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