 | Book 13 Chapter 65
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | dahyamānāya viprāya yaḥ prayacchaty upānahau
yat phalaṃ tasya bhavati tan me brūhi pitāmaha
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | upānahau prayacched yo brāhmaṇebhyaḥ samāhitaḥ
mardate kaṇṭakān sarvān viṣamān nistaraty api
sa śatrūṇām upari ca saṃtiṣṭhati yudhiṣṭhira
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| 3 | yānaṃ cāśvatarīyuktaṃ tasya śubhraṃ viśāṃ pate
upatiṣṭhati kaunteya rūpyakāñcanabhūṣaṇam
śakaṭaṃ damyasaṃyuktaṃ dattaṃ bhavati caiva hi
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| 4 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 4 | yat phalaṃ tiladāne ca bhūmidāne ca kīrtitam
gopradāne 'nnadāne ca bhūyas tad brūhi kaurava
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| 5 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 5 | śṛṇuṣva mama kaunteya tiladānasya yat phalam
niśamya ca yathānyāyaṃ prayaccha kurusattama
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| 6 | pitṝṇāṃ prathamaṃ bhojyaṃ tilāḥ sṛṣṭāḥ svayaṃbhuvā
tiladānena vai tasmāt pitṛpakṣaḥ pramodate
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| 7 | māghamāse tilān yas tu brāhmaṇebhyaḥ prayacchati
sarvasattvasamākīrṇaṃ narakaṃ sa na paśyati
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| 8 | sarvakāmaiḥ sa yajate yas tilair yajate pitṝn
na cākāmena dātavyaṃ tilaśrāddhaṃ kathaṃ cana
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| 9 | maharṣeḥ kaśyapasyaite gātrebhyaḥ prasṛtās tilāḥ
tato divyaṃ gatā bhāvaṃ pradāneṣu tilāḥ prabho
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| 10 | pauṣṭikā rūpadāś caiva tathā pāpavināśanāḥ
tasmāt sarvapradānebhyas tiladānaṃ viśiṣyate
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| 11 | āpastambaś ca medhāvī śaṅkhaś ca likhitas tathā
maharṣir gautamaś cāpi tiladānair divaṃ gatāḥ
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| 12 | tilahomaparā viprāḥ sarve saṃyatamaithunāḥ
samā gavyena haviṣā pravṛttiṣu ca saṃsthitāḥ
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| 13 | sarveṣām eva dānānāṃ tiladānaṃ paraṃ smṛtam
akṣayaṃ sarvadānānāṃ tiladānam ihocyate
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| 14 | utpanne ca purā havye kuśikarṣiḥ paraṃtapa
tilair agnitrayaṃ hutvā prāptavān gatim uttamām
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| 15 | iti proktaṃ kuruśreṣṭha tiladānam anuttamam
vidhānaṃ yena vidhinā tilānām iha śasyate
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| 16 | ata ūrdhvaṃ nibodhedaṃ devānāṃ yaṣṭum icchatām
samāgamaṃ mahārāja brahmaṇā vai svayaṃbhuvā
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| 17 | devāḥ sametya brahmāṇaṃ bhūmibhāgaṃ yiyakṣavaḥ
śubhaṃ deśam ayācanta yajema iti pārthiva
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| 18 | devā ūcuḥ
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| 18 | bhagavaṃs tvaṃ prabhur bhūmeḥ sarvasya tridivasya ca
yajemahi mahābhāga yajñaṃ bhavadanujñayā
nānanujñātabhūmir hi yajñasya phalam aśnute
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| 19 | tvaṃ hi sarvasya jagataḥ sthāvarasya carasya ca
prabhur bhavasi tasmāt tvaṃ samanujñātum arhasi
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| 20 | brahmovāca
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| 20 | dadāmi medinībhāgaṃ bhavadbhyo 'haṃ surarṣabhāḥ
yasmin deśe kariṣyadhvaṃ yajñaṃ kāśyapanandanāḥ
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| 21 | devā ūcuḥ
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| 21 | bhagavan kṛtakāmāḥ smo yakṣyāmas tv āptadakṣiṇaiḥ
imaṃ tu deśaṃ munayaḥ paryupāsanta nityadā
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| 22 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 22 | tato 'gastyaś ca kaṇvaś ca bhṛgur atrir vṛṣākapiḥ
asito devalaś caiva devayajñam upāgaman
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| 23 | tato devā mahātmāna ījire yajñam acyuta
tathā samāpayām āsur yathākālaṃ surarṣabhāḥ
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| 24 | ta iṣṭayajñās tridaśā himavaty acalottame
ṣaṣṭham aṃśaṃ kratos tasya bhūmidānaṃ pracakrire
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| 25 | prādeśamātraṃ bhūmes tu yo dadyād anupaskṛtam
na sīdati sa kṛcchreṣu na ca durgāṇy avāpnute
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| 26 | śītavātātapasahāṃ gṛhabhūmiṃ susaṃskṛtām
pradāya suralokasthaḥ puṇyānte 'pi na cālyate
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| 27 | mudito vasate prājñaḥ śakreṇa saha pārthiva
pratiśrayapradātā ca so 'pi svarge mahīyate
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| 28 | adhyāpakakule jātaḥ śrotriyo niyatendriyaḥ
gṛhe yasya vaset tuṣṭaḥ pradhānaṃ lokam aśnute
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| 29 | tathā gavārthe śaraṇaṃ śītavarṣasahaṃ mahat
āsaptamaṃ tārayati kulaṃ bharatasattama
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| 30 | kṣetrabhūmiṃ dadal loke putra śriyam avāpnuyāt
ratnabhūmiṃ pradattvā tu kulavaṃśaṃ vivardhayet
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| 31 | na coṣarāṃ na nirdagdhāṃ mahīṃ dadyāt kathaṃ cana
na śmaśānaparītāṃ ca na ca pāpaniṣevitām
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| 32 | pārakye bhūmideśe tu pitṝṇāṃ nirvapet tu yaḥ
tad bhūmisvāmipitṛbhiḥ śrāddhakarma vihanyate
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| 33 | tasmāt krītvā mahīṃ dadyāt svalpām api vicakṣaṇaḥ
piṇḍaḥ pitṛbhyo datto vai tasyāṃ bhavati śāśvataḥ
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| 34 | aṭavīparvatāś caiva nadītīrthāni yāni ca
sarvāṇy asvāmikāny āhur na hi tatra parigrahaḥ
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| 35 | ity etad bhūmidānasya phalam uktaṃ viśāṃ pate
ataḥ paraṃ tu godānaṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi te 'nagha
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| 36 | gāvo 'dhikās tapasvibhyo yasmāt sarvebhya eva ca
tasmān maheśvaro devas tapas tābhiḥ samāsthitaḥ
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| 37 | brahmaloke vasanty etāḥ somena saha bhārata
āsāṃ brahmarṣayaḥ siddhāḥ prārthayanti parāṃ gatim
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| 38 | payasā haviṣā dadhnā śakṛtāpy atha carmaṇā
asthibhiś copakurvanti śṛṅgair vālaiś ca bhārata
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| 39 | nāsāṃ śītātapau syātāṃ sadaitāḥ karma kurvate
na varṣaṃ viṣamaṃ vāpi duḥkham āsāṃ bhavaty uta
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| 40 | brāhmaṇaiḥ sahitā yānti tasmāt parataraṃ padam
ekaṃ gobrāhmaṇaṃ tasmāt pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ
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| 41 | rantidevasya yajñe tāḥ paśutvenopakalpitāḥ
tataś carmaṇvatī rājan gocarmabhyaḥ pravartitā
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| 42 | paśutvāc ca vinirmuktāḥ pradānāyopakalpitāḥ
tā imā vipramukhyebhyo yo dadāti mahīpate
nistared āpadaṃ kṛcchrāṃ viṣamastho 'pi pārthiva
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| 43 | gavāṃ sahasradaḥ pretya narakaṃ na prapaśyati
sarvatra vijayaṃ cāpi labhate manujādhipa
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| 44 | amṛtaṃ vai gavāṃ kṣīram ity āha tridaśādhipaḥ
tasmād dadāti yo dhenum amṛtaṃ sa prayacchati
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| 45 | agnīnām avyayaṃ hy etad dhaumyaṃ vedavido viduḥ
tasmād dadāti yo dhenuṃ sa haumyaṃ saṃprayacchati
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| 46 | svargo vai mūrtimān eṣa vṛṣabhaṃ yo gavāṃ patim
vipre guṇayute dadyāt sa vai svarge mahīyate
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| 47 | prāṇā vai prāṇinām ete procyante bharatarṣabha
tasmād dadāti yo dhenuṃ prāṇān vai sa prayacchati
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| 48 | gāvaḥ śaraṇyā bhūtānām iti vedavido viduḥ
tasmād dadāti yo dhenuṃ śaraṇaṃ saṃprayacchati
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| 49 | na vadhārthaṃ pradātavyā na kīnāśe na nāstike
gojīvine na dātavyā tathā gauḥ puruṣarṣabha
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| 50 | dadāti tādṛśānāṃ vai naro gāḥ pāpakarmaṇām
akṣayaṃ narakaṃ yātīty evam āhur manīṣiṇaḥ
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| 51 | na kṛśāṃ pāpavatsāṃ vā vandhyāṃ rogānvitāṃ tathā
na vyaṅgāṃ na pariśrāntāṃ dadyād gāṃ brāhmaṇāya vai
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| 52 | daśagosahasradaḥ samyak śakreṇa saha modate
akṣayāṃl labhate lokān naraḥ śatasahasradaḥ
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| 53 | ity etad gopradānaṃ ca tiladānaṃ ca kīrtitam
tathā bhūmipradānaṃ ca śṛṇuṣvānne ca bhārata
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| 54 | annadānaṃ pradhānaṃ hi kaunteya paricakṣate
annasya hi pradānena rantidevo divaṃ gataḥ
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| 55 | śrāntāya kṣudhitāyānnaṃ yaḥ prayacchati bhūmipa
svāyaṃbhuvaṃ mahābhāgaṃ sa paśyati narādhipa
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| 56 | na hiraṇyair na vāsobhir nāśvadānena bhārata
prāpnuvanti narāḥ śreyo yathehānnapradāḥ prabho
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| 57 | annaṃ vai paramaṃ dravyam annaṃ śrīś ca parā matā
annāt prāṇaḥ prabhavati tejo vīryaṃ balaṃ tathā
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| 58 | sadbhyo dadāti yaś cānnaṃ sadaikāgramanā naraḥ
na sa durgāṇy avāpnotīty evam āha parāśaraḥ
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| 59 | arcayitvā yathānyāyaṃ devebhyo 'nnaṃ nivedayet
yadanno hi naro rājaṃs tadannās tasya devatāḥ
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| 60 | kaumudyāṃ śuklapakṣe tu yo 'nnadānaṃ karoty uta
sa saṃtarati durgāṇi pretya cānantyam aśnute
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| 61 | abhuktvātithaye cānnaṃ prayacched yaḥ samāhitaḥ
sa vai brahmavidāṃ lokān prāpnuyād bharatarṣabha
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| 62 | sukṛcchrām āpadaṃ prāptaś cānnadaḥ puruṣas taret
pāpaṃ tarati caiveha duṣkṛtaṃ cāpakarṣati
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| 63 | ity etad annadānasya tiladānasya caiva ha
bhūmidānasya ca phalaṃ godānasya ca kīrtitam
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