Agni Purana — Chapter 209
AgP 209.1
:ए इत्य् आगेन्ये महापुराणे व्रतदानसमुच्चयो नाम अष्टाधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ सौभाग्याय सुष्टद्वये इति क॥ , छ॥ , ट, च । सौभाग्याय सुबुद्धये इति घ॥ , ज॥ , ञ॥ च :प् २५४ छप्तेर् {२०९} :श् अथ नवाधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः दानपरिभाषाकथनं अग्निर् उवाच दानधर्मान् प्रवक्ष्यामि भुक्तिमुक्तिदान् शृणु दानमिष्टं तथा पूर्तं धर्मं कुर्वन् हि सर्वभाक्
:e ity āgenye mahāpurāṇe vratadānasamuccayo nāma aṣṭādhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 saubhāgyāya suṣṭadvaye iti ka.. , cha.. , ṭa, ca / saubhāgyāya subuddhaye iti gha.. , ja.. , ña.. ca :p 254 chapter {209} :ś atha navādhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ dānaparibhāṣākathanaṃ agnir uvāca dānadharmān pravakṣyāmi bhuktimuktidān śṛṇu dānamiṣṭaṃ tathā pūrtaṃ dharmaṃ kurvan hi sarvabhāk
Agni said: I shall proclaim the duties of giving, which bestow enjoyment and liberation; listen. Giving is (of two kinds,) iṣṭa and likewise pūrta; for one who practises dharma partakes of everything.
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AgP 209.2
वापीकूपतडागानि देवतायतनानि च अन्नप्रदानमारामाः पूर्तं धर्मं च मुक्तिदं
vāpīkūpataḍāgāni devatāyatanāni ca annapradānamārāmāḥ pūrtaṃ dharmaṃ ca muktidaṃ
Step-wells, wells and tanks, and shrines of the gods, the giving of food, and pleasure-groves — this is pūrta dharma, and it bestows liberation.
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AgP 209.3
अग्निहोत्रं तपः सत्यं वेदानाञ्चानुपालनं आतिथ्यं वैश्वदेवञ्च प्राहुरिष्टञ्च नाकदं
agnihotraṃ tapaḥ satyaṃ vedānāñcānupālanaṃ ātithyaṃ vaiśvadevañca prāhuriṣṭañca nākadaṃ
The agnihotra, austerity, truth, and the preservation of the Vedas, hospitality and the Vaiśvadeva rite — these they call iṣṭa, which bestows heaven.
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AgP 209.4
ग्रहोपरागे यद्दानं सूर्यसङ्क्रमणेषु च द्वादश्यादौ च यद्दानं पूर्तं तदपि नाकदं
grahoparāge yaddānaṃ sūryasaṅkramaṇeṣu ca dvādaśyādau ca yaddānaṃ pūrtaṃ tadapi nākadaṃ
Whatever gift (is made) at an eclipse, and at the sun's transits, and whatever gift (is made) on the twelfth and so on — that pūrta too bestows heaven.
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AgP 209.5
देशे काले च पात्रे च दानं कोटिगुणं भवेत् अयने विषुवे पुण्ये व्यतीपाते दिनक्षये
deśe kāle ca pātre ca dānaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ bhavet ayane viṣuve puṇye vyatīpāte dinakṣaye
With (the right) place, time and recipient a gift becomes ten million times (as great): at a solstice, at an equinox, on a holy day, at a vyatīpāta, at the loss of a day,
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AgP 209.6
युगादिषु च सङ्क्रान्तौ चतुर्दश्यष्टमीषु च सितपञ्चदशीसर्वद्वादशीष्वष्टकासु च
yugādiṣu ca saṅkrāntau caturdaśyaṣṭamīṣu ca sitapañcadaśīsarvadvādaśīṣvaṣṭakāsu ca
and at the beginnings of the yugas, at a saṅkrānti, on the fourteenths and eighths, on the bright fifteenth, on all the twelfths, and on the aṣṭakā days,
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AgP 209.7
यज्ञोत्सवविबाहेषु तथा मन्वन्तरादिषु वैधृते दृष्टदुःखप्ने द्रव्यब्राह्मणलाभतः
yajñotsavavibāheṣu tathā manvantarādiṣu vaidhṛte dṛṣṭaduḥkhapne dravyabrāhmaṇalābhataḥ
at sacrifices, festivals and weddings, likewise at the beginnings of manvantaras, at a Vaidhṛti, when an evil dream has been seen, on the acquisition of goods and (the finding of) a brahmin,
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AgP 209.8
श्रद्धा वा यद्दिने तत्र सदा वा दानमिष्यते अयने द्वे विपुवे द्वे चतस्रः षडशीतयः
śraddhā vā yaddine tatra sadā vā dānamiṣyate ayane dve vipuve dve catasraḥ ṣaḍaśītayaḥ
or on whatever day there is faith — then, or indeed always, giving is approved. Two solstices, two equinoxes, four (transits), the ṣaḍaśītis,
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AgP 209.9
चतस्रो विष्णुपद्यश् च सङ्क्रात्यो द्वादशोत्तमाः :प् २५५ कन्यायां मिथुने मीने धनुष्यपि रवेर्गतिः
catasro viṣṇupadyaś ca saṅkrātyo dvādaśottamāḥ :p 255 kanyāyāṃ mithune mīne dhanuṣyapi ravergatiḥ
And the four Viṣṇupadīs, and the twelve saṅkrāntis, are the best (times); (these are) the sun's passage into Virgo, Gemini, Pisces and also Sagittarius.
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AgP 209.10
षडशीतिमुखाः प्रोक्ताः षडशीतिगुणाः फलैः अतीतानागते पुण्ये द्वे उदग्दक्षिणायने
ṣaḍaśītimukhāḥ proktāḥ ṣaḍaśītiguṇāḥ phalaiḥ atītānāgate puṇye dve udagdakṣiṇāyane
(These) are called the openings of the ṣaḍaśītis; the ṣaḍaśītis are multiplied in their fruits. Two are meritorious, past and future: the northward and southward courses (of the sun).
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AgP 209.11
त्रिंशत् कर्कटके नाड्यो मकरे विंशतिः स्मृताः वर्तमाने तुलामेषे नाड्यास्तुभयतो दश
triṃśat karkaṭake nāḍyo makare viṃśatiḥ smṛtāḥ vartamāne tulāmeṣe nāḍyāstubhayato daśa
Thirty nāḍīs are prescribed in Cancer, twenty in Capricorn; in the present (moment), in Libra and Aries, ten nāḍīs on either side.
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AgP 209.12
षडशीत्यां व्यतीतायां षष्टिरुक्तास्तु नाडिकाः पुण्याख्या विष्णुपाद्याञ्च प्राक्पश्चादपि षोडश
ṣaḍaśītyāṃ vyatītāyāṃ ṣaṣṭiruktāstu nāḍikāḥ puṇyākhyā viṣṇupādyāñca prākpaścādapi ṣoḍaśa
When the ṣaḍaśīti has passed, sixty nāḍikās are declared (meritorious); and of the Viṣṇupadīs sixteen before and sixteen after are called meritorious.
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AgP 209.13
श्रवणाश्विधनिष्ठासु नागदैवतमस्तके यदा स्याद्रविवारेण व्यतीपातः स उच्यते
śravaṇāśvidhaniṣṭhāsu nāgadaivatamastake yadā syādravivāreṇa vyatīpātaḥ sa ucyate
When (the moon stands) in Śravaṇa, Aśvinī, Dhaniṣṭhā, or at the head of (Āśleṣā,) whose deity is the Nāga, together with a Sunday, that is called Vyatīpāta.
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AgP 209.14
नवम्यां शुक्लपक्षस्य कार्त्तिके निरगात् कृतं त्रेता सिततृतीयायां वैशाखे द्वापरं युगं
navamyāṃ śuklapakṣasya kārttike niragāt kṛtaṃ tretā sitatṛtīyāyāṃ vaiśākhe dvāparaṃ yugaṃ
The Kṛta (age) went forth on the ninth of the bright fortnight in Kārttika; the Tretā on the bright third in Vaiśākha; the Dvāpara age (as follows):
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AgP 209.15
दर्शे वै माघमासस्य त्रयोदश्यां नभस्यके कृष्णे कलिं विजानीयाज् ज्ञेया मन्वन्तरादयः
darśe vai māghamāsasya trayodaśyāṃ nabhasyake kṛṣṇe kaliṃ vijānīyāj jñeyā manvantarādayaḥ
and the Kali one should know (as beginning) on the new moon of the month Māgha, on the thirteenth of the dark (fortnight) in Nabhasya (Bhādrapada); the manvantaras and the rest are (likewise) to be known.
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AgP 209.16
अश्वयुकच्छुक्लनवमी द्वादशी कार्त्तिके तथा तृतीया चैव माघस्य तथा भाद्रपदस्य च
aśvayukacchuklanavamī dvādaśī kārttike tathā tṛtīyā caiva māghasya tathā bhādrapadasya ca
The bright ninth of Āśvina, likewise the twelfth in Kārttika, and the third of Māgha, and likewise (that) of Bhādrapada,
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AgP 209.17
फाल्गुनस्याप्यमावास्या पौषस्यैकादशी तथा आषाढस्यापि दशमी माघमासस्य सप्तमी
phālgunasyāpyamāvāsyā pauṣasyaikādaśī tathā āṣāḍhasyāpi daśamī māghamāsasya saptamī
and the new-moon day of Phālguna, likewise the eleventh of Pauṣa, also the tenth of Āṣāḍha, the seventh of the month Māgha,
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AgP 209.18
आवाणे चाष्टमी कृष्णा तथाषाढे च पूर्णिमा कार्त्तिके फाल्गुने तद्वज् ज्यैष्ठे पञ्चदशी तथा
āvāṇe cāṣṭamī kṛṣṇā tathāṣāḍhe ca pūrṇimā kārttike phālgune tadvaj jyaiṣṭhe pañcadaśī tathā
and the dark eighth in Śrāvaṇa, likewise the full moon in Āṣāḍha, in Kārttika, in Phālguna as well, and likewise the fifteenth in Jyeṣṭha.
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AgP 209.19
ऊर्ध्वे चैवाग्रहायण्या अष्तकास्तिस्र ईरिताः अष्टकाख्या चाष्टमी स्यादासु(१) दानानि चाक्ष्ययं
ūrdhve caivāgrahāyaṇyā aṣtakāstisra īritāḥ aṣṭakākhyā cāṣṭamī syādāsu(1) dānāni cākṣyayaṃ
And after the Āgrahāyaṇī (full moon) three aṣṭakās are declared; the eighth (day) is called aṣṭakā, and on these (days) gifts are imperishable.
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AgP 209.20
:न् १ स्यादत्रेति ग॥ , घ॥ , ज॥ , ञ॥ च :प् २५६ गयागङ्गाप्रयागादौ तीर्थे देवालयादिषु अप्रार्थितानि दानानि विद्यार्थं कन्यका न हि
:n 1 syādatreti ga.. , gha.. , ja.. , ña.. ca :p 256 gayāgaṅgāprayāgādau tīrthe devālayādiṣu aprārthitāni dānāni vidyārthaṃ kanyakā na hi
At Gayā, the Gaṅgā, Prayāga and the like, at a tīrtha, at temples and such places, gifts (are to be made) unasked; a maiden, however, is not (to be given) for the sake of learning.
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AgP 209.21
दद्यात् पूर्वमुखो दानं गृह्णीयादुत्तरामुखः आयुर्विवर्धते दातुर्ग्रहीतुः क्षीयते न तत्
dadyāt pūrvamukho dānaṃ gṛhṇīyāduttarāmukhaḥ āyurvivardhate dāturgrahītuḥ kṣīyate na tat
Facing east one should give the gift; facing north one should receive it. The giver's lifespan increases, and that of the receiver is not diminished.
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AgP 209.22
नाम गोत्रं समुच्चार्य सम्प्रदानस्य चात्मनः सम्प्रदेयं प्रयच्छन्ति कन्यादाने पुनस्त्रयं
nāma gotraṃ samuccārya sampradānasya cātmanaḥ sampradeyaṃ prayacchanti kanyādāne punastrayaṃ
Having pronounced the name and gotra of the object to be given and of oneself, they hand over what is to be given; in the giving of a maiden, three (namings) again.
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AgP 209.23
स्नात्वाभ्यर्च्य व्याहृतिभिर्दद्याद्दानन्तु सोदकं कनकाश्वतिला नागा दासीरथमहीगृहाः
snātvābhyarcya vyāhṛtibhirdadyāddānantu sodakaṃ kanakāśvatilā nāgā dāsīrathamahīgṛhāḥ
Having bathed and worshipped, one should give the gift with the vyāhṛti formulas, together with water: gold, horses, sesame, elephants, female servants, a chariot, land, houses,
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AgP 209.24
कन्या च कपिला धेनुर्महादानानि वै दश श्रुतशौर्यतपःकन्यायाज्यशिष्यादुपगतं
kanyā ca kapilā dhenurmahādānāni vai daśa śrutaśauryatapaḥkanyāyājyaśiṣyādupagataṃ
a maiden and a tawny cow—these indeed are the ten great gifts. What has come from sacred learning, valour, austerity, a maiden, sacrificial fees, or a pupil
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AgP 209.25
शुल्कं धनं हि सकलं शुल्कं शिल्पानुवृत्तितः कुशीदकृषिवाणिज्यप्राप्तं यदुपकारतः
śulkaṃ dhanaṃ hi sakalaṃ śulkaṃ śilpānuvṛttitaḥ kuśīdakṛṣivāṇijyaprāptaṃ yadupakārataḥ
is wholly white (pure) wealth; white too is what comes from the practice of a craft; what is got by usury, agriculture and trade, and what (comes) from a service rendered (is of middling sort);
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AgP 209.26
पाशकद्यूतचौर्यादिप्रतिरूपकसाहसैः व्याजेनोपावर्जितं कृत्स्नं त्रिविधं त्रिविधं फलं
pāśakadyūtacauryādipratirūpakasāhasaiḥ vyājenopāvarjitaṃ kṛtsnaṃ trividhaṃ trividhaṃ phalaṃ
whatever is wholly acquired by dice, gambling, theft and the like, by counterfeiting, by violence, or by fraud—(is of the third sort): the threefold (wealth has) a threefold fruit.
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AgP 209.27
अध्यग्न्यध्यावाहनिकं दत्तञ्च प्रीतिकर्मणि भ्रातृमातृपितृप्राप्तं षड्विधं स्त्रीधनंस्मृतं(१)
adhyagnyadhyāvāhanikaṃ dattañca prītikarmaṇi bhrātṛmātṛpitṛprāptaṃ ṣaḍvidhaṃ strīdhanaṃsmṛtaṃ(1)
What is given at the (nuptial) fire, what is given at the bridal procession, what is given as a token of affection, and what is obtained from brother, mother and father—this sixfold (property) is declared to be a woman's property.
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AgP 209.28
ब्रह्मक्षत्रविशां द्रव्यं शूद्रस्यैषामनुग्रहात् बहुभ्यो न प्रदेयानि गौर्गृहं शयनं स्त्र्यियः
brahmakṣatraviśāṃ dravyaṃ śūdrasyaiṣāmanugrahāt bahubhyo na pradeyāni gaurgṛhaṃ śayanaṃ stryiyaḥ
The property of brahmins, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas (may pass) to a śūdra by their favour. These are not to be given to many: a cow, a house, a bed, women.
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AgP 209.29
कुलानान्तु शतं हन्यादप्रयच्छन् प्रतिश्रुतं देवानाञ्च गुरूणाञ्च मातापित्रोस्तथैव च
kulānāntu śataṃ hanyādaprayacchan pratiśrutaṃ devānāñca gurūṇāñca mātāpitrostathaiva ca
But one who does not deliver what has been promised destroys a hundred of (his) family lines — (what is promised) to the gods, to the teachers, and likewise to mother and father.
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AgP 209.30
पुण्यं देयं प्रयत्नेन यत् पुण्यञ्चार्जितं क्वचित् :न् १ कुशोदेत्यादिः स्त्रीधनं स्मृतमित्यन्तः पाठः छ॥ पुस्तके नास्ति :प् २५७ प्रतिलाभेच्छया दत्तं यद्धनं तदपार्थकं
puṇyaṃ deyaṃ prayatnena yat puṇyañcārjitaṃ kvacit :n 1 kuśodetyādiḥ strīdhanaṃ smṛtamityantaḥ pāṭhaḥ cha.. pustake nāsti :p 257 pratilābhecchayā dattaṃ yaddhanaṃ tadapārthakaṃ
Merit should be given with effort, and whatever merit has been acquired anywhere. [editorial note 1: the passage beginning 'kuśo...' and ending '...strīdhanaṃ smṛtam' is absent in MS cha; p. 257] Whatever wealth is given with the wish for a return is fruitless.
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AgP 209.31
श्रद्धया साध्यते धर्मो दत्तं वार्यपि चाक्षयं ज्ञानशीलगुणोपेतः परपीडावहिष्कृतः
śraddhayā sādhyate dharmo dattaṃ vāryapi cākṣayaṃ jñānaśīlaguṇopetaḥ parapīḍāvahiṣkṛtaḥ
By faith dharma is accomplished, and even water given (thus) is imperishable; (a recipient) endowed with knowledge, good conduct and virtue, who refrains from injuring others —
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AgP 209.32
अज्ञानां पालनात्त्राणात्तत् पात्रं परमं स्मृतं मातुः शतगुणं दानं सहस्रं पितुरुच्यते
ajñānāṃ pālanāttrāṇāttat pātraṃ paramaṃ smṛtaṃ mātuḥ śataguṇaṃ dānaṃ sahasraṃ piturucyate
— because of (his) protecting and rescuing the ignorant, he is declared the highest vessel (of gifts). A gift to a mother is hundredfold, to a father it is said to be thousandfold.
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AgP 209.33
अनन्तं दुहितुर्दानं सोदर्ये दत्तमक्षयं अमनुष्ये समं दानं पापे ज्ञेयं महाफलं
anantaṃ duhiturdānaṃ sodarye dattamakṣayaṃ amanuṣye samaṃ dānaṃ pāpe jñeyaṃ mahāphalaṃ
A gift to a daughter is endless; what is given to a full brother is imperishable; a gift to a non-human is equal (in return); to a sinner it is to be known as of great fruit.
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AgP 209.34
वर्णसङ्करे द्विगुणं शूद्रे दानं चतुर्गुणं वैश्ये चाष्टगुणं क्षत्रे षोडशत्वं द्विजव्रुवे
varṇasaṅkare dviguṇaṃ śūdre dānaṃ caturguṇaṃ vaiśye cāṣṭaguṇaṃ kṣatre ṣoḍaśatvaṃ dvijavruve
To one of mixed caste a gift is twofold, to a śūdra fourfold, to a vaiśya eightfold, to a kṣatriya sixteenfold, to one called a twice-born (still more).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 209.35
वेदाध्याये शतगुणमन्तं वेदबोधके(१) पुरोहिते याजकादौ(२) दानमक्षयमुच्यते
vedādhyāye śataguṇamantaṃ vedabodhake(1) purohite yājakādau(2) dānamakṣayamucyate
To a student of the Veda a hundredfold, endless to a teacher of the Veda; to a household priest, a sacrificer and the like, the gift is said to be imperishable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 209.36
श्रीविहीनेषु यद्दत्तं तदनन्तं च यजवनि अतपस्व्यनधीयानः प्रतिग्रहरुचिर्द्विजः
śrīvihīneṣu yaddattaṃ tadanantaṃ ca yajavani atapasvyanadhīyānaḥ pratigraharucirdvijaḥ
And what is given to those bereft of prosperity is endless... A twice-born who practises no austerity, does not study, but is fond of accepting gifts —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 209.37
अम्भस्यश्मप्लवेनैव सह तेनैव मज्जति स्नातः सम्यगुपस्पृश्य गृह्णीयात् प्रयतः शुचिः
ambhasyaśmaplavenaiva saha tenaiva majjati snātaḥ samyagupaspṛśya gṛhṇīyāt prayataḥ śuciḥ
— he sinks together with (the giver), just as with a raft of stone in water. Bathed, having properly sipped water, controlled and pure, one should accept (a gift).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 209.38
प्रतिग्रहीता सावित्रीं सर्वदैव प्रकीर्तयेत्(३) ततस्तु कीर्तयेत्सार्धं द्रव्येण सह दैवतं
pratigrahītā sāvitrīṃ sarvadaiva prakīrtayet(3) tatastu kīrtayetsārdhaṃ dravyeṇa saha daivataṃ
The receiver should always recite the Sāvitrī; and thereafter he should pronounce, along with (the name of) the object, the deity as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 209.39
प्रतिग्राही पठेदुच्चैः प्रतिगृह्य द्विजोत्तमात् मन्दं पठेत् क्षत्रियात्तु उपांशु च तथा विशः
pratigrāhī paṭheduccaiḥ pratigṛhya dvijottamāt mandaṃ paṭhet kṣatriyāttu upāṃśu ca tathā viśaḥ
The recipient should recite aloud when accepting from a foremost twice-born; softly when from a kṣatriya, and in a whisper likewise from a vaiśya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 209.40
:न् १ ब्रह्मबोधके इति घ॥ , ङ॥ , ज॥ , ञ॥ , ट॥ च २ पुरोहिते याचकादाविति ख॥ , छ॥ , ट॥ च ३ सर्वत्रैव प्रकीर्तयेदिति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , ज॥ , ञ॥ , ट॥ च :प् २५८ मनसा च तथा शूद्रात् स्वस्तिवाचनकं तथा अभयं सर्वदैवत्यं भूमिर्वै विष्णुदेवता
:n 1 brahmabodhake iti gha.. , ṅa.. , ja.. , ña.. , ṭa.. ca 2 purohite yācakādāviti kha.. , cha.. , ṭa.. ca 3 sarvatraiva prakīrtayediti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , ja.. , ña.. , ṭa.. ca :p 258 manasā ca tathā śūdrāt svastivācanakaṃ tathā abhayaṃ sarvadaivatyaṃ bhūmirvai viṣṇudevatā
[apparatus: 1 'brahmabodhake' in MSS gha, ṅa, ja, ña, ṭa; 2 'purohite yācakādau' in MSS kha, cha, ṭa; 3 'sarvatraiva prakīrtayet' in MSS kha, ga, gha, ṅa, ja, ña, ṭa; p. 258] And mentally when from a śūdra, and likewise the svasti-pronouncement. The gift of safety has all the gods for its deity; land indeed has Viṣṇu for its deity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 209.41
कन्या दासस् तथा दासी प्राजापत्याः प्रकिर्तिताः प्राजापत्यो गजः प्रोक्तस्तुरगो यमदैवतः
kanyā dāsas tathā dāsī prājāpatyāḥ prakirtitāḥ prājāpatyo gajaḥ proktasturago yamadaivataḥ
A maiden, a male slave and a female slave are declared to have Prajāpati as deity; the elephant is said to belong to Prajāpati, the horse has Yama as its deity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 209.42
तथा चैकशफं सर्वं याम्यश् च महिषस् तथा उष्ट्रश् च नैरृतो धेनू रौद्री छागो ऽनलस् तथा
tathā caikaśaphaṃ sarvaṃ yāmyaś ca mahiṣas tathā uṣṭraś ca nairṛto dhenū raudrī chāgo 'nalas tathā
And likewise every single-hoofed animal; the buffalo too belongs to Yama; the camel belongs to Nirṛti, the cow to Rudra, and the goat to Agni.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 209.43
आप्यो मेषो हरिः क्रीड आरण्याः पशवो ऽनिलाः जलाशयं वारुणं स्याद्वारिधानीघटादयः
āpyo meṣo hariḥ krīḍa āraṇyāḥ paśavo 'nilāḥ jalāśayaṃ vāruṇaṃ syādvāridhānīghaṭādayaḥ
The ram belongs to the waters, the monkey to Krīḍa(?); wild animals belong to the winds; a reservoir would belong to Varuṇa, as would water-jars, pots and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 209.44
समुद्रजानि रत्नानि हेमलौहानि चानलः प्राजापत्यानि शस्यानि पक्वान्नमपि सत्तम
samudrajāni ratnāni hemalauhāni cānalaḥ prājāpatyāni śasyāni pakvānnamapi sattama
Jewels born of the sea, and gold and metals, belong to Agni; grains belong to Prajāpati, and cooked food as well, O best one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 209.45
गान्धर्वं गन्धमित्याहुर्वस्त्रं वार्हस्पतं स्मृतं वायव्याः पक्षिणः सर्वे विद्या ब्राह्मी तथाङ्गकं
gāndharvaṃ gandhamityāhurvastraṃ vārhaspataṃ smṛtaṃ vāyavyāḥ pakṣiṇaḥ sarve vidyā brāhmī tathāṅgakaṃ
Perfume, they say, belongs to the Gandharvas; cloth is held to belong to Bṛhaspati; all birds belong to Vāyu; learning and the Vedāṅgas belong to Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 209.46
सारस्वतं पुस्तकादि विश्वकर्मा तु शिलप्के वनस्पतिर्द्रुमादीनां द्रव्यदेवा हरेस्तनुः
sārasvataṃ pustakādi viśvakarmā tu śilapke vanaspatirdrumādīnāṃ dravyadevā harestanuḥ
Books and the like belong to Sarasvatī; Viśvakarman presides over crafts; Vanaspati over trees and the like — the deities of the objects are (all) bodies of Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 209.47
छत्रं कृष्णाजिनं शय्या रथ आसनमेव च उपानहौ तथा यानमुत्तानाङ्गिर ईरितं
chatraṃ kṛṣṇājinaṃ śayyā ratha āsanameva ca upānahau tathā yānamuttānāṅgira īritaṃ
An umbrella, a black antelope skin, a bed, a chariot, and a seat, sandals and likewise a vehicle are declared to belong to Uttānāṅgiras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 209.48
रणोपकरणं शस्त्रं ध्वजाद्यं सर्वदैवतं गृहञ्च सर्वदैवत्यं सर्वेषां विष्णुदेवता
raṇopakaraṇaṃ śastraṃ dhvajādyaṃ sarvadaivataṃ gṛhañca sarvadaivatyaṃ sarveṣāṃ viṣṇudevatā
Weapons, the equipment of war, banners and the like have all the gods for their deity; a house too has all the gods for its deity — of all (things) Viṣṇu is the deity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 209.49
शिवो वा न ततो द्रव्यं व्यतिरिक्तं यतो ऽस्ति हि(१) द्रव्यस्य नाम गृह्णीयाद्ददानीति तथा वदेत्
śivo vā na tato dravyaṃ vyatiriktaṃ yato 'sti hi(1) dravyasya nāma gṛhṇīyāddadānīti tathā vadet
Or (one may name) Śiva, since there is no substance whatever that stands apart from him. He should pronounce the name of the substance and say, "I give (it)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 209.50
तोयं दद्यात्ततो हस्ते दाने विधिरयं स्मृतः :न् १ यातोत्र हीति ज॥ :प् २५९ विष्णुर्दाता विष्णुर्द्रव्यं प्रतिगृह्णामि वै वदेत्
toyaṃ dadyāttato haste dāne vidhirayaṃ smṛtaḥ :n 1 yātotra hīti ja.. :p 259 viṣṇurdātā viṣṇurdravyaṃ pratigṛhṇāmi vai vadet
Then he should pour water into (the recipient's) hand: this is remembered as the rule in giving. (The recipient) should say: "Viṣṇu is the giver, Viṣṇu is the gift; I accept (it) indeed."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 209.51
स्वस्ति प्रतिग्रहं धर्मं भुक्तिमुक्ती फलद्वयं गुरून् भृत्यान्न जिहीर्षुरर्चिष्यन् देवताः पितॄन्
svasti pratigrahaṃ dharmaṃ bhuktimuktī phaladvayaṃ gurūn bhṛtyānna jihīrṣurarciṣyan devatāḥ pitṝn
Hail! Acceptance of a gift (is for) dharma, for enjoyment and release, the twofold fruit — (so may accept) one who wishes to take (it) not (for himself but) for teachers and dependants, and who intends to worship the gods and the fathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 209.52
सर्वतः प्रतिगृह्णीयान्न तु तृप्येत् स्वयन्ततः शूद्रीयन्न तु यज्ञार्थं धनं शूद्रस्य तत्फलं
sarvataḥ pratigṛhṇīyānna tu tṛpyet svayantataḥ śūdrīyanna tu yajñārthaṃ dhanaṃ śūdrasya tatphalaṃ
He may accept from any quarter, but he should not gorge himself of his own accord. (Food) belonging to a śūdra (is not to be taken); but a śūdra's wealth (may be taken) for the sake of a sacrifice — that fruit is the śūdra's.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 209.53
गुडतक्ररसाद्याश् च शूद्राद्ग्राह्या निवर्तिना सर्वतः प्रतिगृह्णीयादवृत्याकर्षितो द्विजः
guḍatakrarasādyāś ca śūdrādgrāhyā nivartinā sarvataḥ pratigṛhṇīyādavṛtyākarṣito dvijaḥ
Molasses, buttermilk, juices and the like may be taken from a śūdra by one who refuses (other things). A twice-born dragged down by want of livelihood may accept from any quarter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 209.54
नाध्यापनाद्याजनाद्वा गर्हिताद्वा प्रतिग्रहात् दोषो भवति विप्राणां ज्वलनार्कसमा हि ते
nādhyāpanādyājanādvā garhitādvā pratigrahāt doṣo bhavati viprāṇāṃ jvalanārkasamā hi te
No fault arises for brahmins from teaching, or from officiating at sacrifices, or from accepting a censured gift; for they are equal to blazing fire and the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 209.55
कृते तु दीयते गत्वा त्रेतास्वानीय दीयते द्वापारे याचमानाय कलौ त्वनुगमान्विते
kṛte tu dīyate gatvā tretāsvānīya dīyate dvāpāre yācamānāya kalau tvanugamānvite
In the Kṛta age it is given by going (to the recipient); in the Tretā ages it is brought and given; in the Dvāpara to one who asks; but in the Kali to one who follows after (the giver).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 209.56
मनसा पात्रमुद्दिश्य जलं भूमौ विनिक्षिपेत् विद्यते सागरस्यान्तो नान्तो दानस्य विद्यते(१)
manasā pātramuddiśya jalaṃ bhūmau vinikṣipet vidyate sāgarasyānto nānto dānasya vidyate(1)
Having designated a recipient in his mind, he should pour water on the ground. The ocean has an end, (but) no end of a gift is found.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 209.57
अद्य सोमार्कग्रहणसङ्क्रान्त्यादौ च कालके गङ्गागयाप्रयागादौ तीर्थदेशे महागुणे
adya somārkagrahaṇasaṅkrāntyādau ca kālake gaṅgāgayāprayāgādau tīrthadeśe mahāguṇe
"Today, at an eclipse of the moon or the sun, at a solstice-passage, or the like, at an (auspicious) time, at the Gaṅgā, Gayā, Prayāga or the like, in a holy place of great merit,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 209.58
तथा चामुकगोत्राय तथा चामुकशर्मणे वेदवेदाङ्गयुक्ताय पात्राय सुमहात्मने
tathā cāmukagotrāya tathā cāmukaśarmaṇe vedavedāṅgayuktāya pātrāya sumahātmane
and so to (a brahmin) of such-and-such gotra, and so to so-and-so Śarman, endowed with the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas, a worthy recipient, of great nobility,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 209.59
यथानाम महाद्रव्यं विष्णुरुद्रादिदैवतं पुत्रपौत्रगृहैश्वर्यपत्नीधर्मार्थसद्गुणा
yathānāma mahādravyaṃ viṣṇurudrādidaivataṃ putrapautragṛhaiśvaryapatnīdharmārthasadguṇā
(I give) the great object of such-and-such a name, whose deity is Viṣṇu or Rudra or another — (for the sake of) sons and grandsons, a house, lordship, a wife, dharma, wealth and good qualities,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 209.60
कीत्तिविद्यामहाकामसौभाग्यारोग्यवृद्धये सर्वपापोपशान्त्यर्थं स्वर्गार्थं भुक्तिमुक्तये
kīttividyāmahākāmasaubhāgyārogyavṛddhaye sarvapāpopaśāntyarthaṃ svargārthaṃ bhuktimuktaye
for the increase of fame, learning, great desires, good fortune and health, for the quelling of all sins, for heaven, for enjoyment and release —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 209.61
:न् १ न तद्दानस्य विद्यते इति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , छ॥ , ज॥ , ञ॥ , ठ॥ च :प् २६० एतत्तुभ्यं सम्प्रददे प्रीयतां मे हरिः शिवः दिव्यान्तरीक्षभौमादिसमुत्पातौघघातकृत्(१)
:n 1 na taddānasya vidyate iti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , cha.. , ja.. , ña.. , ṭha.. ca :p 260 etattubhyaṃ sampradade prīyatāṃ me hariḥ śivaḥ divyāntarīkṣabhaumādisamutpātaughaghātakṛt(1)
this I bestow upon you; may Hari and Śiva be pleased with me." (May the gift be) the destroyer of the mass of portents celestial, atmospheric, terrestrial and the rest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 209.62
धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाप्त्यै ब्रह्मलोकप्रदो ऽस्तु मे यथानामसगोत्राय विप्रायामुकशर्मणे
dharmārthakāmamokṣāptyai brahmalokaprado 'stu me yathānāmasagotrāya viprāyāmukaśarmaṇe
and for the attaining of dharma, artha, kāma and mokṣa; may it be a bestower of the world of Brahmā upon me. "To the brahmin of such-and-such name and gotra, to so-and-so Śarman,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 209.63
एतद्दानप्रतिष्ठार्थं सुवर्णं दक्षिणां ददे अनेन दानवाक्येन सर्वदानानि वै ददेत्
etaddānapratiṣṭhārthaṃ suvarṇaṃ dakṣiṇāṃ dade anena dānavākyena sarvadānāni vai dadet
for the confirmation of this gift I give gold as the sacrificial fee." With this formula of giving one should make all gifts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition