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brahmovāca / (1.1) Par.?

athātaḥ sampravakṣyāmi dānadharmamanuttamam / (1.2) Par.?

arthānāmucite pātre śraddhayā pratipādanam // (1.3) Par.?

dānaṃ tu kathitaṃ tajjñairbhuktimuktiphalapradam / (2.1) Par.?

nyāyenopārjayedvittaṃ dānabhogaphalaṃ ca tat // (2.2) Par.?

adhyāpanaṃ yājanaṃ ca vṛttamāhuḥ pratigraham / (3.1) Par.?

kusīdaṃ kṛṣivāṇijyaṃ kṣatravṛtto 'tha varjayet // (3.2) Par.?

yaddīyate tu pātrebhyastaddānaṃ parikīrtitam / (4.1) Par.?

nityaṃ naimittikaṃ kāmyaṃ vimalaṃ dānamīritam // (4.2) Par.?

ahanyahani yat kiṃciddīyate 'nupakāriṇe / (5.1) Par.?

anuddiśya phalaṃ tasmādbrāhmaṇāya tu nityaśaḥ // (5.2) Par.?

yattu pāpopaśāntyai ca dīyate vidupāṃ kare / (6.1) Par.?

naimittikaṃ taduddiṣṭaṃ dānaṃ sadbhiranuṣṭhitam // (6.2) Par.?

apatyavijayaiśvaryasvargārthaṃ yatpradīyate / (7.1) Par.?

dānaṃ tatkāmyamākhyātam ṛṣibhirdharmacintakaiḥ // (7.2) Par.?

īśvaraprīṇanārthāya brahmāvitsu pradīyate / (8.1) Par.?

cetasā sattvayuktena dānaṃ tadvimalaṃ śivam // (8.2) Par.?

ikṣubhiḥ saṃtatāṃ bhūmiṃ yavagodhūmaśālinīm / (9.1) Par.?

dadāti vedaviduṣe sa na bhūyo 'bhijāyate // (9.2) Par.?

bhūmidānātparaṃ dānaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati / (10.1) Par.?

vidyāṃ dattvā brāhmaṇāya brahmaloke mahīyate // (10.2) Par.?

dadyādaharahastāstu śraddhayā brahmacāriṇe / (11.1) Par.?

sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmasthānamavāpnuyāt // (11.2) Par.?

vaiśākhyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ tu brāhmaṇānsapta pañca ca / (12.1) Par.?

upoṣyābhyarcayedvidvānmadhunā tilasarpiṣā // (12.2) Par.?

gandhādibhiḥ samabhyarcya vācayedvā svayaṃ vadet / (13.1) Par.?

prīyatāṃ dharmarājeti yathā manasi vartate // (13.2) Par.?

yāvajjīvaṃ kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati / (14.1) Par.?

kṛṣṇājine tilānkṛtvā hiraṇyamadhusarpiṣā // (14.2) Par.?

dadāti yastu viprāya sarvaṃ tarati duṣkṛtam / (15.1) Par.?

ghṛtānnamudakaṃ caiva vaiśākhyāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ // (15.2) Par.?

nirdiśya dharmarājāya viprebhyo mucyate bhayāt / (16.1) Par.?

dvādaśyām arcayed viṣṇum upoṣyāghapraṇāśanam // (16.2) Par.?

sarvapāpavinirmukto naro bhavati niścitam / (17.1) Par.?

yo hi yāṃ devatāmicchetsamārādhayituṃ naraḥ // (17.2) Par.?

brāhmaṇānpūjayed yatnād bhojayedyoṣitaḥ surān / (18.1) Par.?

santānakāmaḥ satataṃ pūjayedvai purandaram // (18.2) Par.?

brahmavarcasakāmastu brāhmaṇānbrahmaniścayāt / (19.1) Par.?

ārogyakāmo 'tha raviṃ dhanakāmo hutāśanam // (19.2) Par.?

karmaṇāṃ siddhikāmastu pūjayedvai vināyakam / (20.1) Par.?

bhogakāmo hi śaśinaṃ balakāmaḥ samīraṇam // (20.2) Par.?

mumukṣuḥ sarvasaṃsārātprayatnenārcayeddharim / (21.1) Par.?

akāmaḥ sarvakāmo vā pūjayettu gadādharam // (21.2) Par.?

vāridastṛptimāpnoti sukhamakṣayyamannadaḥ / (22.1) Par.?

tilapradaḥ prajāmiṣṭāṃ dīpadaścakṣuruttamam // (22.2) Par.?

bhūmidaḥ sarvamāpnoti dīrghamāyurhiraṇyadaḥ / (23.1) Par.?

gṛhado 'gryāṇi veśmāni rūpyado rūpamuttamam // (23.2) Par.?

vāsodaś cāndrasālokyam aśvisālokyamaśvadaḥ / (24.1) Par.?

anaḍuddaḥ śriyaṃ puṣṭāṃ godo bradhnasya viṣṭapam // (24.2) Par.?

yānaśayyāprado bhāryāmaiśvaryamabhayapradaḥ / (25.1) Par.?

dhānyadaḥ śāśvataṃ saukhyaṃ brahmado brahma śāśvatam // (25.2) Par.?

vedavitsu dadajjñānaṃ svargaloke mahīyate / (26.1) Par.?

gavāṃ ghāsapradānena sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate // (26.2) Par.?

indhanānāṃ pradānena dīptāgnirjāyate naraḥ / (27.1) Par.?

auṣadhaṃ snehamāhāraṃ rogirogapraśāntaye // (27.2) Par.?

dadāno rogarahitaḥ sukhī dīrghāyureva ca / (28.1) Par.?

asipatravanaṃ mārgaṃ kṣuradhārāsamanvitam // (28.2) Par.?

tīkṣṇātapaṃ ca tarati chatropānatprado naraḥ / (29.1) Par.?

yadyadiṣṭatamaṃ loke yaccāsya dayitaṃ gṛhe // (29.2) Par.?

tattadguṇavate deyaṃ tadevākṣayamicchatā / (30.1) Par.?

ayane viṣuve caiva grahaṇe candrasūryayoḥ // (30.2) Par.?

saṃkrāntyādiṣu kāleṣu dattaṃ bhavati cākṣayam / (31.1) Par.?

prayāgādiṣu tīrtheṣu gayāyāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ // (31.2) Par.?

dānadharmātparo dharmo bhūtānāṃ neha vidyate / (32.1) Par.?

svargāyurbhūtikāmena dānaṃ pāpopaśāntaye // (32.2) Par.?

dīyamānaṃ tu yo mohādgoviprāgnisureṣu ca / (33.1) Par.?

nivārayati pāpātmā tiryagyoniṃ vrajennaraḥ // (33.2) Par.?

yastu durbhikṣavelāyām annādyaṃ na prayacchati / (34.1) Par.?

mriyamāṇeṣu vipreṣu brahmahā sa tu garhitaḥ // (34.2) Par.?

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe dānadharmanirūpaṇaṃ nāmaikapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ // (35.1) Par.?