101.80)

ततश्चापि च्युतः कालादिह लोके महायशाः । वेदशास्त्रार्थतत्वज्ञो भोगवान्ब्राह्मणो भवेत् ॥

tataścāpi cyutaḥ kālādiha loke mahāyaśāḥ | vedaśāstrārthatatvajño bhogavānbrāhmaṇo bhavet

he falls from there in time and is born in this world as a Brahmin of great renown, who knows the true meaning of the Veda and the shastras, and who enjoys comforts.

Note on the text: Corrected ततस्चापि → ततश्चापि (misprint in Wikisource; स् for श्; CE tataś cāpi). Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_1007–@004_1008.

Verse 81 (14.101.81)

यथाश्रद्धं तु यः कुर्यान्मनुष्येषु प्रजायते । महाधनपतिः श्रीमान्वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः । सर्वशास्त्रार्थतत्वज्ञो भोगवान्ब्राह्मणो भवेत् ॥

yathāśraddhaṃ tu yaḥ kuryānmanuṣyeṣu prajāyate | mahādhanapatiḥ śrīmānvedavedāṅgapāragaḥ | sarvaśāstrārthatatvajño bhogavānbrāhmaṇo bhavet

One who does this as far as his faith allows is born among men as a very wealthy and fortunate man, master of the Veda and the Vedangas, who knows the true meaning of all the shastras — a Brahmin who enjoys comforts.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_1009–@004_1011.

Verse 82 (14.101.82)

सर्वातिथ्यं तु यः कुर्याद्वर्षमेकमकल्मषः । धर्मार्जितधनो भूत्वा पाकभेदविवर्जितः ॥

sarvātithyaṃ tu yaḥ kuryādvarṣamekamakalmaṣaḥ | dharmārjitadhano bhūtvā pākabhedavivarjitaḥ

He who for a year gives hospitality to all, free of fault, with wealth won by dharma, making no difference in the cooking,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_1012–@004_1013.

Verse 83 (14.101.83)

देवानिव स्वयं विप्रानर्चयित्वा पितॄनपि । विप्रानग्राशनाशी यस्तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु ॥

devāniva svayaṃ viprānarcayitvā pitṝnapi | viprānagrāśanāśī yastasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

honouring Brahmins as though they were gods, and the ancestors too, and giving the Brahmins the foremost food — hear the fruit of his merit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_1014–@004_1015.

Verse 84 (14.101.84)

वर्षेणैकेन यावन्ति पिण्डान्यश्नन्ति ये द्विजाः । तावद्वर्षाणि राजेन्द्र मम लोके महीयते ॥

varṣeṇaikena yāvanti piṇḍānyaśnanti ye dvijāḥ | tāvadvarṣāṇi rājendra mama loke mahīyate

For as many morsels as the Brahmins eat in that one year, for that many years, O best of kings, he is honoured in my world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_1016–@004_1017.

Verse 85 (14.101.85)

ततश्चापि च्युतः कालादिह लोके महायशाः । वेदशास्त्रार्थतत्वज्ञो भोगवान्ब्राह्मणो भवेत् ॥

tataścāpi cyutaḥ kālādiha loke mahāyaśāḥ | vedaśāstrārthatatvajño bhogavānbrāhmaṇo bhavet

Then, falling from there in time, he becomes in this world a man of great renown, a Brahmin who knows the true meaning of the Veda and the shastras and enjoys comforts.

Note on the text: Corrected वेदसास्त्रार्थ → वेदशास्त्रार्थ (misprint in Wikisource; CE vedaśāstrārtha). Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_1018–@004_1019.

Verse 86 (14.101.86)

सर्वातिथ्यं तु यः कुर्याद्यथाश्रद्धं नरेश्वर । अकालनियमेनापि सत्यवादी जितेन्द्रियः ॥

sarvātithyaṃ tu yaḥ kuryādyathāśraddhaṃ nareśvara | akālaniyamenāpi satyavādī jitendriyaḥ

And whoever, O lord of men, shows hospitality to all according to his faith, even without a fixed rule of time, truthful and master of his senses,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_1020–@004_1021.

Verse 87 (14.101.87)

सत्यसन्धो जितक्रोधः शाखाधर्मविवर्जितः । अधर्मभीरुर्धर्मिष्ठो मायामात्सर्यवर्जितः ॥

satyasandho jitakrodhaḥ śākhādharmavivarjitaḥ | adharmabhīrurdharmiṣṭho māyāmātsaryavarjitaḥ

true to his word, victorious over anger, free of sectarian practices, fearing adharma, devoted to dharma, free of deceit and envy,

Note on the text: Corrected चितक्रोधः → जितक्रोधः (misprint in Wikisource; CE jitakrodhaḥ). Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_1022–@004_1023.

Verse 88 (14.101.88)

श्रद्दधानः शुचिर्नित्यं पाकभेदविवर्जितः । स विमानेन दिव्येन दिव्यरूपी महायशाः ॥

śraddadhānaḥ śucirnityaṃ pākabhedavivarjitaḥ | sa vimānena divyena divyarūpī mahāyaśāḥ

full of faith, ever pure, making no difference in the cooking — he goes in a divine celestial car, divine in form and greatly renowned,

Note on the text: Corrected सुचिर्नित्यं → शुचिर्नित्यं (misprint in Wikisource; CE śucir nityaṃ). Corrected पाकबेद → पाकभेद (misprint in Wikisource; CE pākabheda (as in vv. 32, 82)). Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_1024–@004_1025.

Verse 89 (14.101.89)

पुरन्दरपुरं याति गीयमानोप्सरोगणैः । मन्वन्तरं तु तत्रैव क्रीडित्वा देवपूजितः । मानुष्यलोकमागम्य भोगवान्ब्राह्मणो भवेत् ॥

purandarapuraṃ yāti gīyamānopsarogaṇaiḥ | manvantaraṃ tu tatraiva krīḍitvā devapūjitaḥ | mānuṣyalokamāgamya bhogavānbrāhmaṇo bhavet

to the city of Purandara, sung to by troops of apsarases. Having played there for a whole manvantara, honoured by the gods, he returns to the world of men and becomes a Brahmin who enjoys comforts.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_1026–@004_1028.

Verse 90 (14.101.90)

दशजन्मानि विप्रत्वमाप्नुयाद्राजपूजितः । जातिस्मरश्च भवति यत्रयत्रोपजायते ॥

daśajanmāni vipratvamāpnuyādrājapūjitaḥ | jātismaraśca bhavati yatrayatropajāyate

For ten births he obtains Brahminhood, honoured by kings, and wherever he is born he remembers his former lives."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper; this adhyaya is an Appendix I passage (CE 14,096.015d@004, inserted after 14.96.15d), here lines @004_1029–@004_1030 (the CE then continues with 'bhagavān uvāca' and the bhūmidāna section, which belongs to the next Wikisource adhyaya).