 | Book 13 Chapter 62
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | kāni dānāni loke 'smin dātukāmo mahīpatiḥ
guṇādhikebhyo viprebhyo dadyād bharatasattama
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| 2 | kena tuṣyanti te sadyas tuṣṭāḥ kiṃ pradiśanty uta
śaṃsa me tan mahābāho phalaṃ puṇyakṛtaṃ mahat
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| 3 | dattaṃ kiṃ phalavad rājann iha loke paratra ca
bhavataḥ śrotum icchāmi tan me vistarato vada
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| 4 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 4 | imam arthaṃ purā pṛṣṭo nārado devadarśanaḥ
yad uktavān asau tan me gadataḥ śṛṇu bhārata
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| 5 | nārada uvāca
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| 5 | annam eva praśaṃsanti devāḥ sarṣigaṇāḥ purā
lokatantraṃ hi yajñāś ca sarvam anne pratiṣṭhitam
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| 6 | annena sadṛśaṃ dānaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati
tasmād annaṃ viśeṣeṇa dātum icchanti mānavāḥ
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| 7 | annam ūrjaskaraṃ loke prāṇāś cānne pratiṣṭhitāḥ
annena dhāryate sarvaṃ viśvaṃ jagad idaṃ prabho
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| 8 | annād gṛhasthā loke 'smin bhikṣavas tata eva ca
annāt prabhavati prāṇaḥ pratyakṣaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ
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| 9 | kuṭumbaṃ pīḍayitvāpi brāhmaṇāya mahātmane
dātavyaṃ bhikṣave cānnam ātmano bhūtim icchatā
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| 10 | brāhmaṇāyābhirūpāya yo dadyād annam arthine
nidadhāti nidhiṃ śreṣṭhaṃ pāralaukikam ātmanaḥ
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| 11 | śrāntam adhvani vartantaṃ vṛddham arham upasthitam
arcayed bhūtim anvicchan gṛhastho gṛham āgatam
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| 12 | krodham utpatitaṃ hitvā suśīlo vītamatsaraḥ
annadaḥ prāpnute rājan divi ceha ca yat sukham
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| 13 | nāvamanyed abhigataṃ na praṇudyāt kathaṃ cana
api śvapāke śuni vā na dānaṃ vipraṇaśyati
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| 14 | yo dadyād aparikliṣṭam annam adhvani vartate
śrāntāyādṛṣṭapūrvāya sa mahad dharmam āpnuyāt
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| 15 | pitṝn devān ṛṣīn viprān atithīṃś ca janādhipa
yo naraḥ prīṇayaty annais tasya puṇyaphalaṃ mahat
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| 16 | kṛtvāpi pāpakaṃ karma yo dadyād annam arthine
brāhmaṇāya viśeṣeṇa na sa pāpena yujyate
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| 17 | brāhmaṇeṣv akṣayaṃ dānam annaṃ śūdre mahāphalam
annadānaṃ ca śūdre ca brāhmaṇe ca viśiṣyate
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| 18 | na pṛcched gotracaraṇaṃ svādhyāyaṃ deśam eva vā
bhikṣito brāhmaṇeneha janma vānnaṃ prayācitaḥ
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| 19 | annadasyānnavṛkṣāś ca sarvakāmaphalānvitāḥ
bhavantīhātha vāmutra nṛpate nātra saṃśayaḥ
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| 20 | āśaṃsante hi pitaraḥ suvṛṣṭim iva karṣakāḥ
asmākam api putro vā pautro vānnaṃ pradāsyati
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| 21 | brāhmaṇo hi mahad bhūtaṃ svayaṃ dehīti yācate
akāmo vā sakāmo vā dattvā puṇyam avāpnuyāt
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| 22 | brāhmaṇaḥ sarvabhūtānām atithiḥ prasṛtāgrabhuk
viprā yam abhigacchanti bhikṣamāṇā gṛhaṃ sadā
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| 23 | satkṛtāś ca nivartante tad atīva pravardhate
mahābhoge kule janma pretya prāpnoti bhārata
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| 24 | dattvā tv annaṃ naro loke tathā sthānam anuttamam
mṛṣṭamṛṣṭānnadāyī tu svarge vasati satkṛtaḥ
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| 25 | annaṃ prāṇā narāṇāṃ hi sarvam anne pratiṣṭhitam
annadaḥ paśumān putrī dhanavān bhogavān api
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| 26 | prāṇavāṃś cāpi bhavati rūpavāṃś ca tathā nṛpa
annadaḥ prāṇado loke sarvadaḥ procyate tu saḥ
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| 27 | annaṃ hi dattvātithaye brāhmaṇāya yathāvidhi
pradātā sukham āpnoti devaiś cāpy abhipūjyate
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| 28 | brāhmaṇo hi mahad bhūtaṃ kṣetraṃ carati pādavat
upyate tatra yad bījaṃ tad dhi puṇyaphalaṃ mahat
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| 29 | pratyakṣaṃ prītijananaṃ bhoktṛdātror bhavaty uta
sarvāṇy anyāni dānāni parokṣaphalavanty uta
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| 30 | annād dhi prasavaṃ viddhi ratim annād dhi bhārata
dharmārthāv annato viddhi roganāśaṃ tathānnataḥ
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| 31 | annaṃ hy amṛtam ity āha purākalpe prajāpatiḥ
annaṃ bhuvaṃ divaṃ khaṃ ca sarvam anne pratiṣṭhitam
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| 32 | annapraṇāśe bhidyante śarīre pañca dhātavaḥ
balaṃ balavato 'pīha praṇaśyaty annahānitaḥ
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| 33 | āvāhāś ca vivāhāś ca yajñāś cānnam ṛte tathā
na vartante naraśreṣṭha brahma cātra pralīyate
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| 34 | annataḥ sarvam etad dhi yat kiṃ cit sthāṇu jaṅgamam
triṣu lokeṣu dharmārtham annaṃ deyam ato budhaiḥ
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| 35 | annadasya manuṣyasya balam ojo yaśaḥ sukham
kīrtiś ca vardhate śaśvat triṣu lokeṣu pārthiva
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| 36 | megheṣv ambhaḥ saṃnidhatte prāṇānāṃ pavanaḥ śivaḥ
tac ca meghagataṃ vāri śakro varṣati bhārata
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| 37 | ādatte ca rasaṃ bhaumam ādityaḥ svagabhastibhiḥ
vāyur ādityatas tāṃś ca rasān devaḥ prajāpatiḥ
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| 38 | tad yadā meghato vāri patitaṃ bhavati kṣitau
tadā vasumatī devī snigdhā bhavati bhārata
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| 39 | tataḥ sasyāni rohanti yena vartayate jagat
māṃsamedosthiśukrāṇāṃ prādurbhāvas tataḥ punaḥ
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| 40 | saṃbhavanti tataḥ śukrāt prāṇinaḥ pṛthivīpate
agnīṣomau hi tac chukraṃ prajanaḥ puṣyataś ca ha
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| 41 | evam annaṃ ca sūryaś ca pavanaḥ śukram eva ca
eka eva smṛto rāśir yato bhūtāni jajñire
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| 42 | prāṇān dadāti bhūtānāṃ tejaś ca bharatarṣabha
gṛham abhyāgatāyāśu yo dadyād annam arthine
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| 43 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 43 | nāradenaivam ukto 'ham adām annaṃ sadā nṛpa
anasūyus tvam apy annaṃ tasmād dehi gatajvaraḥ
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| 44 | dattvānnaṃ vidhivad rājan viprebhyas tvam api prabho
yathāvad anurūpebhyas tataḥ svargam avāpsyasi
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| 45 | annadānāṃ hi ye lokās tāṃs tvaṃ śṛṇu narādhipa
bhavanāni prakāśante divi teṣāṃ mahātmanām
nānāsaṃsthānarūpāṇi nānāstambhānvitāni ca
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| 46 | candramaṇḍalaśubhrāṇi kiṅkiṇījālavanti ca
taruṇādityavarṇāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca
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| 47 | anekaśatabhaumāni sāntarjalavanāni ca
vaiḍūryārkaprakāśāni raupyarukmamayāni ca
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| 48 | sarvakāmaphalāś cāpi vṛkṣā bhavanasaṃsthitāḥ
vāpyo vīthyaḥ sabhāḥ kūpā dīrghikāś caiva sarvaśaḥ
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| 49 | ghoṣavanti ca yānāni yuktāny atha sahasraśaḥ
bhakṣyabhojyamayāḥ śailā vāsāṃsy ābharaṇāni ca
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| 50 | kṣīraṃ sravantyaḥ saritas tathā caivānnaparvatāḥ
prāsādāḥ pāṇḍurābhrābhāḥ śayyāś ca kanakojjvalāḥ
tān annadāḥ prapadyante tasmād annaprado bhava
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| 51 | ete lokāḥ puṇyakṛtām annadānāṃ mahātmanām
tasmād annaṃ viśeṣeṇa dātavyaṃ mānavair bhuvi
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