Krishna on Vain Gifts and the Honour Due to Brahmins

Verse 1 (14.98.1)

एवं श्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य धर्मपुत्रोऽच्युतस्य तु । पप्रच्छ पुनरप्यन्यं धर्मं धर्मात्मजो हरिम् ॥

evaṃ śrutvā vacastasya dharmaputro'cyutasya tu | papraccha punarapyanyaṃ dharmaṃ dharmātmajo harim

Having heard these words of Achyuta, the son of Dharma, himself righteous, asked Hari about yet another point of dharma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 246–247 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0246–0247). Verse 1 is narration by Vaishampayana (the page heads verse 1 with Vaishampayana).

Verse 2 (14.98.2)

वृथा च कति जन्मानि वृथा दानानि कानि च । वृथा च जीवितं केषां नराणां पुरुषोत्तम ॥

vṛthā ca kati janmāni vṛthā dānāni kāni ca | vṛthā ca jīvitaṃ keṣāṃ narāṇāṃ puruṣottama

How many births are in vain, and which gifts, and whose lives are in vain, O Supreme Person?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 248–249 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0248–0249). Speaker given as Yudhishthira: verses 2–7 are his question, printed on the page with no new heading after the Vaishampayana heading of verse 1 (the Appendix likewise prints a displaced "yudhiṣṭhira uvāca" label beside line 247).

Verse 3 (14.98.3)

कीदृशासु ह्यवस्थासु दानं दत्तं जनार्दन । इह लोकेऽनुभवति पुरुषः पुरुषोत्तम ॥

kīdṛśāsu hyavasthāsu dānaṃ dattaṃ janārdana | iha loke'nubhavati puruṣaḥ puruṣottama

In which stages of life does a gift given here bear fruit for a man in this world, O Janardana, O Supreme Person?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 250–251 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0250–0251).

Verse 4 (14.98.4)

गर्भस्थः किं समश्नाति किं बाल्ये वाऽपि केशव । यौवनस्थेऽपि किं कृष्ण वार्धके वाऽपि किं भवेत् ॥

garbhasthaḥ kiṃ samaśnāti kiṃ bālye vā'pi keśava | yauvanasthe'pi kiṃ kṛṣṇa vārdhake vā'pi kiṃ bhavet

What does one enjoy while in the womb, what in childhood, Keshava? What in youth, Krishna, and what in old age?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 252–253 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0252–0253).

Verse 5 (14.98.5)

सात्विकं कीदृशं दानं राजसं कीदृशं भवेत् । तामसं कीदृशं देव तर्पयिष्यति किं प्रभो ॥

sātvikaṃ kīdṛśaṃ dānaṃ rājasaṃ kīdṛśaṃ bhavet | tāmasaṃ kīdṛśaṃ deva tarpayiṣyati kiṃ prabho

What is a gift of the sattvic kind, and what of the rajasic kind? What is the tamasic kind, O God, and whom does it feed, O Lord?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 254–255 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0254–0255).

Verse 6 (14.98.6)

उत्तमं कीदृशं दानं तेषां वा किं फलं भवेत् । किं दानं नयति ह्यूर्ध्वं किं गतिं मध्यमां नयेत् । गतिं जघन्यामथवा देवदेव ब्रवीहि मे ॥

uttamaṃ kīdṛśaṃ dānaṃ teṣāṃ vā kiṃ phalaṃ bhavet | kiṃ dānaṃ nayati hyūrdhvaṃ kiṃ gatiṃ madhyamāṃ nayet | gatiṃ jaghanyāmathavā devadeva bravīhi me

Which gift is the best, and what is the fruit of each? Which gift leads upward, which to a middling state, and which to the lowest? Tell me this, God of gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 256–259 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0256–0259). Wikisource compresses the Appendix's lines 256–257 into one line (uttamaṃ kīdṛśaṃ dānaṃ teṣāṃ vā kiṃ phalaṃ bhavet) and has gatiṃ madhyamāṃ nayet for the Appendix's bhavet; the third line is Appendix line 259.

Verse 7 (14.98.7)

एतदिच्छामि विज्ञातुं परं कौतूहलं हि मे । त्वदीयं वचनं सत्यं पुण्यं च मधुसूदन ॥

etadicchāmi vijñātuṃ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me | tvadīyaṃ vacanaṃ satyaṃ puṇyaṃ ca madhusūdana

I wish to know this, for my curiosity is great. Your word, Madhusudana, is true and sacred.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 260–261 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0260–0261).

Verse 8 (14.98.8)

एवं धर्मं प्रयत्नेन पृष्टः पाण्डुसुतेन वै । उवाच वासुदेवोऽथ धर्मान्धर्मात्मजस्य तु ॥

evaṃ dharmaṃ prayatnena pṛṣṭaḥ pāṇḍusutena vai | uvāca vāsudevo'tha dharmāndharmātmajasya tu

Questioned with such earnestness about dharma by the son of Pandu, Vasudeva then spoke to the son of Dharma about the duties of dharma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 262–263 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0262–0263). Speaker Vaishampayana per the page heading.

Verse 9 (14.98.9)

शृणु राजन्यथान्यायं वचनं तथ्यमुत्तमम् । कथ्यमानं मया पुण्यं सर्वपापव्यपोहनम् ॥

śṛṇu rājanyathānyāyaṃ vacanaṃ tathyamuttamam | kathyamānaṃ mayā puṇyaṃ sarvapāpavyapohanam

Listen, king, as is right, to these true and excellent words that I tell. They are sacred and wipe away all sin.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 264–265 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0264–0265).

Verse 10 (14.98.10)

वृथा च दश जन्मानि चत्वारि च नराधिप । वृथा दानानि पञ्चाशत्पञ्चैव च यथाक्रमम् ॥

vṛthā ca daśa janmāni catvāri ca narādhipa | vṛthā dānāni pañcāśatpañcaiva ca yathākramam

Fourteen births are in vain, O lord of men, and fifty-five gifts, in due order.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 266–267 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0266–0267).

Verse 11 (14.98.11)

वृथा च जीवितं येषां ते च षट् परिकीर्तिताः । अनुक्रमेण वक्ष्यामि तानि सर्वाणि पार्थिव ॥

vṛthā ca jīvitaṃ yeṣāṃ te ca ṣaṭ parikīrtitāḥ | anukrameṇa vakṣyāmi tāni sarvāṇi pārthiva

And six kinds of lives are declared to be in vain. I will tell you all of these in order, O king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 268–269 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0268–0269). Line 2 has a different word order from the Appendix (line 269: sarvāṇi tāni vakṣyāmi).

Verse 12 (14.98.12)

धर्मघ्नानां वृथा जन्म लुब्धानां पापिनां तथा । वृथा पाकं च येऽश्नन्ति परदाररताश्च ये । पाकभेदकरा ये च ये च स्युः सत्यवर्जिताः ॥

dharmaghnānāṃ vṛthā janma lubdhānāṃ pāpināṃ tathā | vṛthā pākaṃ ca ye'śnanti paradāraratāśca ye | pākabhedakarā ye ca ye ca syuḥ satyavarjitāḥ

The birth of those who destroy dharma is in vain, and of the greedy and the sinful; and of those who eat food in vain, who delight in other men's wives, who break up another's meal, and who are without truth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 270–272 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0270–0272).

Verse 13 (14.98.13)

मृष्टमश्नाति यश्चैकः क्लिश्यमानैस्तु बान्धवैः । पितरं मातरं चैव उपाध्यायं गुरुं तथा । मातुलं मातुलानीं च यो निहन्याच्छपेत वा ॥

mṛṣṭamaśnāti yaścaikaḥ kliśyamānaistu bāndhavaiḥ | pitaraṃ mātaraṃ caiva upādhyāyaṃ guruṃ tathā | mātulaṃ mātulānīṃ ca yo nihanyācchapeta vā

Also the one who eats choice food alone while his kinsmen are suffering; who strikes or curses his father, his mother, his teacher, his preceptor, his maternal uncle or his uncle's wife.

Note on the text: Corrected क्लिस्यमानैस्तु → क्लिश्यमानैस्तु (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; क्लिश्- is the verb (to be afflicted)). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 273–275 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0273–0275). Line 1 has klisyamānaiḥ (corrected here) for the Appendix's dṛśyamānaiḥ, a different reading.

Verse 14 (14.98.14)

ब्राह्मणश्चैव यो भूत्वा सन्ध्योपासनवर्जितः । निस्स्वाहो निस्स्वधश्चैव शूद्राणामन्नभुग्द्विजः ॥

brāhmaṇaścaiva yo bhūtvā sandhyopāsanavarjitaḥ | nissvāho nissvadhaścaiva śūdrāṇāmannabhugdvijaḥ

Also a Brahmin who has given up the twilight worship, who offers neither svaha nor svadha, and a twice-born who eats the food of Shudras;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 276–277 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0276–0277). Line 2 reads niḥsvāho for the Appendix's nirbrahmo (line 277), a different reading.

Verse 15 (14.98.15)

मम वा शंकरस्याथ ब्रह्मणो वा युधिष्ठिर । अथवा ब्राह्मणानां तु ये न भक्ता नराधमाः । वृथाजन्मान्यथैतेषां पापिनां विद्धि पाण्डव ॥

mama vā śaṃkarasyātha brahmaṇo vā yudhiṣṭhira | athavā brāhmaṇānāṃ tu ye na bhaktā narādhamāḥ | vṛthājanmānyathaiteṣāṃ pāpināṃ viddhi pāṇḍava

and those vile men, Yudhishthira, who are not devoted to me, or to Shankara, or to Brahma, or to Brahmins. Know, Pandava, that the births of these sinners are in vain.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्धि डव → विद्धि पाण्डव (misprint in Wikisource; ḍava is not a word; critical-edition Appendix viddhi pāṇḍava). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 278–280 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0278–0280).

Verse 16 (14.98.16)

अश्रद्धयाऽपि यद्दत्तमवमानेन वाऽपि यत् । डंभार्थमपि यद्दत्तं यत्पाषण्डिहृतं नृप ॥

aśraddhayā'pi yaddattamavamānena vā'pi yat | ḍaṃbhārthamapi yaddattaṃ yatpāṣaṇḍihṛtaṃ nṛpa

Gifts given without faith, or with contempt, or for show; what is seized by heretics, O king;

Note on the text: Corrected वामानेन → वमानेन (misprint in Wikisource; अवामानेन for अवमानेन, long ā in the middle of the word; critical-edition Appendix avamānena). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 281–282 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0281–0282).

Verse 17 (14.98.17)

शूद्राचाराय यद्दत्तं यद्दत्त्वा चानुकीर्तितम् । रोषयुक्तं तु यद्दत्तं यद्दत्तमनुशोचितम् ॥

śūdrācārāya yaddattaṃ yaddattvā cānukīrtitam | roṣayuktaṃ tu yaddattaṃ yaddattamanuśocitam

what is given to one who behaves like a Shudra, what is boasted of after giving, what is given in anger, and what is given and afterwards regretted;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 283–284 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0283–0284).

Verse 18 (14.98.18)

डंभार्जितं च यद्दत्तं यच्च वाऽप्यनृतार्जितम् । ब्राह्मणस्वं च यद्दत्तं चौर्येणाप्यार्जितं च यत् ॥

ḍaṃbhārjitaṃ ca yaddattaṃ yacca vā'pyanṛtārjitam | brāhmaṇasvaṃ ca yaddattaṃ cauryeṇāpyārjitaṃ ca yat

what is given out of wealth won by pretence or by falsehood, what is given out of a Brahmin's property, and what has been won by theft;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 285–286 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0285–0286).

Verse 19 (14.98.19)

अभिशस्ताहृतं यत्तु यद्दत्तं पतिते द्विजे । निर्ब्रह्माभिहृतं यत्तु यद्दत्तं सर्वयाचकैः ॥

abhiśastāhṛtaṃ yattu yaddattaṃ patite dvije | nirbrahmābhihṛtaṃ yattu yaddattaṃ sarvayācakaiḥ

what is taken from one who is accused, what is given to a fallen Brahmin, what is seized from one without Vedic learning, and what is taken by every kind of beggar;

Note on the text: Corrected अभिशास्ताहृतं → अभिशस्ताहृतं (misprint in Wikisource; अभिशास्त is not a word; critical-edition Appendix abhiśastāhṛtam). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 287–288 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0287–0288).

Verse 20 (14.98.20)

व्रात्यैस्तु यद्धृतं दानमारूढपतितैश्च यत् । यद्दत्तं स्वैरिणीभर्तुः श्वशुराननुवर्तिने ॥

vrātyaistu yaddhṛtaṃ dānamārūḍhapatitaiśca yat | yaddattaṃ svairiṇībhartuḥ śvaśurānanuvartine

what is taken by outcasts and by those who have fallen after rising, and what is given to the husband of an unchaste woman, or to one who flatters his father-in-law;

Note on the text: Corrected व्राप्यैस्तु → व्रात्यैस्तु (misprint in Wikisource; प for त; critical-edition Appendix vrātyais tu). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 289–290 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0289–0290).

Verse 21 (14.98.21)

यद्ग्रामयाचकहृतं यत्कृतघ्नहृतं तथा । उपपातकिने दत्तं देवविक्रयिणे च यत् ॥

yadgrāmayācakahṛtaṃ yatkṛtaghnahṛtaṃ tathā | upapātakine dattaṃ devavikrayiṇe ca yat

what is taken by village beggars, what is taken by the ungrateful, what is given to one who has committed a minor sin, and what is given to one who sells the gods;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 291–292 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0291–0292).

Verse 22 (14.98.22)

स्त्रीजिताय च यद्दत्तं यद्दत्तं राजसेविने । गणकाय च यद्दत्तं यच्च कारणिकाय च ॥

strījitāya ca yaddattaṃ yaddattaṃ rājasevine | gaṇakāya ca yaddattaṃ yacca kāraṇikāya ca

what is given to one ruled by women, what is given to one who serves a king, what is given to an astrologer, and what is given to a court official;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, line 293 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0293). Only the first half of line 1 (strījitāya ca yad dattam) has a counterpart in the Appendix (line 293); "yad dattaṃ rājasevine" and the whole second line (gaṇakāya … kāraṇikāya) are not in the Appendix.

Verse 23 (14.98.23)

वृषलीपतये दत्तं यद्दत्तं शस्त्रजीविने । भृतकाय च यद्दत्तं व्यालग्राहिहृतं च यत् ॥

vṛṣalīpataye dattaṃ yaddattaṃ śastrajīvine | bhṛtakāya ca yaddattaṃ vyālagrāhihṛtaṃ ca yat

what is given to the husband of a Shudra woman, what is given to one who lives by weapons, what is given to a hired servant, and what is taken by a snake-handler;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, line 293 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0293). Lines 1 (vṛṣalīpataye … śastrajīvine) and the first half of line 2 are not in the Appendix; "vyālagrāhihṛtaṃ ca yat" is the second half of Appendix line 293.

Verse 24 (14.98.24)

पुरोहिताय यद्दत्तं चिकित्सकहृतं च यत् । यद्वणिक्कर्मिणे दत्तं क्षुद्रमन्त्रोपजीविने ॥

purohitāya yaddattaṃ cikitsakahṛtaṃ ca yat | yadvaṇikkarmiṇe dattaṃ kṣudramantropajīvine

what is given to a family priest, what is taken by a physician, what is given to one who works as a trader, and to one who lives by petty spells;

Note on the text: Corrected यद्वणिंक्कर्मिणे → यद्वणिक्कर्मिणे (misprint in Wikisource; anusvara before क is not valid; critical-edition Appendix yad vaṇikkarmiṇe). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 294–295 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0294–0295). Same items, in the same order, as Appendix lines 294–295.

Verse 25 (14.98.25)

यच्छूद्रजीविने दत्तं यच्च देवलकाय च । देवद्रव्याशिने यच्च यद्दत्तं चित्रकर्मिणे ॥

yacchūdrajīvine dattaṃ yacca devalakāya ca | devadravyāśine yacca yaddattaṃ citrakarmiṇe

what is given to one who lives by serving Shudras, to a temple-priest, to one who eats the property of a god, and to a painter;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 296–297 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0296–0297). Appendix lines 296–297, with the same items.

Verse 26 (14.98.26)

रङ्गोपजीविने दत्तं यच्च मांसोपजीविने । सेवकाय च यद्दत्तं यद्दत्तं ब्राह्मणब्रुवे ॥

raṅgopajīvine dattaṃ yacca māṃsopajīvine | sevakāya ca yaddattaṃ yaddattaṃ brāhmaṇabruve

what is given to one who lives by the stage, to one who lives by selling meat, to a servant, and to one who only calls himself a Brahmin;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 298–299 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0298–0299).

Verse 27 (14.98.27)

अदेशिने च यद्दत्तं दत्तं वार्धुषिकाय च । यदनाचारिणे दत्तं यत्तु दत्तमनग्नये ॥

adeśine ca yaddattaṃ dattaṃ vārdhuṣikāya ca | yadanācāriṇe dattaṃ yattu dattamanagnaye

what is given to one who does not know the proper place, to a usurer, to one of bad conduct, and to one who keeps no sacred fire;

Note on the text: Corrected दत्तमनग्रये → दत्तमनग्नये (misprint in Wikisource; ग्र for ग्न; critical-edition Appendix anagnaye (to one without the sacred fire)). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 300–301 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0300–0301). Line 1 reads adeśine ca for the Appendix's agnihīne ca (line 300); line 2 corresponds to line 301 (anagnaye, corrected here).

Verse 28 (14.98.28)

असन्ध्योपासिने दत्तं यच्छूद्रग्रामवासिने । यन्मिथ्यालिङ्गिने दत्तं दत्तं सर्वाशिने च यत् ॥

asandhyopāsine dattaṃ yacchūdragrāmavāsine | yanmithyāliṅgine dattaṃ dattaṃ sarvāśine ca yat

what is given to one who neglects the twilight worship, to one who lives in a Shudra village, to one who wears false marks of piety, and to one who eats anything;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 302–303 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0302–0303).

Verse 29 (14.98.29)

नास्तिकाय च यद्दत्तं धर्मविक्रयिणे च यत् । वराकाय च यद्दत्तं यद्दत्तं कूटसाक्षिणे ॥

nāstikāya ca yaddattaṃ dharmavikrayiṇe ca yat | varākāya ca yaddattaṃ yaddattaṃ kūṭasākṣiṇe

what is given to a denier of the other world, to one who sells dharma, to a wretch, and to a false witness;

Note on the text: Corrected नास्तिकाया → नास्तिकाय (misprint in Wikisource; stray ā; dative singular नास्तिकाय). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 304–305 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0304–0305). Line 1 matches Appendix line 304 (nāstikāya); line 2 has varākāya for the Appendix's cārakāya (line 305).

Verse 30 (14.98.30)

ग्रामकूटाय यद्दत्तं दानं पार्थिवपुङ्गव । वृथा भवति तत्सर्वं नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥

grāmakūṭāya yaddattaṃ dānaṃ pārthivapuṅgava | vṛthā bhavati tatsarvaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

and what is given to a village swindler, best of kings: all of it is in vain, and there is no room for doubt in this.

Note on the text: Corrected पार्तिवपुङ्गव → पार्थिवपुङ्गव (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ; critical-edition Appendix pārthivapuṃgava). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 306–307 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0306–0307). Appendix line 306 (grāmakūṭāya …) and line 307 (vṛthā bhavati tat sarvam …).

Verse 31 (14.98.31)

विप्राणामधरा एते लोलुपा ब्राह्मणाधमाः । नात्मानं तारयन्त्येते न दातारं युधिष्ठिर ॥

viprāṇāmadharā ete lolupā brāhmaṇādhamāḥ | nātmānaṃ tārayantyete na dātāraṃ yudhiṣṭhira

These are the lowest of Brahmins, greedy and vile. They save neither themselves nor the giver, Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 308–309 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0308–0309). Line 1 reads viprāṇām adharā for the Appendix's vipranāmadharā (line 308), a different reading.

Verse 32 (14.98.32)

एतेभ्यो दत्तमात्राणि दानानि सुबहून्यपि । वृथा भवन्ति राजेन्द्र भस्मन्याज्याहुतिर्यथा ॥

etebhyo dattamātrāṇi dānāni subahūnyapi | vṛthā bhavanti rājendra bhasmanyājyāhutiryathā

Gifts given to them, however many, are all in vain, O king of kings, like an oblation of ghee poured on ashes.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 310–311 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0310–0311).

Verse 33 (14.98.33)

एतेषु यत्फलं किंचिद्भविष्यति कथंचन । राक्षसाश्च पिशाचाश्च तद्विलुंपन्ति हर्षिताः ॥

eteṣu yatphalaṃ kiṃcidbhaviṣyati kathaṃcana | rākṣasāśca piśācāśca tadviluṃpanti harṣitāḥ

Whatever fruit may somehow come from them, rakshasas and pishachas gleefully snatch away.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 312–313 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0312–0313).

Verse 34 (14.98.34)

वृथा ह्येतानि दत्तानि कथितानि समासतः । जीवितं तु वृथा येषां तच्छृणुष्व युधिष्ठिर ॥

vṛthā hyetāni dattāni kathitāni samāsataḥ | jīvitaṃ tu vṛthā yeṣāṃ tacchṛṇuṣva yudhiṣṭhira

Thus I have briefly told you which gifts are in vain. Now hear whose lives are in vain, Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Corrected चच्छृणुष्व → तच्छृणुष्व (misprint in Wikisource; च for त; तत् + शृणुष्व). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 314–315 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0314–0315).

Verse 35 (14.98.35)

ये मां न प्रतिपद्यन्ते शङ्करं वा नराधमाः । ब्राह्मणान्वा महीदेवान्वृथा जीवन्ति ते नराः ॥

ye māṃ na pratipadyante śaṅkaraṃ vā narādhamāḥ | brāhmaṇānvā mahīdevānvṛthā jīvanti te narāḥ

Those vile men who do not turn to me, or to Shankara, or to Brahmins, the gods on earth, live in vain.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्रैह्मणान्वा → ब्राह्मणान्वा (misprint in Wikisource; ब्रै for ब्रा; critical-edition Appendix brāhmaṇān). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 316–317 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0316–0317).

Verse 36 (14.98.36)

हेतुशास्त्रेषु ये सक्ताः कुदृष्टिपथमाश्रिताः । देवान्निन्दन्त्यनाचारा वृथा जीवन्ति ते नराः ॥

hetuśāstreṣu ye saktāḥ kudṛṣṭipathamāśritāḥ | devānnindantyanācārā vṛthā jīvanti te narāḥ

Those who cling to the science of argument and follow a mistaken path of views, and in their misconduct revile the gods, live in vain.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 318–319 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0318–0319). Line 2 reads devān nindanti for the Appendix's vedān nindanti (line 319), a different reading.

Verse 37 (14.98.37)

कुशलैः कृतशास्त्राणि पठित्वा ये नराधमाः । विप्रान्निन्दन्ति यज्ञांश्च वृथा जीवन्ति ते नराः ॥

kuśalaiḥ kṛtaśāstrāṇi paṭhitvā ye narādhamāḥ | viprānnindanti yajñāṃśca vṛthā jīvanti te narāḥ

Those vile men who read books composed by the clever and then revile Brahmins and sacrifices live in vain.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 320–321 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0320–0321).

Verse 38 (14.98.38)

ये दुर्गां वा कुमारं वा वायुमग्निं जलं रविम् । पितरं मातरं चैव गुरुमिन्द्रं निशाकरम् । मूढा निन्दन्त्यनाचारा वृथा जीवन्ति ते नराः ॥

ye durgāṃ vā kumāraṃ vā vāyumagniṃ jalaṃ ravim | pitaraṃ mātaraṃ caiva gurumindraṃ niśākaram | mūḍhā nindantyanācārā vṛthā jīvanti te narāḥ

Those foolish and ill-behaved men who revile Durga, Kumara, Vayu, Agni, Water, the Sun, their father and mother, their teacher, Indra and the Moon live in vain.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 322–324 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0322–0324).

Verse 39 (14.98.39)

विद्यमाने धने यस्तु दानधर्मविवर्जितः । मृष्टमश्नाति यश्चैको वृथा जीवति सोपि च ॥

vidyamāne dhane yastu dānadharmavivarjitaḥ | mṛṣṭamaśnāti yaścaiko vṛthā jīvati sopi ca

And he too lives in vain who, though he has wealth, shuns giving and dharma and eats choice food alone.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 325–326 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0325–0326).

Verse 40 (14.98.40)

वृथा जीवितमाख्यातं दानकालं ब्रवीमि ते ॥

vṛthā jīvitamākhyātaṃ dānakālaṃ bravīmi te

Thus the lives that are in vain have been told. Now I will tell you the time of giving.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, line 327 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0327). This verse is printed as a single line on the page (14-98-40a), and the Appendix (line 327) also has it as a single line, so nothing was restored.

Verse 41 (14.98.41)

तमोनिविष्टचित्तेन दत्तं दानं तु यद्भवेत् । तदस्य फलमश्नाति नरो गर्भगतो नृप ॥

tamoniviṣṭacittena dattaṃ dānaṃ tu yadbhavet | tadasya phalamaśnāti naro garbhagato nṛpa

A gift given with a mind sunk in darkness: its fruit a man eats while still in the womb, O king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 328–329 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0328–0329).

Verse 42 (14.98.42)

ईर्ष्यामत्सरसंयुक्तो डंभार्थं चार्थकारणात् । ददाति दानं यो मर्त्यो बालभावे तदश्नुते ॥

īrṣyāmatsarasaṃyukto ḍaṃbhārthaṃ cārthakāraṇāt | dadāti dānaṃ yo martyo bālabhāve tadaśnute

A man who gives out of envy and spite, or for show, or for some gain, enjoys the fruit of it in childhood.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 330–331 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0330–0331).

Verse 43 (14.98.43)

भोक्तुं भोगमशक्तस्तु व्याधिभिः पीडितो भृशम् । ददाति दानं यो मर्त्यो वृद्धभावे तदश्नुते ॥

bhoktuṃ bhogamaśaktastu vyādhibhiḥ pīḍito bhṛśam | dadāti dānaṃ yo martyo vṛddhabhāve tadaśnute

A man who, unable to enjoy pleasures because he is sorely afflicted by illness, gives a gift, enjoys the fruit of it in old age.

Note on the text: Corrected भोक्तं → भोक्तुं (misprint in Wikisource; missing ु; infinitive of भुज्). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 332–333 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0332–0333).

Verse 44 (14.98.44)

श्रद्धायुक्तः शुचिः स्नातः प्रसन्नेन्द्रियमानसः । ददाति दानं यो मर्त्यो यौवने स तदश्नुते ॥

śraddhāyuktaḥ śuciḥ snātaḥ prasannendriyamānasaḥ | dadāti dānaṃ yo martyo yauvane sa tadaśnute

A man who gives with faith, pure, bathed, and with calm senses and mind, enjoys the fruit of it in youth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 334–335 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0334–0335).

Verse 45 (14.98.45)

स्वयं नीत्वा तु यद्दानं भक्त्या पात्रे प्रदीयते । तत्सार्वकालिकं विद्धि दानमामरणान्तिकम् ॥

svayaṃ nītvā tu yaddānaṃ bhaktyā pātre pradīyate | tatsārvakālikaṃ viddhi dānamāmaraṇāntikam

A gift that one carries oneself and gives with devotion to a worthy recipient: know it to be a gift for all times, lasting to the end of life.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 336–337 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0336–0337).

Verse 46 (14.98.46)

राजसं सात्विकं चापि तामसं च युधिष्ठिर । दानं दानफलं चैव गतिं च त्रिविधां शृणु ॥

rājasaṃ sātvikaṃ cāpi tāmasaṃ ca yudhiṣṭhira | dānaṃ dānaphalaṃ caiva gatiṃ ca trividhāṃ śṛṇu

Hear now, Yudhishthira, of the rajasic, sattvic and tamasic gift, of the fruit of the gift, and of the threefold destination.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 338–339 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0338–0339).

Verse 47 (14.98.47)

दानं दातव्यमित्येव मतिं कृत्वा द्विजाय वै । उपकारवियुक्ताय यद्दत्तं तद्धि सात्विकम् ॥

dānaṃ dātavyamityeva matiṃ kṛtvā dvijāya vai | upakāraviyuktāya yaddattaṃ taddhi sātvikam

A gift made to a Brahmin with the thought that a gift must be given, to one who can do nothing in return, is called sattvic.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 340–341 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0340–0341).

Verse 48 (14.98.48)

श्रोत्रियाय दरिद्राय बहुभृत्याय पाण्डव । दीयते यत्प्रहृष्टेन तत्सात्विकमुदाहृतम् ॥

śrotriyāya daridrāya bahubhṛtyāya pāṇḍava | dīyate yatprahṛṣṭena tatsātvikamudāhṛtam

What is gladly given, Pandava, to a Brahmin learned in the Veda, who is poor and has many dependants, is declared sattvic.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 342–343 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0342–0343).

Verse 49 (14.98.49)

वेदाक्षरविहीनाय यत्तु पूर्वोपकारिणे । समृद्धाय च यद्दत्तं तद्दानं राजसं स्मृतम् ॥

vedākṣaravihīnāya yattu pūrvopakāriṇe | samṛddhāya ca yaddattaṃ taddānaṃ rājasaṃ smṛtam

What is given to one who lacks the syllables of the Veda but who once did one a favour, or to one who is already well off, is remembered as a rajasic gift.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 344–345 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0344–0345).

Verse 50 (14.98.50)

संबन्धिने च यद्दत्तं प्रमत्ताय च पाण्डव । फलार्थिभिरपात्राय तद्दानं राजसं स्मृतम् ॥

saṃbandhine ca yaddattaṃ pramattāya ca pāṇḍava | phalārthibhirapātrāya taddānaṃ rājasaṃ smṛtam

What is given to a relative, or to a careless man, or to an unworthy recipient by those seeking a reward, Pandava, is remembered as a rajasic gift.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 346–347 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0346–0347).

Verse 51 (14.98.51)

वैश्वदेवविहीनाय दानमश्रोत्रियाय च । दीयते तस्करायापि तद्दानं तामसं स्मृतम् ॥

vaiśvadevavihīnāya dānamaśrotriyāya ca | dīyate taskarāyāpi taddānaṃ tāmasaṃ smṛtam

A gift given to one who neglects the Vaishvadeva rite, to one not learned in the Veda, or even to a thief, is remembered as tamasic.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 348–349 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0348–0349).

Verse 52 (14.98.52)

सरोषमवधूतं च क्लेशयुक्तमवज्ञया । सेवकाय च यद्दत्तं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ॥

saroṣamavadhūtaṃ ca kleśayuktamavajñayā | sevakāya ca yaddattaṃ tattāmasamudāhṛtam

What is given in anger and with contempt, with vexation and disdain, or to a servant, is declared tamasic.

Note on the text: Corrected यद्दतं → यद्दत्तं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त; the phrase यद्दत्तं recurs throughout the section). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 350–351 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0350–0351).

Verse 53 (14.98.53)

देवाः पितृगणाश्चैव मुनयश्चाग्नयस्तथा । सात्विकं दानमश्नन्ति तुष्यन्ति च नरेश्वर ॥

devāḥ pitṛgaṇāścaiva munayaścāgnayastathā | sātvikaṃ dānamaśnanti tuṣyanti ca nareśvara

The gods, the host of ancestors, the sages and the fires consume the sattvic gift and are pleased by it, O lord of men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 352–353 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0352–0353). Line 1 sātvikaṃ is the page's spelling for the Appendix's sāttvikam.

Verse 54 (14.98.54)

दानवा दैत्यसङ्घाश्च ग्रहा यक्षाः सराक्षसाः । राजसं दानमश्नन्ति वर्जितं पितृदैवतैः ॥

dānavā daityasaṅghāśca grahā yakṣāḥ sarākṣasāḥ | rājasaṃ dānamaśnanti varjitaṃ pitṛdaivataiḥ

Danavas, hosts of Daityas, Grahas, Yakshas and Rakshasas consume the rajasic gift, which the ancestors and gods avoid.

Note on the text: Corrected दैत्यसङ्गाश्च → दैत्यसङ्घाश्च (misprint in Wikisource; ग for घ; critical-edition Appendix daityasaṃghāḥ and the parallel प्रेतसङ्घाः in verse 55). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 354–355 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0354–0355).

Verse 55 (14.98.55)

पिशाचाः प्रेतसङ्घाश्च कश्मला ये मलीमसाः । तामसं दानमश्नन्ति गतिं च त्रिविधां शृणु ॥

piśācāḥ pretasaṅghāśca kaśmalā ye malīmasāḥ | tāmasaṃ dānamaśnanti gatiṃ ca trividhāṃ śṛṇu

Pishachas, hosts of ghosts, and foul and filthy beings consume the tamasic gift. Hear now of the threefold destination.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 356–357 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0356–0357).

Verse 56 (14.98.56)

सात्विकानां तु दानानामुत्तमं फलमश्नुते । मध्यमं राजसानां तु तामसानां तु पश्चिमम् ॥

sātvikānāṃ tu dānānāmuttamaṃ phalamaśnute | madhyamaṃ rājasānāṃ tu tāmasānāṃ tu paścimam

The giver of sattvic gifts obtains the best fruit, the giver of rajasic gifts a middling one, and the giver of tamasic gifts the last.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 358–359 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0358–0359).

Verse 57 (14.98.57)

अभिगम्योपनीतानां दानानामुत्तमं फलम् । मध्यमं तु समाहूय जघन्यं याचते फलम् ॥

abhigamyopanītānāṃ dānānāmuttamaṃ phalam | madhyamaṃ tu samāhūya jaghanyaṃ yācate phalam

Of gifts brought to the recipient by the giver going to him, the fruit is best; of those given after calling him, middling; and of those given on request, the lowest.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 360–361 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0360–0361). Line 1 matches Appendix line 360; line 2 matches line 361.

Verse 58 (14.98.58)

अयाचितप्रदाता यः स याति गतिमुत्तमाम् । समाहूय तु यो दद्यान्मध्यमां स गतिं व्रजेत् । याचितो यश्च वै दद्याज्जघन्यां स गतिं व्रजेत् ॥

ayācitapradātā yaḥ sa yāti gatimuttamām | samāhūya tu yo dadyānmadhyamāṃ sa gatiṃ vrajet | yācito yaśca vai dadyājjaghanyāṃ sa gatiṃ vrajet

One who gives without being asked goes to the highest state. One who gives after calling the recipient goes to the middle state. One who gives when asked goes to the lowest state.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 362–364 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0362–0364).

Verse 59 (14.98.59)

उत्तमा दैविकी ज्ञेया मध्यमा मानुषी गतिः । गतिर्जघन्या तिर्यक्षु गतिरेषा त्रिधा स्मृता ॥

uttamā daivikī jñeyā madhyamā mānuṣī gatiḥ | gatirjaghanyā tiryakṣu gatireṣā tridhā smṛtā

Know the highest destination to be among the gods, the middle one to be among men, and the lowest to be among animals; this is remembered as the threefold destination.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 365–366 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0365–0366).

Verse 60 (14.98.60)

पात्रभूतेषु विप्रेषु संस्थितेष्वाहिताग्निषु । यत्तु निक्षिप्यते दानमक्षयं संप्रकीर्तितम् ॥

pātrabhūteṣu vipreṣu saṃsthiteṣvāhitāgniṣu | yattu nikṣipyate dānamakṣayaṃ saṃprakīrtitam

A gift deposited with worthy Brahmins who are settled in life and keep the sacred fires is declared to be imperishable.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 367–368 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0367–0368).

Verse 61 (14.98.61)

श्रोत्रियाणां दरिद्राणां भरणं कुरु पार्थिव । समृद्धानां द्विजातीनां कुर्यास्तेषां तु रक्षणम् ॥

śrotriyāṇāṃ daridrāṇāṃ bharaṇaṃ kuru pārthiva | samṛddhānāṃ dvijātīnāṃ kuryāsteṣāṃ tu rakṣaṇam

Support the Brahmins learned in the Veda who are poor, O king; and as for the twice-born who are well off, you should protect them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 369–370 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0369–0370).

Verse 62 (14.98.62)

दरिद्रान्वित्तहीनांश्च प्रदानैः सुष्ठु पूजय । आतुरस्यौषधैः कार्यं नीरुजस्य किमौषधैः ॥

daridrānvittahīnāṃśca pradānaiḥ suṣṭhu pūjaya | āturasyauṣadhaiḥ kāryaṃ nīrujasya kimauṣadhaiḥ

Honour well with gifts the poor and the destitute. Medicine is for the sick; what use is medicine to the healthy?

Note on the text: Corrected आतुरस्यैषधैः → आतुरस्यौषधैः (misprint in Wikisource; ऐ for औ; critical-edition Appendix āturasyauṣadhaiḥ). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 371–372 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0371–0372).

Verse 63 (14.98.63)

पापं प्रतिग्रहीतारं प्रदातुरपगच्छति । प्रतिग्रहीतुर्यत्पुण्यं प्रदातारमुपैति तत् । तस्माद्दानं सदा कार्यं परत्र हितमिच्छता ॥

pāpaṃ pratigrahītāraṃ pradāturapagacchati | pratigrahīturyatpuṇyaṃ pradātāramupaiti tat | tasmāddānaṃ sadā kāryaṃ paratra hitamicchatā

The sin of the giver passes to the receiver, and the merit of the receiver comes to the giver. Therefore one who wishes his good in the next world should always give.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 373–375 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0373–0375).

Verse 64 (14.98.64)

वेदविद्यावदातेषु सदा शूद्रान्नवर्जिषु । प्रयत्नेन विधातव्यो महादानमयो निधिः ॥

vedavidyāvadāteṣu sadā śūdrānnavarjiṣu | prayatnena vidhātavyo mahādānamayo nidhiḥ

A treasure of great giving should be laid up with effort among those who are pure in Vedic learning and always avoid the food of Shudras.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 376–377 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0376–0377).

Verse 65 (14.98.65)

येषां दाराः प्रतीक्षन्ते सहस्रस्येव लम्भनम् । भुक्तशेषस्य भक्तस्य तान्निमन्त्रय पाण्डव ॥

yeṣāṃ dārāḥ pratīkṣante sahasrasyeva lambhanam | bhuktaśeṣasya bhaktasya tānnimantraya pāṇḍava

Invite, Pandava, those whose wives wait for the leftover of the meal of a devotee as eagerly as if they were to receive a thousand.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 378–379 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0378–0379).

Verse 66 (14.98.66)

आमन्त्र्य तु निराशानि न कर्तव्यानि भारत । कुलानि सुदरिद्राणि तेषामाशा हता भवेत् ॥

āmantrya tu nirāśāni na kartavyāni bhārata | kulāni sudaridrāṇi teṣāmāśā hatā bhavet

Having invited very poor families, Bharata, do not leave them disappointed, for their hope would be destroyed.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 380–381 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0380–0381).

Verse 67 (14.98.67)

मद्भक्ता ये नरश्रेष्ठ मद्गता मत्परायणाः । मद्याजिनो मन्नियमास्तान्प्रयत्नेन पूजयेत् ॥

madbhaktā ye naraśreṣṭha madgatā matparāyaṇāḥ | madyājino manniyamāstānprayatnena pūjayet

Those who are devoted to me, best of men, who have come to me and have me as their goal, who sacrifice to me and keep my observances: honour them with effort.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 382–383 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0382–0383).

Verse 68 (14.98.68)

तेषां तु पावनायाहं नित्यमेव युधिष्ठिर । उभे सन्ध्येऽधितिष्ठामि ह्यस्कन्नं तद्व्रतं मम ॥

teṣāṃ tu pāvanāyāhaṃ nityameva yudhiṣṭhira | ubhe sandhye'dhitiṣṭhāmi hyaskannaṃ tadvrataṃ mama

To sanctify them I abide always, Yudhishthira, at both twilights. This is my unfailing vow.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 384–385 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0384–0385).

Verse 69 (14.98.69)

तस्मादष्टाक्षरं मन्त्रं मद्भक्तैर्वीतकल्मषैः । सन्ध्याकाले तु जप्तव्यं सततं चात्मशुद्धये ॥

tasmādaṣṭākṣaraṃ mantraṃ madbhaktairvītakalmaṣaiḥ | sandhyākāle tu japtavyaṃ satataṃ cātmaśuddhaye

Therefore my devotees, free of stain, should continually recite the eight-syllable mantra at the twilights for the purification of the self.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 386–387 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0386–0387).

Verse 70 (14.98.70)

अन्येषामपि विप्राणां किल्बिषं हि विनश्यति । उभे सन्ध्येप्युपासीत तस्माद्विप्रो विशुद्धये ॥

anyeṣāmapi viprāṇāṃ kilbiṣaṃ hi vinaśyati | ubhe sandhyepyupāsīta tasmādvipro viśuddhaye

The sins of other Brahmins too are destroyed. Therefore a Brahmin should worship at both twilights for his purification.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 388–389 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0388–0389). Line 1 reads kilbiṣaṃ hi vinaśyati for the Appendix's praṇaśyati (line 388), a different reading; the raw page prints no verse-end mark after line 2 (the verse-end mark in the input is kept).

Verse 71 (14.98.71)

दैवे श्राद्धेपि विप्रः स नियोक्तव्योऽजुगुप्सया । जुगुप्सितस्तु यः श्राद्धं दहत्यग्निरिवेन्धनम् ॥

daive śrāddhepi vipraḥ sa niyoktavyo'jugupsayā | jugupsitastu yaḥ śrāddhaṃ dahatyagnirivendhanam

A Brahmin should be engaged without disdain even at a rite for the gods or at a shraddha. One who is despised burns up the shraddha like fire burning fuel.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 390–391 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0390–0391).

Verse 72 (14.98.72)

भारतं मानवो धर्मो वेदाः साङ्गाश्चिकित्सितम् । आज्ञासिद्धानि चत्वारि न हन्तव्यानि हेतुभिः ॥

bhārataṃ mānavo dharmo vedāḥ sāṅgāścikitsitam | ājñāsiddhāni catvāri na hantavyāni hetubhiḥ

The Bharata, the law of Manu, the Vedas with their limbs, and medicine: these four are established by command and must not be struck down by arguments.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 392–393 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0392–0393).

Verse 73 (14.98.73)

न ब्राह्मणान्परीक्षेत दैवे कर्मणि धर्मवित् । महान्भवेत्परीवादो ब्राह्मणानां परीक्षणे ॥

na brāhmaṇānparīkṣeta daive karmaṇi dharmavit | mahānbhavetparīvādo brāhmaṇānāṃ parīkṣaṇe

One who knows dharma should not examine Brahmins at a rite for the gods. Great reproach comes from examining Brahmins.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 394–395 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0394–0395).

Verse 74 (14.98.74)

ब्राह्मणानां परीवादं यः कुर्यात्स नराधमः । रासभानां शुनां योनिं गच्छेत्पुरुषदूषकः ॥

brāhmaṇānāṃ parīvādaṃ yaḥ kuryātsa narādhamaḥ | rāsabhānāṃ śunāṃ yoniṃ gacchetpuruṣadūṣakaḥ

The vilest of men who slanders Brahmins goes to the womb of donkeys and dogs, a defiler of men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 396–397 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0396–0397).

Verse 75 (14.98.75)

श्वत्वं प्राप्नोति निन्दित्वा परीवादात्खरो भवेत् । कृमिर्भवत्यभिभवात्कीटो भवति मत्सरात् ॥

śvatvaṃ prāpnoti ninditvā parīvādātkharo bhavet | kṛmirbhavatyabhibhavātkīṭo bhavati matsarāt

By reviling them he becomes a dog, by slander a donkey; by insulting them he becomes a worm, and by envy an insect.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 398–399 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0398–0399).

Verse 76 (14.98.76)

दुर्वृत्ता वा सुवृत्ता वा प्राकृता वा सुसंस्कृताः । ब्राह्मणा नावमन्तव्या भस्मच्छन्ना इवाग्नयः ॥

durvṛttā vā suvṛttā vā prākṛtā vā susaṃskṛtāḥ | brāhmaṇā nāvamantavyā bhasmacchannā ivāgnayaḥ

Whether they are ill-behaved or well-behaved, simple or well-trained, Brahmins must not be disrespected: they are like fires covered with ashes.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 400–401 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0400–0401).

Verse 77 (14.98.77)

क्षत्रियं चैव सर्पं च ब्राह्मणं च बहुश्रुतम् । नावमन्येत मेधावी कृशानपि कदाचन ॥

kṣatriyaṃ caiva sarpaṃ ca brāhmaṇaṃ ca bahuśrutam | nāvamanyeta medhāvī kṛśānapi kadācana

A wise man should never disrespect a Kshatriya, a snake or a learned Brahmin, even if they are thin and weak.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 402–403 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0402–0403).

Verse 78 (14.98.78)

एतत्त्रयं हि पुरुषं निर्दहेदवमानितम् । तस्मादेतत्प्रयत्नेन नावमन्येत बुद्धिमान् ॥

etattrayaṃ hi puruṣaṃ nirdahedavamānitam | tasmādetatprayatnena nāvamanyeta buddhimān

These three burn a man who has insulted them. Therefore a prudent man should take care never to insult them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 404–405 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0404–0405).

Verse 79 (14.98.79)

यथा सर्वास्ववस्थासु पावको दैवतं महत् । तथा सर्वास्ववस्थासु ब्राह्मणो दैवतं महत् ॥

yathā sarvāsvavasthāsu pāvako daivataṃ mahat | tathā sarvāsvavasthāsu brāhmaṇo daivataṃ mahat

As fire is a great deity in every condition, so a Brahmin is a great deity in every condition.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 406–407 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0406–0407).

Verse 80 (14.98.80)

व्यङ्गाः काणाश्च कुब्जाश्च वामनाङ्गास्तथैव च । सर्वे दैवे नियोक्तव्या व्यामिश्रा वेदपारगैः ॥

vyaṅgāḥ kāṇāśca kubjāśca vāmanāṅgāstathaiva ca | sarve daive niyoktavyā vyāmiśrā vedapāragaiḥ

The deformed, the one-eyed, the hunchbacked and the dwarfish may all be engaged at a rite for the gods, mixed in among those who have mastered the Vedas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 408–409 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0408–0409).

Verse 81 (14.98.81)

मन्युं नोत्पादयेत्तेषां न चारिष्टं समाचरेत् । मन्युप्रहरणा विप्रा न विप्राः शस्त्रपाणयः ॥

manyuṃ notpādayetteṣāṃ na cāriṣṭaṃ samācaret | manyupraharaṇā viprā na viprāḥ śastrapāṇayaḥ

One should not provoke their anger or do them any harm. Brahmins have anger for a weapon; they do not carry weapons in their hands.

Note on the text: Corrected शश्त्रपाणयः → शस्त्रपाणयः (misprint in Wikisource; duplicated श; the word is शस्त्र). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 410–411 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0410–0411).

Verse 82 (14.98.82)

मन्युना घ्नन्ति ते शत्रून्वज्रेणेन्द्र इवासुरान् । ब्राह्मणो हि महद्दैवं जातिमात्रेण जायते ॥

manyunā ghnanti te śatrūnvajreṇendra ivāsurān | brāhmaṇo hi mahaddaivaṃ jātimātreṇa jāyate

With their anger they strike down their enemies, as Indra struck the asuras with his thunderbolt. A Brahmin is born a great deity by birth alone.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 412–413 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0412–0413).

Verse 83 (14.98.83)

ब्राह्मणः सर्वभूतानां धर्मकोशस्य गुप्तये । किं पुनर्ये च कौन्तेय सन्ध्यां नित्यमुपासते ॥

brāhmaṇaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ dharmakośasya guptaye | kiṃ punarye ca kaunteya sandhyāṃ nityamupāsate

A Brahmin exists to guard the treasury of dharma for all beings. How much more so those who worship at the twilight every day, son of Kunti?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 414–415 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0414–0415).

Verse 84 (14.98.84)

यस्यास्येन समश्नन्ति हव्यानि त्रिदिवौकसः । कव्यानि चैव पितरः किं भूतमधिकं ततः ॥

yasyāsyena samaśnanti havyāni tridivaukasaḥ | kavyāni caiva pitaraḥ kiṃ bhūtamadhikaṃ tataḥ

Through whose mouth the dwellers in heaven eat their offerings, and the ancestors their funeral offerings: what being is greater than he?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 416–417 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0416–0417).

Verse 85 (14.98.85)

उत्पत्तिरेव विप्रस्य मूर्तिधर्मस्य शाश्वती । स हि धर्मार्थमुत्पन्नो ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ॥

utpattireva viprasya mūrtidharmasya śāśvatī | sa hi dharmārthamutpanno brahmabhūyāya kalpate

The birth of a Brahmin is the eternal embodiment of dharma itself. He is born for the sake of dharma and is fit to become one with Brahman.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 418–419 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0418–0419).

Verse 86 (14.98.86)

स्वमेव ब्राह्मणो भुङ्क्ते स्वं वस्ते स्वं ददाति च । आनृशंस्याद्ब्राह्मणस्य भुञ्जते हीतरे जनाः । तस्मात्ते नावमन्तव्या मद्भक्ता हि द्विजाः सदा ॥

svameva brāhmaṇo bhuṅkte svaṃ vaste svaṃ dadāti ca | ānṛśaṃsyādbrāhmaṇasya bhuñjate hītare janāḥ | tasmātte nāvamantavyā madbhaktā hi dvijāḥ sadā

A Brahmin eats what is his own, wears what is his own and gives what is his own. Other people live on the Brahmin's mercy. Therefore Brahmins who are my devotees must never be disrespected.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 420–422 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0420–0422).

Verse 87 (14.98.87)

आरण्यकोपनिषदि ये तु पश्यन्ति मां द्विजाः । निगूढं निष्कलावस्थं तान्प्रयत्नेन पूजय ॥

āraṇyakopaniṣadi ye tu paśyanti māṃ dvijāḥ | nigūḍhaṃ niṣkalāvasthaṃ tānprayatnena pūjaya

Those Brahmins who see me in the Aranyaka Upanishad, hidden and without parts, honour them with effort.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 423–424 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0423–0424).

Verse 88 (14.98.88)

स्वगृहे वा प्रवासे वा दिवारात्रमथापि वा । श्रद्धया ब्राह्मणाः पूज्या मद्भक्ता ये च पाण्डव ॥

svagṛhe vā pravāse vā divārātramathāpi vā | śraddhayā brāhmaṇāḥ pūjyā madbhaktā ye ca pāṇḍava

At home or abroad, by day or by night, Brahmins who are my devotees must be honoured with faith, Pandava.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 425–426 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0425–0426).

Verse 89 (14.98.89)

नास्ति विप्रसमं दैवं नास्ति विप्रसमो गुरुः । नास्ति विप्रात्परो बन्धुर्नास्ति विप्रात्परो निधिः । नास्ति विप्रात्परं तीर्थं न पुण्यं ब्राह्मणात्परम् ॥

nāsti viprasamaṃ daivaṃ nāsti viprasamo guruḥ | nāsti viprātparo bandhurnāsti viprātparo nidhiḥ | nāsti viprātparaṃ tīrthaṃ na puṇyaṃ brāhmaṇātparam

There is no deity equal to a Brahmin, no teacher equal to a Brahmin. There is no kinsman higher than a Brahmin, no treasure higher than a Brahmin; no holy place higher than a Brahmin, and no merit beyond a Brahmin.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 427–429 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0427–0429). The raw page prints no verse-end mark after the third line (the verse-end mark in the input is kept); the three lines correspond to Appendix lines 427–429.

Verse 90 (14.98.90)

न पवित्रं परं विप्रान्न द्विजात्पावनं परम् । नास्ति विप्रात्परो धर्मो नास्ति विप्रात्परा गतिः ॥

na pavitraṃ paraṃ viprānna dvijātpāvanaṃ param | nāsti viprātparo dharmo nāsti viprātparā gatiḥ

Nothing is more purifying than a Brahmin, and no twice-born is a greater purifier. There is no dharma higher than a Brahmin, and no destination higher than a Brahmin.

Note on the text: Corrected विप्राप्तरो → विप्रात्परो (misprint in Wikisource; प्तरो for त्परो; compare नास्ति विप्रात्परा गतिः in the same line). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 430–431 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0430–0431).

Verse 91 (14.98.91)

पापकर्मसमाक्षिप्तं पतन्तं नरके नरम् । त्रायते पात्रमप्येकं पात्रभूते तु तद्द्विजे ॥

pāpakarmasamākṣiptaṃ patantaṃ narake naram | trāyate pātramapyekaṃ pātrabhūte tu taddvije

A man who is falling into hell, dragged down by sinful deeds, is saved by even a single gift made to a Brahmin who is a worthy recipient.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 432–433 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0432–0433). Line 2 reads pātram apy ekaṃ pātrabhūte tu tad dvije for the Appendix's dānam apy ekaṃ pātrabhūte kṛtaṃ dvije (line 433), a different reading.

Verse 92 (14.98.92)

बालाहिताग्नयो ये च शान्ताः शूद्रान्नवर्जिताः । मामर्चयन्ति तद्भक्तास्तेभ्यो दत्तमिहाक्षयम् ॥

bālāhitāgnayo ye ca śāntāḥ śūdrānnavarjitāḥ | māmarcayanti tadbhaktāstebhyo dattamihākṣayam

Those who from childhood keep the sacred fires, who are tranquil and avoid the food of Shudras, and who worship me as my devotees: what is given to them here is imperishable.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 434–435 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0434–0435).

Verse 93 (14.98.93)

प्रदानैः पूजितो विप्रो वन्दितो वापि संस्कृतः । सम्भाषितो वा दृष्टो वा मद्भक्तो दिवमुन्नयेत् ॥

pradānaiḥ pūjito vipro vandito vāpi saṃskṛtaḥ | sambhāṣito vā dṛṣṭo vā madbhakto divamunnayet

A Brahmin who is my devotee, honoured with gifts, or saluted, or treated well, or spoken with, or even seen, can lift a man up to heaven.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 436–437 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0436–0437).

Verse 94 (14.98.94)

ये पठन्ति नमस्यन्ति ध्यायन्ति पुरुषास्तु माम् । स तान्स्पृष्ट्वा च दृष्ट्वा च नरः पापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥

ye paṭhanti namasyanti dhyāyanti puruṣāstu mām | sa tānspṛṣṭvā ca dṛṣṭvā ca naraḥ pāpaiḥ pramucyate

Those who read me, bow to me and meditate on me: a man who touches or sees them is freed from sin.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 438–439 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0438–0439).

Verse 95 (14.98.95)

मद्भक्ता मद्गतप्राणा मद्गीता मत्परायणाः । बीजयोनिविशुद्धा ये श्रोत्रियाः संयतेन्द्रियाः । शूद्रान्नविरता नित्यं ते पुनन्तीह दर्शनात् ॥

madbhaktā madgataprāṇā madgītā matparāyaṇāḥ | bījayoniviśuddhā ye śrotriyāḥ saṃyatendriyāḥ | śūdrānnaviratā nityaṃ te punantīha darśanāt

My devotees, whose very breath is set on me, who sing of me and have me as their goal, who are pure in seed and womb, learned in the Veda and self-controlled, and always avoid the food of Shudras: they purify the world by being seen.

Note on the text: Corrected बीजयोनिविशुद्धा यै → बीजयोनिविशुद्धा ये (misprint in Wikisource; यै for ये; relative pronoun must agree with श्रोत्रियाः). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 440–442 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0440–0442). Line 1 reads madgītā for the Appendix's madgatā (line 440), a different reading.

Verse 96 (14.98.96)

स्वयं नीत्वा विशेषेण दानं तेषां गृहेष्वथ । निवापयेत्तु यद्भक्त्या तद्दानं कोटिसंमितम् ॥

svayaṃ nītvā viśeṣeṇa dānaṃ teṣāṃ gṛheṣvatha | nivāpayettu yadbhaktyā taddānaṃ koṭisaṃmitam

A gift that one carries oneself, in particular, to their houses and lays down there with devotion is counted as a gift of a crore.

Note on the text: Corrected स्वंय → स्वयं (misprint in Wikisource; स्वंय is a misspelling of स्वयं). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 443–444 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0443–0444).

Verse 97 (14.98.97)

जाग्रतः स्वपतो वापि प्रवासेषु गृहेष्वथ । हृदये न प्रणश्यामि यस्य विप्रस्य भावतः ॥

jāgrataḥ svapato vāpi pravāseṣu gṛheṣvatha | hṛdaye na praṇaśyāmi yasya viprasya bhāvataḥ

Whether waking or sleeping, abroad or at home, I am never lost from the heart of any Brahmin who keeps me in his devotion.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 445–446 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0445–0446).

Verse 98 (14.98.98)

स पूजितो वा दृष्टो वा स्पृष्टो वापि द्विजोत्तमः । सम्भाषितो वा राजेन्द्र पुनात्येव नरं सदा ॥

sa pūjito vā dṛṣṭo vā spṛṣṭo vāpi dvijottamaḥ | sambhāṣito vā rājendra punātyeva naraṃ sadā

That best of the twice-born, honoured, seen, touched or spoken with, O king of kings, always purifies a man.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 447–448 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0447–0448).

Verse 99 (14.98.99)

एवं सर्वास्ववस्थासु सर्वदानानि पाण्डव । मद्भक्तेभ्यः प्रदत्तानि स्वर्गमार्गप्रदानि वै ॥

evaṃ sarvāsvavasthāsu sarvadānāni pāṇḍava | madbhaktebhyaḥ pradattāni svargamārgapradāni vai

Thus, in all conditions, Pandava, all gifts made to my devotees lead to the path of heaven.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate Vaishnava-dharma section); found in Appendix I No. 4, lines 449–450 (printed inline as 14,096.015d@004_0449–0450). Appendix line 450 follows a displaced "vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca" label; the speaker stays Krishna per the page.