 | Book 13 Chapter 64
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | sarvān kāmān prayacchanti ye prayacchanti kāñcanam
ity evaṃ bhagavān atriḥ pitāmahasuto 'bravīt
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| 2 | pavitraṃ śucy athāyuṣyaṃ pitṝṇām akṣayaṃ ca tat
suvarṇaṃ manujendreṇa hariścandreṇa kīrtitam
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| 3 | pānīyadānaṃ paramaṃ dānānāṃ manur abravīt
tasmād vāpīś ca kūpāṃś ca taḍāgāni ca khānayet
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| 4 | ardhaṃ pāpasya harati puruṣasyeha karmaṇaḥ
kūpaḥ pravṛttapānīyaḥ supravṛttaś ca nityaśaḥ
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| 5 | sarvaṃ tārayate vaṃśaṃ yasya khāte jalāśaye
gāvaḥ pibanti viprāś ca sādhavaś ca narāḥ sadā
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| 6 | nidāghakāle pānīyaṃ yasya tiṣṭhaty avāritam
sa durgaṃ viṣamaṃ kṛcchraṃ na kadā cid avāpnute
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| 7 | bṛhaspater bhagavataḥ pūṣṇaś caiva bhagasya ca
aśvinoś caiva vahneś ca prītir bhavati sarpiṣā
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| 8 | paramaṃ bheṣajaṃ hy etad yajñānām etad uttamam
rasānām uttamaṃ caitat phalānāṃ caitad uttamam
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| 9 | phalakāmo yaśaskāmaḥ puṣṭikāmaś ca nityadā
ghṛtaṃ dadyād dvijātibhyaḥ puruṣaḥ śucir ātmavān
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| 10 | ghṛtaṃ māse āśvayuji viprebhyo yaḥ prayacchati
tasmai prayacchato rūpaṃ prītau devāv ihāśvinau
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| 11 | pāyasaṃ sarpiṣā miśraṃ dvijebhyo yaḥ prayacchati
gṛhaṃ tasya na rakṣāṃsi dharṣayanti kadā cana
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| 12 | pipāsayā na mriyate sopacchandaś ca dṛśyate
na prāpnuyāc ca vyasanaṃ karakān yaḥ prayacchati
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| 13 | prayato brāhmaṇāgrebhyaḥ śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ
upasparśanaṣaḍbhāgaṃ labhate puruṣaḥ sadā
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| 14 | yaḥ sādhanārthaṃ kāṣṭhāni brāhmaṇebhyaḥ prayacchati
pratāpārthaṃ ca rājendra vṛttavadbhyaḥ sadā naraḥ
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| 15 | sidhyanty arthāḥ sadā tasya kāryāṇi vividhāni ca
upary upari śatrūṇāṃ vapuṣā dīpyate ca saḥ
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| 16 | bhagavāṃś cāsya suprīto vahnir bhavati nityaśaḥ
na taṃ tyajante paśavaḥ saṃgrāme ca jayaty api
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| 17 | putrāñ chriyaṃ ca labhate yaś chatraṃ saṃprayacchati
cakṣurvyādhiṃ na labhate yajñabhāgam athāśnute
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| 18 | nidāghakāle varṣe vā yaś chatraṃ saṃprayacchati
nāsya kaś cin manodāhaḥ kadā cid api jāyate
kṛcchrāt sa viṣamāc caiva vipra mokṣam avāpnute
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| 19 | pradānaṃ sarvadānānāṃ śakaṭasya viśiṣyate
evam āha mahābhāgaḥ śāṇḍilyo bhagavān ṛṣiḥ
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