Book 13 Chapter 59 | |
1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
1 | yau tu syātāṃ caraṇenopapannau; yau vidyayā sadṛśau janmanā ca
tābhyāṃ dānaṃ katarasmai viśiṣṭam; ayācamānāya ca yācate ca |
2 | bhīṣma uvāca |
2 | śreyo vai yācataḥ pārtha dattam āhur ayācate
arhattamo vai dhṛtimān kṛpaṇād adhṛtātmanaḥ |
3 | kṣatriyo rakṣaṇadhṛtir brāhmaṇo 'narthanādhṛtiḥ
brāhmaṇo dhṛtimān vidvān devān prīṇāti tuṣṭimān |
4 | yācñām āhur anīśasya abhihāraṃ ca bhārata
udvejayati yācan hi sadā bhūtāni dasyuvat |
5 | mriyate yācamāno vai tam anu mriyate dadat
dadat saṃjīvayaty enam ātmānaṃ ca yudhiṣṭhira |
6 | ānṛśaṃsyaṃ paro dharmo yācate yat pradīyate
ayācataḥ sīdamānān sarvopāyair nimantraya |
7 | yadi vai tādṛśā rāṣṭre vaseyus te dvijottamāḥ
bhasmacchannān ivāgnīṃs tān budhyethās tvaṃ prayatnataḥ |
8 | tapasā dīpyamānās te daheyuḥ pṛthivīm api
pūjyā hi jñānavijñānatapoyogasamanvitāḥ |
9 | tebhyaḥ pūjāṃ prayuñjīthā brāhmaṇebhyaḥ paraṃtapa
dadad bahuvidhān dāyān upacchandān ayācatām |
10 | yad agnihotre suhute sāyaṃprātar bhavet phalam
vidyāvedavratavati tad dānaphalam ucyate |
11 | vidyāvedavratasnātān avyapāśrayajīvinaḥ
gūḍhasvādhyāyatapaso brāhmaṇān saṃśitavratān |
12 | kṛtair āvasathair hṛdyaiḥ sapreṣyaiḥ saparicchadaiḥ
nimantrayethāḥ kaunteya kāmaiś cānyair dvijottamān |
13 | api te pratigṛhṇīyuḥ śraddhāpūtaṃ yudhiṣṭhira
kāryam ity eva manvānā dharmajñāḥ sūkṣmadarśinaḥ |
14 | api te brāhmaṇā bhuktvā gatāḥ soddharaṇān gṛhān
yeṣāṃ dārāḥ pratīkṣante parjanyam iva karṣakāḥ |
15 | annāni prātaḥsavane niyatā brahmacāriṇaḥ
brāhmaṇās tāta bhuñjānās tretāgnīn prīṇayantu te |
16 | mādhyaṃdinaṃ te savanaṃ dadatas tāta vartatām
gā hiraṇyāni vāsāṃsi tenendraḥ prīyatāṃ tava |
17 | tṛtīyaṃ savanaṃ tat te vaiśvadevaṃ yudhiṣṭhira
yad devebhyaḥ pitṛbhyaś ca viprebhyaś ca prayacchasi |
18 | ahiṃsā sarvabhūtebhyaḥ saṃvibhāgaś ca sarvaśaḥ
damas tyāgo dhṛtiḥ satyaṃ bhavatv avabhṛthāya te |
19 | eṣa te vitato yajñaḥ śraddhāpūtaḥ sadakṣiṇaḥ
viśiṣṭaḥ sarvayajñebhyo nityaṃ tāta pravartatām |