The Marks of Dharma, Honouring Ascetics and Fire, Worthy Brahmins, and the Gift of Food

Verse 1 (14.108.1)

अनेकान्तं बहुद्वारं धर्ममाहुर्मनीषिणः । किंलक्षणोसौ भवति तन्मे ब्रूहि जनार्दन ॥

anekāntaṃ bahudvāraṃ dharmamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ | kiṃlakṣaṇosau bhavati tanme brūhi janārdana

The wise say that dharma has many sides and many doors. What are its marks, O Janardana? Tell me that.

Note on the text: Corrected मनीपिणः → मनीषिणः (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; critical-edition Appendix manīṣiṇaḥ). Corrected भति → भवति (misprint in Wikisource; dropped व; critical-edition Appendix bhavati). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2211–2212 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2211–2212).

Verse 2 (14.108.2)

शृणु राजन्समासेन धर्मशौचविधिक्रमम् । अहिंसा शौचमक्रोधमानृशंस्यं दमः शमः । आर्जवं चैव राजेन्द्र निश्चितं धर्मलक्षणम् ॥

śṛṇu rājansamāsena dharmaśaucavidhikramam | ahiṃsā śaucamakrodhamānṛśaṃsyaṃ damaḥ śamaḥ | ārjavaṃ caiva rājendra niścitaṃ dharmalakṣaṇam

Listen, O king, to the sequence of dharma and purity, told briefly. Non-violence, purity, freedom from anger, freedom from cruelty, self-restraint and tranquillity, and uprightness, O best of kings: these are fixed as the marks of dharma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2213–2215 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2213–2215).

Verse 3 (14.108.3)

ब्रह्मचर्यं तपः क्षान्तिर्मधुमांसस्य वर्जनम् । मर्यादायां स्थितिश्चैव शमः शौचस्य लक्षणम् ॥

brahmacaryaṃ tapaḥ kṣāntirmadhumāṃsasya varjanam | maryādāyāṃ sthitiścaiva śamaḥ śaucasya lakṣaṇam

Chastity, austerity, forbearance, abstaining from honey and meat, remaining within the bounds of propriety, and tranquillity are the marks of purity.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2216–2217 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2216–2217).

Verse 4 (14.108.4)

बाल्ये विद्यां निषेवेत यौवने दारसंग्रहम् । वार्धके मौनमातिष्ठेत्सर्वदा धर्ममाचरेत् ॥

bālye vidyāṃ niṣeveta yauvane dārasaṃgraham | vārdhake maunamātiṣṭhetsarvadā dharmamācaret

In childhood a man should apply himself to learning, in youth take a wife, and in old age keep to silence; and at all times he should practise dharma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2218–2219 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2218–2219).

Verse 5 (14.108.5)

ब्राह्मणान्नावमन्येत गुरुन्परिवदेन्न च । यतीनामनुकूलः स्यादेष धर्मः सनातनः ॥

brāhmaṇānnāvamanyeta gurunparivadenna ca | yatīnāmanukūlaḥ syādeṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ

He should not slight Brahmins, nor speak ill of his teachers, and he should be well disposed toward ascetics. This is the eternal dharma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2220–2221 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2220–2221).

Verse 6 (14.108.6)

यतिर्गुरुर्द्विजातीनां वर्णानां ब्राह्मणो गुरुः । पतिरेव गुरुः स्त्रीणां सर्वेषां पार्थिवो गुरुः ॥

yatirgururdvijātīnāṃ varṇānāṃ brāhmaṇo guruḥ | patireva guruḥ strīṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ pārthivo guruḥ

For the twice-born the ascetic is the teacher; for the orders of society the Brahmin is the teacher; for women the husband alone is the teacher; and for all, the king is the teacher.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2222–2223 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2222–2223).

Verse 7 (14.108.7)

यद्गृहस्थार्जितं पापं ज्ञानतोऽज्ञानतोपि वा । निर्दहिष्यति तत्सर्वमेकरात्रोषितो यतिः ॥

yadgṛhasthārjitaṃ pāpaṃ jñānato'jñānatopi vā | nirdahiṣyati tatsarvamekarātroṣito yatiḥ

Whatever sin a householder has earned, knowingly or unknowingly, an ascetic who has stayed with him for a single night will burn away entirely.

Note on the text: Corrected यद्गृहस्तार्जितं → यद्गृहस्थार्जितं (misprint in Wikisource; स्त for स्थ; critical-edition Appendix gṛhasthārjitaṃ). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2224–2225 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2224–2225).

Verse 8 (14.108.8)

दुर्वृत्ता वा सुवृत्ता वा ज्ञानिनोऽज्ञानिनोपि वा । गृहस्थैर्यतयः पूज्याः परत्र हितकाङ्क्षिभिः ॥

durvṛttā vā suvṛttā vā jñānino'jñāninopi vā | gṛhasthairyatayaḥ pūjyāḥ paratra hitakāṅkṣibhiḥ

Whether of bad conduct or good, learned or ignorant, ascetics are to be honoured by householders who seek their own welfare in the next world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2226–2227 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2226–2227).

Verse 9 (14.108.9)

एकदण्डी त्रिदण्डी वा शिखी वा मुण्डितोपि वा । काषायदण्डधारोपि यतिः पूज्यो न संशयः ॥

ekadaṇḍī tridaṇḍī vā śikhī vā muṇḍitopi vā | kāṣāyadaṇḍadhāropi yatiḥ pūjyo na saṃśayaḥ

Whether he carries a single staff or a triple staff, wears a topknot or has a shaven head, or bears only the ochre robe and staff, the ascetic is to be honoured, without doubt.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2228–2229 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2228–2229).

Verse 10 (14.108.10)

अपूजितो गृहस्थैर्वा तथा चाप्यवमानितः । यतिर्वाऽप्यतिथिर्वाऽपि नरके पातयिष्यतः ॥

apūjito gṛhasthairvā tathā cāpyavamānitaḥ | yatirvā'pyatithirvā'pi narake pātayiṣyataḥ

An ascetic or a guest who goes unhonoured by householders, or is even insulted, will cast them into hell.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2230–2231 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2230–2231).

Verse 11 (14.108.11)

तस्मात्तु यत्नतः पूज्या मद्भक्ता मत्परायणाः । मयि संन्यस्तकर्माणः परत्र हितकाङ्क्षिभिः ॥

tasmāttu yatnataḥ pūjyā madbhaktā matparāyaṇāḥ | mayi saṃnyastakarmāṇaḥ paratra hitakāṅkṣibhiḥ

Therefore, those devoted to me, who have me as their refuge and have renounced their actions in me, are to be honoured with care by those who seek their welfare in the next world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2232–2233 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2232–2233).

Verse 12 (14.108.12)

प्रहरेन्न द्विजान्विप्रो गां न हन्यात्कदाचन । भ्रूणहत्यासमं चैव उभयं यो निषेवते ॥

praharenna dvijānvipro gāṃ na hanyātkadācana | bhrūṇahatyāsamaṃ caiva ubhayaṃ yo niṣevate

A Brahmin should not strike the twice-born, nor ever kill a cow. One who does both incurs a guilt equal to killing an unborn child.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2234–2235 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2234–2235).

Verse 13 (14.108.13)

नाग्निं मुखेनोपधमेन्न च पादौ प्रतापयेत् । नाधः कुर्यात्कदाचित्तु न पृष्ठं परितापयेत् ॥

nāgniṃ mukhenopadhamenna ca pādau pratāpayet | nādhaḥ kuryātkadācittu na pṛṣṭhaṃ paritāpayet

One should not blow on a fire with the mouth, nor warm one's feet at it, nor ever place it below oneself, nor warm one's back at it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2236–2237 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2236–2237).

Verse 14 (14.108.14)

नान्तरा गमनं कुर्यान्न चामेध्यं विनिक्षिपेत् । उच्छिष्टो न स्पृशेदग्निमाशौचस्थो न जातुचित् ॥

nāntarā gamanaṃ kuryānna cāmedhyaṃ vinikṣipet | ucchiṣṭo na spṛśedagnimāśaucastho na jātucit

One should not pass between the fire and another person, nor throw anything impure into it. One who is unclean after eating, or who is in a state of impurity, should never touch fire.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2238–2239 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2238–2239).

Verse 15 (14.108.15)

श्वचण्डालादिभिः स्पृष्टो नाङ्गमग्नौ प्रतापयेत् । सर्वदेवमयो वह्निस्तस्माच्छुद्धः सदा स्पृशेत् ॥

śvacaṇḍālādibhiḥ spṛṣṭo nāṅgamagnau pratāpayet | sarvadevamayo vahnistasmācchuddhaḥ sadā spṛśet

Having been touched by dogs, outcastes and the like, one should not warm one's body at the fire. Fire is composed of all the gods; therefore one should touch it only when pure.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2240–2241 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2240–2241).

Verse 16 (14.108.16)

प्राप्तमूत्रपुरीषस्तु न स्पृशेद्वह्निमात्मवान् । यावत्तु धारयेद्वेगं तावदप्रयतो भवेत् ॥

prāptamūtrapurīṣastu na spṛśedvahnimātmavān | yāvattu dhārayedvegaṃ tāvadaprayato bhavet

A self-possessed man who feels the need to pass urine or excrement should not touch fire; as long as he holds back the urge, he remains impure.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2242–2243 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2242–2243).

Verse 17 (14.108.17)

पचनाग्निं न गृह्णीयात्परवेश्मनि जातुचित् । तस्मिन्पक्वेन चान्नेन यत्कर्म कुरुते शुभम् ॥

pacanāgniṃ na gṛhṇīyātparaveśmani jātucit | tasminpakvena cānnena yatkarma kurute śubham

One should never take cooking fire in another man's house; and whatever good rite one performs with food cooked on that fire,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2244–2245 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2244–2245).

Verse 18 (14.108.18)

तस्यैव तच्छुभस्यार्धमग्निदस्य भवेन्नृप । तस्माद्गृहगतं वह्निं प्रकुर्यादविनाशितम् ॥

tasyaiva tacchubhasyārdhamagnidasya bhavennṛpa | tasmādgṛhagataṃ vahniṃ prakuryādavināśitam

half the merit of that rite, O king, belongs to the one who gave the fire. Therefore one should keep the fire at home from going out.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2246–2247 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2246–2247).

Verse 19 (14.108.19)

प्रमादाद्यदि वाऽज्ञानात्तस्य नाशो भविष्यति । गृह्णीयात्तु मथित्वा वा श्रोत्रियागारतोपि वा ॥

pramādādyadi vā'jñānāttasya nāśo bhaviṣyati | gṛhṇīyāttu mathitvā vā śrotriyāgāratopi vā

If through carelessness or ignorance it is lost, he may take fire again, either by kindling it by friction or from the house of a learned Brahmin.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2248–2249 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2248–2249).

Verse 20 (14.108.20)

कीदृशाः साधवो विप्रास्तेभ्यो दत्तं महाफलम् । कीदृशेभ्यो हि दातव्यं तन्मे ब्रूहि जनार्दन ॥

kīdṛśāḥ sādhavo viprāstebhyo dattaṃ mahāphalam | kīdṛśebhyo hi dātavyaṃ tanme brūhi janārdana

What kind of Brahmins are good, so that a gift to them brings great fruit? To what kind of persons should one give? Tell me that, O Janardana.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2250–2251 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2250–2251).

Verse 21 (14.108.21)

अक्रोधनाः सत्यपरा धर्मनित्या जितेन्द्रियाः । तादृशाः साधवो विप्रास्तेभ्यो दत्तं महाफलम् ॥

akrodhanāḥ satyaparā dharmanityā jitendriyāḥ | tādṛśāḥ sādhavo viprāstebhyo dattaṃ mahāphalam

Those who are free from anger, devoted to truth, constant in dharma, and masters of their senses: such Brahmins are good, and a gift to them brings great fruit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2252–2253 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2252–2253).

Verse 22 (14.108.22)

अमानिनः सर्वसहा दृष्टार्था विजितेन्द्रियाः । सर्वभूतहिता मैत्रास्तेभ्यो दत्तं महाफलम् ॥

amāninaḥ sarvasahā dṛṣṭārthā vijitendriyāḥ | sarvabhūtahitā maitrāstebhyo dattaṃ mahāphalam

Those who are without pride, who bear everything, who have seen the truth of things, whose senses are fully conquered, who are kind to all beings and friendly: a gift to them brings great fruit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2254–2255 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2254–2255).

Verse 23 (14.108.23)

अलुब्धाः शुचयो वैद्या हीमन्तः सत्यवादिनः । स्वधर्मनिरता ये तु तेभ्यो दत्तं महाफलम् ॥

alubdhāḥ śucayo vaidyā hīmantaḥ satyavādinaḥ | svadharmaniratā ye tu tebhyo dattaṃ mahāphalam

Those who are free from greed, pure, learned, modest and truthful, and who are devoted to their own duty: a gift to them brings great fruit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2256–2257 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2256–2257).

Verse 24 (14.108.24)

साङ्गांश्च चतुरो वेदान्योऽधीयेत दिनेदिने । शूद्रान्नं यस्य नो देहे तत्पात्रमृषयो विदुः ॥

sāṅgāṃśca caturo vedānyo'dhīyeta dinedine | śūdrānnaṃ yasya no dehe tatpātramṛṣayo viduḥ

He who studies the four Vedas with their limbs day after day, and in whose body there is no food of a Shudra, is known by the sages to be a worthy recipient.

Note on the text: Corrected साङ्गंश्च → साङ्गांश्च (misprint in Wikisource; anusvara for ā-matra before the accusative plural; critical-edition Appendix sāṅgāṃś ca). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2258–2259 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2258–2259).

Verse 25 (14.108.25)

प्रज्ञाश्रुताभ्यां वृत्तेन शीलेन च समन्वितः । तारयेत्तत्कुलं सर्वमेकोपीह युधिष्ठिर ॥

prajñāśrutābhyāṃ vṛttena śīlena ca samanvitaḥ | tārayettatkulaṃ sarvamekopīha yudhiṣṭhira

A man endowed with wisdom and learning, with right conduct and good character, saves his whole family even when he is alone in it, O Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2260–2261 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2260–2261).

Verse 26 (14.108.26)

गामश्वमन्नं वित्तं वा तद्विधे प्रतिपादयेत् । निशम्य तु गुणोपेतं ब्राह्मणं साधुसंमतम् । दूरादाहृत्य सत्कृत्य तं प्रयत्नेन पूजयेत् ॥

gāmaśvamannaṃ vittaṃ vā tadvidhe pratipādayet | niśamya tu guṇopetaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ sādhusaṃmatam | dūrādāhṛtya satkṛtya taṃ prayatnena pūjayet

To such a man one should give a cow, a horse, food or wealth. Having heard of a Brahmin who has these virtues and is approved by the good, one should bring him from afar, honour him and worship him with care.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्राह्मअणं → ब्राह्मणं (misprint in Wikisource; stray अ; critical-edition Appendix brāhmaṇaṃ). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2262–2264 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2262–2264). The page prints three lines as one verse; they correspond to CE Appendix lines 2262, 2263 and 2264 (the last in part).

Verse 27 (14.108.27)

धर्माधर्मविधिस्त्वेवं भीमं भीष्मेण भाषितम् । भीष्मवाक्यात्सारभूतं वद धर्मं सुरेश्वर ॥

dharmādharmavidhistvevaṃ bhīmaṃ bhīṣmeṇa bhāṣitam | bhīṣmavākyātsārabhūtaṃ vada dharmaṃ sureśvara

Bhishma has told me in this way the rule of dharma and adharma, and it is a formidable one. Now, O lord of the gods, tell me the essence of dharma drawn from Bhishma's words.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2265–2266 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2265–2266). Speaker heading युधिष्टिर (misprint) read as युधिष्ठिर. The word भीमं is kept as printed (the Appendix reads mama, 'to me', in its place) and is taken as 'formidable', qualifying the rule.

Verse 28 (14.108.28)

अन्नेन धार्यते सर्वं जगदेतच्चराचरम् । अन्नात्प्रभवति प्राणः प्रत्यक्षं नास्ति संशयः ॥

annena dhāryate sarvaṃ jagadetaccarācaram | annātprabhavati prāṇaḥ pratyakṣaṃ nāsti saṃśayaḥ

This whole world, moving and unmoving, is sustained by food. The life-breath arises from food; this is plain to see, and there is no doubt of it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2267–2268 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2267–2268).

Verse 29 (14.108.29)

कलत्रं पीडयित्वा तु देशे काले च शक्तितः । दातव्यं भिक्षवे चान्नमात्मनो भूतिमिच्छता ॥

kalatraṃ pīḍayitvā tu deśe kāle ca śaktitaḥ | dātavyaṃ bhikṣave cānnamātmano bhūtimicchatā

A man who wishes his own prosperity should give food to a mendicant according to place, time and ability, even at the cost of hardship to his wife and household.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2269–2270 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2269–2270).

Verse 30 (14.108.30)

विप्रमध्वपरिश्रान्तं बालं वृद्धमथापि वा । अर्चयेद्गुरुवत्प्रीतो गृहस्थो गृहमागतम् ॥

vipramadhvapariśrāntaṃ bālaṃ vṛddhamathāpi vā | arcayedguruvatprīto gṛhastho gṛhamāgatam

When a Brahmin comes to his house worn out by the road, whether a child or an old man, the householder should gladly honour him as he would a teacher.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2271–2272 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2271–2272).

Verse 31 (14.108.31)

क्रोधमुत्पतितं हित्वा सुशीलो वीतमत्सरः । अर्चयेदतिथिं प्रीतः परत्र हितभूतये ॥

krodhamutpatitaṃ hitvā suśīlo vītamatsaraḥ | arcayedatithiṃ prītaḥ paratra hitabhūtaye

Putting aside the anger that has risen in him, gentle in nature and free from envy, he should gladly honour the guest for his welfare in the next world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2273–2274 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2273–2274).

Verse 32 (14.108.32)

अतिथिं नावमन्येत नानृतां गिरमीरयेत् । न पृच्छेद्गोत्रचरणं नाधीतं वा कदाचन ॥

atithiṃ nāvamanyeta nānṛtāṃ giramīrayet | na pṛcchedgotracaraṇaṃ nādhītaṃ vā kadācana

He should not slight a guest, nor speak an untruth to him, nor ever ask about his lineage, his Vedic school, or what he has studied.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2275–2276 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2275–2276).

Verse 33 (14.108.33)

चण्डालो वा श्वपाको वा काले यः कश्चिदागतः । अन्नेन पूजनीयः स्यात्परत्र हितमिच्छता ॥

caṇḍālo vā śvapāko vā kāle yaḥ kaścidāgataḥ | annena pūjanīyaḥ syātparatra hitamicchatā

Even a Chandala or a dog-eater, whoever arrives at the proper time, should be honoured with food by one who seeks his welfare in the next world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2277–2278 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2277–2278).

Verse 34 (14.108.34)

पिधाय तु गृहद्वारं भुक्ते योऽन्नं प्रहृष्टवान् । स्वर्गद्वारपिधानं वै कृतं तेन युधिष्ठिर ॥

pidhāya tu gṛhadvāraṃ bhukte yo'nnaṃ prahṛṣṭavān | svargadvārapidhānaṃ vai kṛtaṃ tena yudhiṣṭhira

Whoever shuts the door of his house and eats his food in delight, O Yudhishthira, has thereby shut the door of heaven.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2279–2280 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2279–2280).

Verse 35 (14.108.35)

पितॄन्देवानृषीन्विप्रानतिथींश्च निराश्रयान् । यो नरः प्रीणयत्यन्नैस्तस्य पुण्यफलं महत् ॥

pitṝndevānṛṣīnviprānatithīṃśca nirāśrayān | yo naraḥ prīṇayatyannaistasya puṇyaphalaṃ mahat

The man who satisfies with food his ancestors, the gods, the sages, Brahmins, and guests who have no shelter gains a great fruit of merit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2281–2282 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2281–2282).

Verse 36 (14.108.36)

कृत्वा तु पापं बहुशो यो दद्यादन्नमर्थिने । ब्राह्मणाय विशेषेण सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥

kṛtvā tu pāpaṃ bahuśo yo dadyādannamarthine | brāhmaṇāya viśeṣeṇa sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Even one who has committed sin many times, if he gives food to one who asks for it, and above all to a Brahmin, is freed from all his sins.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2283–2284 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2283–2284).

Verse 37 (14.108.37)

अन्नदः प्राणदो लोके प्राणदः सर्वदो भवेत् । तस्मादन्नं विशेषेण दातव्यं भूतिमिच्छता ॥

annadaḥ prāṇado loke prāṇadaḥ sarvado bhavet | tasmādannaṃ viśeṣeṇa dātavyaṃ bhūtimicchatā

The giver of food is the giver of life in the world, and the giver of life is the giver of everything. Therefore one who desires prosperity should give food above all.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2285–2286 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2285–2286).

Verse 38 (14.108.38)

अन्नं ह्यमृतमित्याहुरन्नं प्रजननं स्मृतम् । अन्नप्रणाशे सीदन्ति शरीरे पञ्च धातवः ॥

annaṃ hyamṛtamityāhurannaṃ prajananaṃ smṛtam | annapraṇāśe sīdanti śarīre pañca dhātavaḥ

They say that food is ambrosia, and food is remembered as the means of generation. When food is lost, the five constituents of the body sink.

Note on the text: Corrected अन्नप्रणाशो → अन्नप्रणाशे (misprint in Wikisource; ो for े; critical-edition Appendix annapraṇāśe). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2287–2288 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2287–2288).

Verse 39 (14.108.39)

बलं बलवतो नश्येदन्नहीनस्य देहिनः । तस्मादन्नं प्रदातव्यं श्रद्धयाऽश्रद्धयापि वा ॥

balaṃ balavato naśyedannahīnasya dehinaḥ | tasmādannaṃ pradātavyaṃ śraddhayā'śraddhayāpi vā

The strength of a strong man fails when the embodied being has no food. Therefore food should be given, with faith or even without faith.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2289–2290 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2289–2290). Restored from the critical edition (Appendix I No. 4, line 14,096.015d@004_2290): the page's second line repeats विशेषेण from the previous verse and so has no verb; replaced विशेषेण with the Appendix's प्रदातव्यं (तस्मादन्नं प्रदातव्यं श्रद्धयाऽश्रद्धयापि वा). Appendix line 2289 matches the first line.

Verse 40 (14.108.40)

आदत्ते हि रसं सर्वमादित्यः स्वगभस्तिभिः । वायुस्तस्मात्समादाय रसं मेघेषु धारयेत् ॥

ādatte hi rasaṃ sarvamādityaḥ svagabhastibhiḥ | vāyustasmātsamādāya rasaṃ megheṣu dhārayet

The sun with his rays draws up all the moisture; the wind then takes it and holds it in the clouds.

Note on the text: Corrected मेधेषु → मेघेषु (misprint in Wikisource; ध for घ; critical-edition Appendix megheṣu). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2291–2292 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2291–2292).

Verse 41 (14.108.41)

तत्तु मेघगतं भूमौ शक्रो वर्षति तादृशम् । तेन दिग्धा भवेद्देवी मही प्रीता च पाण्डव ॥

tattu meghagataṃ bhūmau śakro varṣati tādṛśam | tena digdhā bhaveddevī mahī prītā ca pāṇḍava

Indra rains that same moisture down from the clouds upon the earth, and with it the divine Earth is anointed and gladdened, O Pandava.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2293–2294 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2293–2294). Restored from the critical edition (Appendix I No. 4, line 14,096.015d@004_2294): the page prints '****' for the last word; supplied पाण्डव from the Appendix (mahī prītā ca pāṇḍava).

Verse 42 (14.108.42)

तस्यां सस्यानि रोहन्ति यैर्जीवन्त्यखिलाः प्रजाः । मांसमेदोस्थिमज्जानां सम्भवस्तेभ्य एव हि ॥

tasyāṃ sasyāni rohanti yairjīvantyakhilāḥ prajāḥ | māṃsamedosthimajjānāṃ sambhavastebhya eva hi

In her the crops grow, by which all creatures live; from them come flesh, fat, bone and marrow.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2295–2296 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2295–2296).

Verse 43 (14.108.43)

एवं सूर्यश्च पवनो मेघः शक्रस्तथैव च । एक एव स्थितो राशिर्यतो भूतानि जज्ञिरे ॥

evaṃ sūryaśca pavano meghaḥ śakrastathaiva ca | eka eva sthito rāśiryato bhūtāni jajñire

Thus the sun, the wind, the cloud and Indra are but one mass, from which all beings were born.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2297–2298 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2297–2298).

Verse 44 (14.108.44)

भवनानि च दिव्यानि दिवि तेषां महात्मनाम् । नानासंस्थानि भूतानि नानाभूमिगतानि च ॥

bhavanāni ca divyāni divi teṣāṃ mahātmanām | nānāsaṃsthāni bhūtāni nānābhūmigatāni ca

In heaven there are divine mansions of those great souls, of many different forms, and beings of many kinds who have come from many different realms.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2299–2300 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2299–2300).

Verse 45 (14.108.45)

चन्द्रमण्डलशुभ्राणि किङ्किणीजालवन्ति च । तरुणादित्यवर्णानि स्थावराणि चराणि च ॥

candramaṇḍalaśubhrāṇi kiṅkiṇījālavanti ca | taruṇādityavarṇāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca

They are white as the disc of the moon, hung with nets of tinkling bells, bright as the young sun, some fixed and some moving.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2301–2302 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2301–2302).

Verse 46 (14.108.46)

अनेकशतसङ्ख्यानि सान्तर्जलवनानि च । तत्र पुष्पफलोपेताः कामदाः सुरपादपाः ॥

anekaśatasaṅkhyāni sāntarjalavanāni ca | tatra puṣpaphalopetāḥ kāmadāḥ surapādapāḥ

They number many hundreds, with water and groves within them; and there are heavenly trees laden with flowers and fruit that grant every wish.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2303–2304 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2303–2304).

Verse 47 (14.108.47)

वाप्यो बद्धसभाः कूपा दीर्घिकाश्च सहस्रशः । भक्ष्यभोज्यमयाः शैला वासांस्याभरणानि च ॥

vāpyo baddhasabhāḥ kūpā dīrghikāśca sahasraśaḥ | bhakṣyabhojyamayāḥ śailā vāsāṃsyābharaṇāni ca

There are thousands of stepped wells, assembly halls, wells and long lakes; mountains made of food and drink; and garments and ornaments.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2305 and 2307 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2305 and @004_2307; the page's two lines are CE lines 2305 and 2307).

Verse 48 (14.108.48)

क्षीरस्रवन्त्यः सरितस्तथा चैवान्नपर्वताः । घोषवन्ति च यानानि युक्तान्यथ सहस्रशः ॥

kṣīrasravantyaḥ saritastathā caivānnaparvatāḥ | ghoṣavanti ca yānāni yuktānyatha sahasraśaḥ

There are rivers that flow with milk, and mountains of food; and thousands of vehicles, yoked and resounding.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2308 and 2306 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2308 and @004_2306; the page's first line is CE line 2308 and its second is CE line 2306).

Verse 49 (14.108.49)

प्रासादप्रवराः शुभ्राः शय्याश्च कनकोज्ज्वलाः । अन्नदास्तत्र तिष्ठन्ति तस्मादन्नप्रदो भवेत् ॥

prāsādapravarāḥ śubhrāḥ śayyāśca kanakojjvalāḥ | annadāstatra tiṣṭhanti tasmādannaprado bhavet

There are splendid white palaces and couches shining with gold. The givers of food dwell there; therefore one should be a giver of food.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 2309–2310 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_2309–2310).