 | Book 13 Chapter 66
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | śrutaṃ dānaphalaṃ tāta yat tvayā parikīrtitam
annaṃ tu te viśeṣeṇa praśastam iha bhārata
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| 2 | pānīyadānaṃ paramaṃ kathaṃ ceha mahāphalam
ity etac chrotum icchāmi vistareṇa pitāmaha
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| 3 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 3 | hanta te vartayiṣyāmi yathāvad bharatarṣabha
gadatas tan mamādyeha śṛṇu satyaparākrama
pānīyadānāt prabhṛti sarvaṃ vakṣyāmi te 'nagha
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| 4 | yad annaṃ yac ca pānīyaṃ saṃpradāyāśnute naraḥ
na tasmāt paramaṃ dānaṃ kiṃ cid astīti me matiḥ
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| 5 | annāt prāṇabhṛtas tāta pravartante hi sarvaśaḥ
tasmād annaṃ paraṃ loke sarvadāneṣu kathyate
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| 6 | annād balaṃ ca tejaś ca prāṇināṃ vardhate sadā
annadānam atas tasmāc chreṣṭham āha prajāpatiḥ
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| 7 | sāvitryā hy api kaunteya śrutaṃ te vacanaṃ śubham
yataś caitad yathā caitad devasatre mahāmate
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| 8 | anne datte nareṇeha prāṇā dattā bhavanty uta
prāṇadānād dhi paramaṃ na dānam iha vidyate
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| 9 | śrutaṃ hi te mahābāho lomaśasyāpi tad vacaḥ
prāṇān dattvā kapotāya yat prāptaṃ śibinā purā
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| 10 | tāṃ gatiṃ labhate dattvā dvijasyānnaṃ viśāṃ pate
gatiṃ viśiṣṭāṃ gacchanti prāṇadā iti naḥ śrutam
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| 11 | annaṃ cāpi prabhavati pānīyāt kurusattama
nīrajātena hi vinā na kiṃ cit saṃpravartate
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| 12 | nīrajātaś ca bhagavān somo grahagaṇeśvaraḥ
amṛtaṃ ca sudhā caiva svāhā caiva vaṣaṭ tathā
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| 13 | annauṣadhyo mahārāja vīrudhaś ca jalodbhavāḥ
yataḥ prāṇabhṛtāṃ prāṇāḥ saṃbhavanti viśāṃ pate
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| 14 | devānām amṛtaṃ cānnaṃ nāgānāṃ ca sudhā tathā
pitṝṇāṃ ca svadhā proktā paśūnāṃ cāpi vīrudhaḥ
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| 15 | annam eva manuṣyāṇāṃ prāṇān āhur manīṣiṇaḥ
tac ca sarvaṃ naravyāghra pānīyāt saṃpravartate
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| 16 | tasmāt pānīyadānād vai na paraṃ vidyate kva cit
tac ca dadyān naro nityaṃ ya icched bhūtim ātmanaḥ
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| 17 | dhanyaṃ yaśasyam āyuṣyaṃ jaladānaṃ viśāṃ pate
śatrūṃś cāpy adhi kaunteya sadā tiṣṭhati toyadaḥ
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| 18 | sarvakāmān avāpnoti kīrtiṃ caiveha śāśvatīm
pretya cānantyam āpnoti pāpebhyaś ca pramucyate
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| 19 | toyado manujavyāghra svargaṃ gatvā mahādyute
akṣayān samavāpnoti lokān ity abravīn manuḥ
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