 | Book 13 Chapter 63
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | śrutaṃ me bhavato vākyam annadānasya yo vidhiḥ
nakṣatrayogasyedānīṃ dānakalpaṃ bravīhi me
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
devakyāś caiva saṃvādaṃ devarṣer nāradasya ca
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| 3 | dvārakām anusaṃprāptaṃ nāradaṃ devadarśanam
papracchainaṃ tataḥ praśnaṃ devakī dharmadarśinī
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| 4 | tasyāḥ saṃpṛcchamānāyā devarṣir nāradas tadā
ācaṣṭa vidhivat sarvaṃ yat tac chṛṇu viśāṃ pate
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| 5 | nārada uvāca
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| 5 | kṛttikāsu mahābhāge pāyasena sasarpiṣā
saṃtarpya brāhmaṇān sādhūṃl lokān āpnoty anuttamān
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| 6 | rohiṇyāṃ prathitair māṃsair māṣair annena sarpiṣā
payo 'nupānaṃ dātavyam ānṛṇyārthaṃ dvijātaye
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| 7 | dogdhrīṃ dattvā savatsāṃ tu nakṣatre somadaivate
gacchanti mānuṣāl lokāt svargalokam anuttamam
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| 8 | ārdrāyāṃ kṛsaraṃ dattvā tailamiśram upoṣitaḥ
naras tarati durgāṇi kṣuradhārāṃś ca parvatān
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| 9 | apūpān punarvasau dattvā tathaivānnāni śobhane
yaśasvī rūpasaṃpanno bahvanne jāyate kule
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| 10 | puṣye tu kanakaṃ dattvā kṛtaṃ cākṛtam eva ca
anālokeṣu lokeṣu somavat sa virājate
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| 11 | āśleṣāyāṃ tu yo rūpyam ṛṣabhaṃ vā prayacchati
sa sarvabhayanirmuktaḥ śātravān adhitiṣṭhati
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| 12 | maghāsu tilapūrṇāni vardhamānāni mānavaḥ
pradāya putrapaśumān iha pretya ca modate
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| 13 | phalgunīpūrvasamaye brāhmaṇānām upoṣitaḥ
bhakṣān phāṇitasaṃyuktān dattvā saubhāgyam ṛcchati
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| 14 | ghṛtakṣīrasamāyuktaṃ vidhivat ṣaṣṭikaudanam
uttarāviṣaye dattvā svargaloke mahīyate
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| 15 | yad yat pradīyate dānam uttarāviṣaye naraiḥ
mahāphalam anantaṃ ca bhavatīti viniścayaḥ
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| 16 | haste hastirathaṃ dattvā caturyuktam upoṣitaḥ
prāpnoti paramāṃl lokān puṇyakāmasamanvitān
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| 17 | citrāyām ṛṣabhaṃ dattvā puṇyān gandhāṃś ca bhārata
caraty apsarasāṃ loke ramate nandane tathā
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| 18 | svātāv atha dhanaṃ dattvā yad iṣṭatamam ātmanaḥ
prāpnoti lokān sa śubhān iha caiva mahad yaśaḥ
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| 19 | viśākhāyām anaḍvāhaṃ dhenuṃ dattvā ca dugdhadām
saprāsaṅgaṃ ca śakaṭaṃ sadhānyaṃ vastrasaṃyutam
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| 20 | pitṝn devāṃś ca prīṇāti pretya cānantyam aśnute
na ca durgāṇy avāpnoti svargalokaṃ ca gacchati
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| 21 | dattvā yathoktaṃ viprebhyo vṛttim iṣṭāṃ sa vindati
narakādīṃś ca saṃkleśān nāpnotīti viniścayaḥ
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| 22 | anurādhāsu prāvāraṃ vastrāntaram upoṣitaḥ
dattvā yugaśataṃ cāpi naraḥ svarge mahīyate
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| 23 | kālaśākaṃ tu viprebhyo dattvā martyaḥ samūlakam
jyeṣṭhāyām ṛddhim iṣṭāṃ vai gatim iṣṭāṃ ca vindati
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| 24 | mūle mūlaphalaṃ dattvā brāhmaṇebhyaḥ samāhitaḥ
pitṝn prīṇayate cāpi gatim iṣṭāṃ ca gacchati
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| 25 | atha pūrvāsv aṣāḍhāsu dadhipātrāṇy upoṣitaḥ
kulavṛttopasaṃpanne brāhmaṇe vedapārage
pradāya jāyate pretya kule subahugokule
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| 26 | udamanthaṃ sasarpiṣkaṃ prabhūtamadhuphāṇitam
dattvottarāsv aṣāḍhāsu sarvakāmān avāpnuyāt
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| 27 | dugdhaṃ tv abhijite yoge dattvā madhughṛtāplutam
dharmanityo manīṣibhyaḥ svargaloke mahīyate
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| 28 | śravaṇe kambalaṃ dattvā vastrāntaritam eva ca
śvetena yāti yānena sarvalokān asaṃvṛtān
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| 29 | goprayuktaṃ dhaniṣṭhāsu yānaṃ dattvā samāhitaḥ
vastraraśmidharaṃ sadyaḥ pretya rājyaṃ prapadyate
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| 30 | gandhāñ śatabhiṣagyoge dattvā sāgurucandanān
prāpnoty apsarasāṃ lokān pretya gandhāṃś ca śāśvatān
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| 31 | pūrvabhādrapadāyoge rājamāṣān pradāya tu
sarvabhakṣaphalopetaḥ sa vai pretya sukhī bhavet
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| 32 | aurabhram uttarāyoge yas tu māṃsaṃ prayacchati
sa pitṝn prīṇayati vai pretya cānantyam aśnute
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| 33 | kāṃsyopadohanāṃ dhenuṃ revatyāṃ yaḥ prayacchati
sā pretya kāmān ādāya dātāram upatiṣṭhati
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| 34 | ratham aśvasamāyuktaṃ dattvāśvinyāṃ narottamaḥ
hastyaśvarathasaṃpanne varcasvī jāyate kule
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| 35 | bharaṇīṣu dvijātibhyas tiladhenuṃ pradāya vai
gāḥ suprabhūtāḥ prāpnoti naraḥ pretya yaśas tathā
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| 36 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 36 | ity eṣa lakṣaṇoddeśaḥ prokto nakṣatrayogataḥ
devakyā nāradeneha sā snuṣābhyo 'bravīd idam
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