Agni Purana — Chapter 211
AgP 211.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे महादानानि नाम दशाधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ कृष्णा वैतरणी इति ज॥ , झ॥ , ट॥ च २ तान्तर्तुं वै ददाम्येनामिति छ॥ :प् २६४ छप्तेर् {२११} :श् अथैकादशाधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः नानादानानि अग्निर् उवाच एकाङ्गां दशगुर्दद्याद्दश दद्याच्च गोशती शतं सहस्रगुर्दद्यात् सर्वे तुल्यफला हि ते
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe mahādānāni nāma daśādhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 kṛṣṇā vaitaraṇī iti ja.. , jha.. , ṭa.. ca 2 tāntartuṃ vai dadāmyenāmiti cha.. :p 264 chapter {211} :ś athaikādaśādhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ nānādānāni agnir uvāca ekāṅgāṃ daśagurdadyāddaśa dadyācca gośatī śataṃ sahasragurdadyāt sarve tulyaphalā hi te
Thus the two hundred and tenth chapter, called "The Great Gifts," in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa. [Notes: 1. mss. ja, jha, ṭa read 'kṛṣṇā vaitaraṇī'. 2. ms. cha reads 'tāntartuṃ vai dadāmyenām'.] Chapter 211: Now the two hundred and eleventh chapter: The various gifts. Agni said: One who owns ten cows should give one; one who owns a hundred cows should give ten; one who owns a thousand should give a hundred — for all these have equal fruit.
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AgP 211.2
प्रासादा यत्र सौवर्णा वसोर्धारा च यत्र सा गन्धर्वाप्सरसो यत्र तत्र यान्ति सहस्रदाः
prāsādā yatra sauvarṇā vasordhārā ca yatra sā gandharvāpsaraso yatra tatra yānti sahasradāḥ
Where the palaces are golden, and where that stream of wealth (vasordhārā) is, where the gandharvas and apsarases are — there go those who give a thousand.
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AgP 211.3
गवां शतप्रदानेन मुच्यते नरकार्णवात् दत्त्वा वत्सतरीं चैव स्वर्हलोके महीयते
gavāṃ śatapradānena mucyate narakārṇavāt dattvā vatsatarīṃ caiva svarhaloke mahīyate
By the gift of a hundred cows one is released from the ocean of hell; and having given a heifer one is honoured in the world of heaven.
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AgP 211.4
गोदानादायुरारोग्यसौभाग्यस्वर्गमाप्नुयात् इन्द्रादिलोकपालानां या राजमहिषी शुभा
godānādāyurārogyasaubhāgyasvargamāpnuyāt indrādilokapālānāṃ yā rājamahiṣī śubhā
By the gift of a cow one would obtain long life, health, good fortune and heaven. She who is the auspicious chief queen of Indra and the other guardians of the worlds —
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AgP 211.5
महिषीदानमाहात्म्यादस्तु मे सर्वकामदा(१) धर्मराजस्य साहाय्ये(२) यस्याः पुत्रः प्रतिष्ठितः
mahiṣīdānamāhātmyādastu me sarvakāmadā(1) dharmarājasya sāhāyye(2) yasyāḥ putraḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ
— through the greatness of the gift of a she-buffalo, may she be the giver of all my desires. She whose son is established in the service of the king of dharma (Yama),
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AgP 211.6
महिषासुरस्य जननी या सास्तु वरदा मम महिषीदानाच्च सौभाग्यं वृषदानाद्दिवं व्रजेत्
mahiṣāsurasya jananī yā sāstu varadā mama mahiṣīdānācca saubhāgyaṃ vṛṣadānāddivaṃ vrajet
who is the mother of the buffalo-demon Mahiṣāsura — may she be the giver of boons to me. And from the gift of a she-buffalo comes good fortune; by the gift of a bull one goes to heaven.
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AgP 211.7
संयुक्तहलपङ्क्त्याख्यं दानं सर्वफलप्रदं पङ्क्तिर्दशहला प्रोक्ता दारुजा वृषसंयुता
saṃyuktahalapaṅktyākhyaṃ dānaṃ sarvaphalapradaṃ paṅktirdaśahalā proktā dārujā vṛṣasaṃyutā
The gift called "a row of yoked ploughs" bestows every fruit. A row is declared to be ten ploughs, made of wood, together with the bulls.
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AgP 211.8
सौवर्णपट्टसन्नद्धान्दत्त्वा स्वर्गे महीयते :न् १ गवां शतप्रदानेनेत्यादिः, सर्वकामदा इत्य् अन्तः पाठः झ।पुस्तके नास्ति २ धर्मराजस्य माहात्म्ये इति ज॥ :प् २६५ दशानां कपिलानां तु दत्तानां ज्येष्ठपुष्करे
sauvarṇapaṭṭasannaddhāndattvā svarge mahīyate :n 1 gavāṃ śatapradānenetyādiḥ, sarvakāmadā ity antaḥ pāṭhaḥ jha.pustake nāsti 2 dharmarājasya māhātmye iti ja.. :p 265 daśānāṃ kapilānāṃ tu dattānāṃ jyeṣṭhapuṣkare
Having given them bound with plates of gold, he is honoured in heaven. [Notes: 1. The passage from 'gavāṃ śatapradānena' up to 'sarvakāmadā' is not in ms. jha. 2. ms. ja reads 'dharmarājasya māhātmye'.] But of ten tawny cows given at Jyeṣṭha-puṣkara,
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AgP 211.9
तत् फलञ्चाक्षयं प्रोक्तं(१) वृषभस्य तु मोक्षणे(२) धर्मो ऽसित्वञ्चतुष्पादश् चतस्रस्ते प्रिया इमाः
tat phalañcākṣayaṃ proktaṃ(1) vṛṣabhasya tu mokṣaṇe(2) dharmo 'sitvañcatuṣpādaś catasraste priyā imāḥ
that fruit is declared to be imperishable; but in the releasing of a bull (one says): "You are Dharma, four-footed; these four are dear to you."
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AgP 211.10
नमो ब्रह्मण्यदेवेश पितृभूतर्षिपोषक त्वयि मुक्ते ऽक्षया लोका मम सन्तु निरामयाः
namo brahmaṇyadeveśa pitṛbhūtarṣipoṣaka tvayi mukte 'kṣayā lokā mama santu nirāmayāḥ
"Homage (to you), lord of the gods, friend of brahmins, nourisher of the ancestors, the spirits and the seers! When you are set free, may imperishable worlds, free from affliction, be mine."
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AgP 211.11
मा मे ऋणो ऽस्तु दैवत्यो(३) भौतः पैत्रो ऽथ मानुषः धर्मस्त्वं त्वत्प्रपन्नस्य या गतिः सास्तु मे ध्रुवा
mā me ṛṇo 'stu daivatyo(3) bhautaḥ paitro 'tha mānuṣaḥ dharmastvaṃ tvatprapannasya yā gatiḥ sāstu me dhruvā
Let there be no debt of mine to the gods, to the beings, to the fathers, or to men. You are dharma; may that goal which belongs to one who has resorted to you be mine unfailingly.
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AgP 211.12
अङ्गयेच्चक्रशूलाभ्यां मन्त्रेणानेन चोत्सृजेत् एकादशाहे प्रेतस्य यस्य चोत्सृज्यते वृषः
aṅgayeccakraśūlābhyāṃ mantreṇānena cotsṛjet ekādaśāhe pretasya yasya cotsṛjyate vṛṣaḥ
He should mark (the bull) with (the brands of) discus and trident, and release it with this mantra. On the eleventh day, the departed one for whom a bull is released,
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AgP 211.13
मुच्यते प्रेतलोकात्तु षण्मासे चाव्दिकादिषु दशहस्तेन कुण्डेन त्रिंशत्कुण्डान्निवर्तनं
mucyate pretalokāttu ṣaṇmāse cāvdikādiṣu daśahastena kuṇḍena triṃśatkuṇḍānnivartanaṃ
is freed from the world of the departed — in six months, or at the annual (rites) and the like. With a pit of ten cubits (as the measure), thirty pits make a nivartana.
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AgP 211.14
तान्येव दशविस्ताराद्गोचर्मे तत्प्रदो ऽघभित्(४) गोभूहिरण्यसंयुक्तं कृष्णाजिनन्तु यो ऽर्पयेत्(५)
tānyeva daśavistārādgocarme tatprado 'ghabhit(4) gobhūhiraṇyasaṃyuktaṃ kṛṣṇājinantu yo 'rpayet(5)
Those same (pits), by (a measure of) ten in extent, (make) a gocarman; one who gives that destroys sin. And whoever presents a black antelope skin together with cows, land and gold —
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AgP 211.15
सर्वदुष्कृतकर्मापि सायुज्यं ब्रह्मणो व्रजेत् भाजनन्तिलसम्पूर्णं मधुना पूर्णमेव च
sarvaduṣkṛtakarmāpi sāyujyaṃ brahmaṇo vrajet bhājanantilasampūrṇaṃ madhunā pūrṇameva ca
— even (a man) of wholly evil deeds would attain union with Brahmā. And a vessel filled with sesame, or indeed filled with honey,
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AgP 211.16
दद्यात् कृष्णतिलानाञ्च प्रस्थमेकञ्च मागधं शय्यां दत्त्वा तु सगुणां(६) भुक्तिमुक्तिमवाप्नुयात्
dadyāt kṛṣṇatilānāñca prasthamekañca māgadhaṃ śayyāṃ dattvā tu saguṇāṃ(6) bhuktimuktimavāpnuyāt
he should give, and one Magadha-measure prastha of black sesame seeds; and having given a bed with its furnishings, he would obtain enjoyment and liberation.
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AgP 211.17
हैमीं प्रतिकृतिं कृत्वा दत्त्वा स्वर्गस् तथात्मनः विपुलन्तु गृहं कृत्वा दत्त्वा स्याद्भुक्तिमुक्तिभाक्
haimīṃ pratikṛtiṃ kṛtvā dattvā svargas tathātmanaḥ vipulantu gṛhaṃ kṛtvā dattvā syādbhuktimuktibhāk
Having made a golden image (of himself) and given it, there is heaven for him likewise; and having built a spacious house and given it, he would be a partaker of enjoyment and liberation.
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AgP 211.18
:न् १ तत्फलं चाक्षयं स्याद्वै इति ट॥ २ वृषभस्य विमोक्षणे इति ख॥ । वृषभस्य च मोक्षणादिति ज॥ ३ दैवो ऽथेति ख॥ , छ॥ च ४ तत्प्रदो ऽघनुदिति श॥ । तत्प्रदो ऽघजिदिति घ॥ , ङ॥ च ५ यस्तु कृष्णाजिनं ददेदिति ट॥ ६ दत्त्वोत्तमगुणामिति घ॥ :प् २६६ गृहं मठं सभां स्वर्गी दत्त्वा स्याच्च प्रतिश्रियं दत्त्वा कृत्वा गोगृहञ्च निष्पापः स्वर्गमाप्नुयात्
:n 1 tatphalaṃ cākṣayaṃ syādvai iti ṭa.. 2 vṛṣabhasya vimokṣaṇe iti kha.. / vṛṣabhasya ca mokṣaṇāditi ja.. 3 daivo 'theti kha.. , cha.. ca 4 tatprado 'ghanuditi śa.. / tatprado 'ghajiditi gha.. , ṅa.. ca 5 yastu kṛṣṇājinaṃ dadediti ṭa.. 6 dattvottamaguṇāmiti gha.. :p 266 gṛhaṃ maṭhaṃ sabhāṃ svargī dattvā syācca pratiśriyaṃ dattvā kṛtvā gogṛhañca niṣpāpaḥ svargamāpnuyāt
Having given a house, a monastery, or an assembly hall, one becomes a dweller in heaven; and (so too) by giving a shelter; and having built and given a cowshed, being freed of sin, he would attain heaven.
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AgP 211.19
यममाहिषदानात्तु निष्पापः स्वर्गमाप्नुयात् ब्रह्मा हरो हरिर्देवैर् मध्ये च यमदूतकः
yamamāhiṣadānāttu niṣpāpaḥ svargamāpnuyāt brahmā haro harirdevair madhye ca yamadūtakaḥ
By the gift of a buffalo (as) Yama('s mount), one becomes sinless and would attain heaven. Brahmā, Hara and Hari with the gods, and in the middle Yama's messenger,
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AgP 211.20
पाशी(१) तस्य शिरश्छित्त्वा तं दद्यात् स्वर्गभाग्भवेत् त्रिमुखाख्यमिदं दानं गृहीत्वा तु द्विजो ऽघभाक्
pāśī(1) tasya śiraśchittvā taṃ dadyāt svargabhāgbhavet trimukhākhyamidaṃ dānaṃ gṛhītvā tu dvijo 'ghabhāk
the noose-bearer — having cut off its head, one should give it, and become a sharer in heaven; but the brahmin who accepts this gift called 'three-faced' takes on the sin.
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AgP 211.21
चक्रं रूप्यमयं कृत्वा के धृत्वा तत् प्रदापयेत् हेमयुक्तं द्विजायैतत् कालचक्रमिदम्महत्
cakraṃ rūpyamayaṃ kṛtvā ke dhṛtvā tat pradāpayet hemayuktaṃ dvijāyaitat kālacakramidammahat
Having made a wheel of silver, holding it on the head, he should have it given; joined with gold, (given) to a brahmin — this is the great Wheel of Time.
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AgP 211.22
आत्मतुल्यन्तु यो लौहं ददेन्न नरकं व्रजेत् पञ्चाशत्पलसंयुक्तं लौहदण्डं तु यो ऽर्पयेत्
ātmatulyantu yo lauhaṃ dadenna narakaṃ vrajet pañcāśatpalasaṃyuktaṃ lauhadaṇḍaṃ tu yo 'rpayet
He who gives iron equal to his own weight does not go to hell. And he who presents an iron staff of fifty palas' weight,
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AgP 211.23
वस्त्रेणाच्छाद्य विप्राय यमदण्डो न विद्यते मूलं फलादि वा द्रव्यं संहतं वाथ चैकशः
vastreṇācchādya viprāya yamadaṇḍo na vidyate mūlaṃ phalādi vā dravyaṃ saṃhataṃ vātha caikaśaḥ
having wrapped it in cloth, to a brahmin — for him there is no rod of Yama. Roots, or fruit and the like, or goods, whether all together or one by one,
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AgP 211.24
मृत्युज्जयं समुद्दिश्य दद्यादायुर्विवर्धये पुमान् कृष्णतिलैः कार्यो रौप्यदन्तः सुवर्णदृक्
mṛtyujjayaṃ samuddiśya dadyādāyurvivardhaye pumān kṛṣṇatilaiḥ kāryo raupyadantaḥ suvarṇadṛk
one should give with a view to conquering death, for the increase of lifespan. A man is to be made of black sesame seeds, with teeth of silver and eyes of gold,
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AgP 211.25
खड्गोद्यतकरो दीर्घो जवाकुसुममण्डलः रक्ताम्वरधरः स्रग्वी शङ्कमालाविभूषितः
khaḍgodyatakaro dīrgho javākusumamaṇḍalaḥ raktāmvaradharaḥ sragvī śaṅkamālāvibhūṣitaḥ
tall, with a sword raised in his hand, with a circle of javā blossoms, wearing red garments, garlanded, adorned with a string of conches,
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AgP 211.26
उपानद्युगयुक्ताङ्घ्रिः कृष्णकम्बलपार्श्वकः गृहीतमांसपिण्डश् च वामे वै कालपूरुषः
upānadyugayuktāṅghriḥ kṛṣṇakambalapārśvakaḥ gṛhītamāṃsapiṇḍaś ca vāme vai kālapūruṣaḥ
his feet fitted with a pair of sandals, a black blanket at his side, and holding a lump of flesh in his left (hand) — such is the Man of Time (Kāla).
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AgP 211.27
सम्पूज्य तञ्च गन्धाद्यैः(२) ब्राह्मणायोपपादयेत् मरणव्याधिहीनः स्याद्राजराजेश्वरो भवेत्
sampūjya tañca gandhādyaiḥ(2) brāhmaṇāyopapādayet maraṇavyādhihīnaḥ syādrājarājeśvaro bhavet
Having worshipped him with perfumes and the rest, one should present him to a brahmin; he would be free from death and disease, and would become overlord of kings.
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AgP 211.28
गोवृषौ तु द्विजे दत्त्वा भुक्तिमुक्तिमवाप्नुयात् :न् १ पापो इति ख॥ , छ॥ , ज॥ च २ सम्पूज्य वस्त्रगन्धाद्यैर् इति ङ॥ :प् २६७ रेवन्ताधिष्ठितञ्चाश्वं हैमं दत्त्वा न मृत्य्भाक्
govṛṣau tu dvije dattvā bhuktimuktimavāpnuyāt :n 1 pāpo iti kha.. , cha.. , ja.. ca 2 sampūjya vastragandhādyair iti ṅa.. :p 267 revantādhiṣṭhitañcāśvaṃ haimaṃ dattvā na mṛtybhāk
And having given a cow and a bull to a brahmin, one would obtain enjoyment and liberation. Having given a golden horse mounted by Revanta, one is not subject to death.
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AgP 211.29
घण्टादिपूर्णमप्येकं दत्त्वा स्याद्भुक्तिमुक्तिभाक् सर्वान् कामानवाप्नोति यः प्रयच्छति काञ्चनं
ghaṇṭādipūrṇamapyekaṃ dattvā syādbhuktimuktibhāk sarvān kāmānavāpnoti yaḥ prayacchati kāñcanaṃ
And having given even a single (vessel) full of bells and the like, one becomes a partaker of enjoyment and liberation. He who bestows gold obtains all his desires.
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AgP 211.30
सुवर्णे दीयमाने तु रजतं दक्षिणेष्यते अन्येषामपि दानानां सुवर्णं(१) दक्षिणा स्मृता
suvarṇe dīyamāne tu rajataṃ dakṣiṇeṣyate anyeṣāmapi dānānāṃ suvarṇaṃ(1) dakṣiṇā smṛtā
When gold is being given, silver is prescribed as the sacrificial fee; and for the other gifts too, gold is held to be the fee.
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AgP 211.31
सुवर्णं रजतं ताम्रं तण्डुलं धान्यमेव च नित्यश्राद्धं देवपूजा सर्वमेतददक्षिणं
suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ tāmraṃ taṇḍulaṃ dhānyameva ca nityaśrāddhaṃ devapūjā sarvametadadakṣiṇaṃ
Gold, silver, copper, rice-grains, and grain as well, the daily śrāddha, and the worship of the gods — all this is without a sacrificial fee.
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AgP 211.32
रजतं दक्षिणा पित्रे धर्मकामार्थसाधनं सुवर्णं रजतं ताम्रं मणिमुक्तावसूनि च
rajataṃ dakṣiṇā pitre dharmakāmārthasādhanaṃ suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ tāmraṃ maṇimuktāvasūni ca
Silver is the fee (given) to the father, a means of accomplishing dharma, pleasure and wealth; and gold, silver, copper, gems, pearls and riches —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 211.33
सर्वमेतन्महाप्राज्ञो ददाति वसुधान्ददत् पितॄंश् च पितृलोकस्थान् देवस्थाने च देवताः
sarvametanmahāprājño dadāti vasudhāndadat pitṝṃś ca pitṛlokasthān devasthāne ca devatāḥ
all this the man of great wisdom gives; and giving land he (gratifies) the ancestors dwelling in the ancestral world, and, in a place of the gods, the deities —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 211.34
सन्तर्पयति शान्तात्मा यो ददाति वसुन्धराम् खर्वटं खेटकं वापि ग्रामं वा शस्यशालिनं
santarpayati śāntātmā yo dadāti vasundharām kharvaṭaṃ kheṭakaṃ vāpi grāmaṃ vā śasyaśālinaṃ
he gratifies (them), calm of self, who gives the earth: a hamlet, or a village, or a grain-rich settlement,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 211.35
निवर्तनशतं वापि तदर्धं वा गृहादिकं अपि गोचर्ममात्राम्बा दत्त्वोर्वीं सर्वभाग् भवेत्
nivartanaśataṃ vāpi tadardhaṃ vā gṛhādikaṃ api gocarmamātrāmbā dattvorvīṃ sarvabhāg bhavet
or a hundred nivartanas (of land), or half of that, or a house and the like; even by giving earth of the mere measure of a cow-hide, one becomes a sharer in everything.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 211.36
तैलविन्दुर्यथा चाप्सु प्रसर्पेद् भूगतं तथा सर्वेषामेवदानानमेकजन्मानुगं फलं
tailavinduryathā cāpsu prasarped bhūgataṃ tathā sarveṣāmevadānānamekajanmānugaṃ phalaṃ
As a drop of oil spreads in water, so does (a gift) placed on the earth; of all gifts the fruit follows for one birth (only),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 211.37
हाटकक्षितिगौरीणां सप्तजन्मानुगं फलं त्रिसप्तकुलमुद्धृत्य कन्यादो ब्रह्मलोकभाक्
hāṭakakṣitigaurīṇāṃ saptajanmānugaṃ phalaṃ trisaptakulamuddhṛtya kanyādo brahmalokabhāk
(but) of gold, land and cows the fruit follows for seven births; the giver of a maiden, having rescued thrice-seven generations of his family, shares in the world of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.38
गजं सदक्षिणं दत्त्वा निर्मलः स्वर्गभाग् भवेत् अश्वं दत्त्वायुरारोग्यसौभाग्यस्वर्गमाप्नुयात्
gajaṃ sadakṣiṇaṃ dattvā nirmalaḥ svargabhāg bhavet aśvaṃ dattvāyurārogyasaubhāgyasvargamāpnuyāt
Having given an elephant together with the fee, one becomes stainless and a sharer of heaven; having given a horse, one would obtain long life, health, good fortune and heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.39
:न् १ हिरण्यमिति ट॥ :प् २६८ दासीं दत्त्वा द्विजेन्द्राय अप्सरोलोकमाप्नुयात् दत्त्वा ताम्रमयीं स्थालीं पलानां पञ्चभिः शतैः
:n 1 hiraṇyamiti ṭa.. :p 268 dāsīṃ dattvā dvijendrāya apsarolokamāpnuyāt dattvā tāmramayīṃ sthālīṃ palānāṃ pañcabhiḥ śataiḥ
Having given a female servant to a foremost brahmin, one would attain the world of the apsarases; having given a copper vessel of five hundred palas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.40
अर्धैस्तदर्धैर् अर्धैर् वा भुक्तिमुक्तिमवाप्नुयात्(१) शकटं वृषसंयुक्तं दत्त्वा यानेन नाकभाक्
ardhaistadardhair ardhair vā bhuktimuktimavāpnuyāt(1) śakaṭaṃ vṛṣasaṃyuktaṃ dattvā yānena nākabhāk
or of half that, or of half of that, or of half (again), one would obtain enjoyment and liberation; having given a cart yoked with bulls, one shares heaven by (that) vehicle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 211.41
वस्त्रदानाल्लभेदायुरारोग्यं स्वर्गमक्षयं धान्यगोधूमकलमयवादीन् स्वर्गभाग् ददत्
vastradānāllabhedāyurārogyaṃ svargamakṣayaṃ dhānyagodhūmakalamayavādīn svargabhāg dadat
By the gift of clothes one obtains long life, health, and imperishable heaven; giving grain, wheat, kalama rice, barley and the rest, one shares heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.42
आसनं तैजसं पात्रं लवणं गन्धचन्दनं धूपं दीपञ्च ताम्वूलं लोहं रूप्यञ्च रत्नकं(२)
āsanaṃ taijasaṃ pātraṃ lavaṇaṃ gandhacandanaṃ dhūpaṃ dīpañca tāmvūlaṃ lohaṃ rūpyañca ratnakaṃ(2)
A seat, a metal vessel, salt, fragrance and sandal, incense, a lamp, betel, iron, silver, and a jewel —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.43
दिव्यानि नानाद्रव्याणि दत्त्वा स्याद् भुक्तिमुक्तिभाक् तिलांश् च तिलपात्रञ्च दत्त्वा स्वर्गमवाप्नुयात्
divyāni nānādravyāṇi dattvā syād bhuktimuktibhāk tilāṃś ca tilapātrañca dattvā svargamavāpnuyāt
having given these various excellent things one becomes a sharer in enjoyment and liberation; and having given sesame and a vessel of sesame one would attain heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.44
अन्नदानात् परं नास्ति न भूतं न भविष्यति हस्त्यश्वरथदानानि दासीदासगृहाणि च
annadānāt paraṃ nāsti na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati hastyaśvarathadānāni dāsīdāsagṛhāṇi ca
There is nothing higher than the gift of food, nor has been, nor will be; gifts of elephants, horses and chariots, and of male and female servants and houses —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.45
अन्नदानस्य सर्वाणि कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीं कृत्वापि सुमहत्पापं यः पश्चादन्नदो भवेत्
annadānasya sarvāṇi kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīṃ kṛtvāpi sumahatpāpaṃ yaḥ paścādannado bhavet
all these do not equal a sixteenth part of the gift of food. Even having done a very great sin, one who afterwards becomes a giver of food
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.46
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो लोकानाप्नोति चाक्षयान् पानीयञ्च प्रपान्दत्त्वा भुक्तिमुक्तिमवाप्नुयात्
sarvapāpavinirmukto lokānāpnoti cākṣayān pānīyañca prapāndattvā bhuktimuktimavāpnuyāt
is released from all sins and attains the imperishable worlds; and having given water and (set up) water-booths, one would obtain enjoyment and liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.47
अग्निं काष्ठञ्च मार्गादौ दत्त्वा दीप्त्यादिमाप्नुयात्(३) देवगन्धर्वनारीभिर्विमाने सेव्यते दिवि
agniṃ kāṣṭhañca mārgādau dattvā dīptyādimāpnuyāt(3) devagandharvanārībhirvimāne sevyate divi
Having given fire and wood on a road and so forth, one would obtain radiance and the rest; he is attended in heaven, in a celestial car, by the women of the gods and gandharvas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.48
घृतं तैकञ्च लवणं दत्त्वा सर्वमवाप्नुयात् :न् १ ततोर्ध्वतस्तदर्धार्धैर् युक्तां भुक्तिमवाप्नुयात् इति छ॥ २ धूपदीपञ्च नैवेद्यं ताम्वूलं लोहरत्नकमिति ख॥ ३ दीप्ताग्निमाप्नुयादिति ङ॥ :प् २६९ छत्रोपानहकाष्ठादि दत्त्वा स्वर्गे सुखी वसेत्(१)
ghṛtaṃ taikañca lavaṇaṃ dattvā sarvamavāpnuyāt :n 1 tatordhvatastadardhārdhair yuktāṃ bhuktimavāpnuyāt iti cha.. 2 dhūpadīpañca naivedyaṃ tāmvūlaṃ loharatnakamiti kha.. 3 dīptāgnimāpnuyāditi ṅa.. :p 269 chatropānahakāṣṭhādi dattvā svarge sukhī vaset(1)
Having given ghee, oil and salt, one would obtain everything; having given an umbrella, sandals, a staff and the like, one would dwell happily in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 211.49
प्रतिपत्तिथिमुख्येषु विष्कुम्भादिकयोगके चैत्रादौ वत्सरादौ च अश्विन्यादौ हरिं हरं
pratipattithimukhyeṣu viṣkumbhādikayogake caitrādau vatsarādau ca aśvinyādau hariṃ haraṃ
On the chief lunar days beginning with the first, in the conjunctions beginning with Viṣkumbha, in (the months) beginning with Caitra and at the beginnings of years, and in (the asterisms) beginning with Aśvinī, having first worshipped Hari, Hara,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.50
ब्रह्माणं लोकपालादीन् प्रार्च्य दानं महाफलं वृक्षारामान् भोजनादीन् मार्गसंवाहनादिकान्
brahmāṇaṃ lokapālādīn prārcya dānaṃ mahāphalaṃ vṛkṣārāmān bhojanādīn mārgasaṃvāhanādikān
Brahmā and the world-guardians and the rest, a gift is of great fruit: trees and gardens, meals and the like, road-clearing and so forth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 211.51
पादाभ्यङ्गादिकं दत्त्वा भुक्तिमुक्तिमवाप्नुयात् त्रीणि तुल्यफलानीह गावः पृथ्वी सरस्वती
pādābhyaṅgādikaṃ dattvā bhuktimuktimavāpnuyāt trīṇi tulyaphalānīha gāvaḥ pṛthvī sarasvatī
Having given foot-massage and the like, one may attain both worldly enjoyment and liberation. Three things here have equal fruit: cows, earth, and speech (Sarasvatī).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.52
व्राह्मीं सरस्वतीन्दत्त्वा निर्मलो ब्रह्मलोकभाक् सप्तद्वीपमहीदः स ब्रह्मज्ञानं ददाति यः
vrāhmīṃ sarasvatīndattvā nirmalo brahmalokabhāk saptadvīpamahīdaḥ sa brahmajñānaṃ dadāti yaḥ
Having given the Brahmic Sarasvatī (sacred learning), one becomes spotless and gains the world of Brahmā; he who gives knowledge of Brahman is (as good as) a giver of the earth with its seven continents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.53
अभयं सर्वभूतेभ्यो यो दद्यात् सर्वभाङ् नरः पुराणं भारतं वापि रामायणमथापि वा
abhayaṃ sarvabhūtebhyo yo dadyāt sarvabhāṅ naraḥ purāṇaṃ bhārataṃ vāpi rāmāyaṇamathāpi vā
The man who grants freedom from fear to all beings obtains everything. A Purāṇa, or the Bhārata, or else the Rāmāyaṇa—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.54
लिखित्वा पुस्तकं दत्त्वा भुक्तिमुक्तिमवाप्नुयात् वेदशास्त्रं नृत्यगीतं यो ऽध्यापयति नाकभाक्
likhitvā pustakaṃ dattvā bhuktimuktimavāpnuyāt vedaśāstraṃ nṛtyagītaṃ yo 'dhyāpayati nākabhāk
—having had (such) a book written and having given it, one may attain enjoyment and liberation. He who teaches Veda, śāstra, dance and song gains heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.55
वित्तं दद्यादुपाध्याये छात्राणां भोजनादिकं किमदत्तं भवेत्तेन धर्मकामादिदर्शिना
vittaṃ dadyādupādhyāye chātrāṇāṃ bhojanādikaṃ kimadattaṃ bhavettena dharmakāmādidarśinā
One should give wealth to the teacher and food and the rest to the students; what would remain ungiven by such a man, who looks to dharma, pleasure and the rest?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.56
वाजपेयसहस्रस्य सम्यग्दत्तस्य यत् फलं तत्फलं सर्वमाप्नोति विद्यादानन्न संशयः
vājapeyasahasrasya samyagdattasya yat phalaṃ tatphalaṃ sarvamāpnoti vidyādānanna saṃśayaḥ
Whatever fruit belongs to a thousand vājapeya (sacrifices) properly bestowed, all that fruit one obtains from the gift of knowledge—there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.57
शिवालये विष्णुगृहे सूर्यस्य भवने तथा सर्वदानप्रदः स स्यात् पुस्तकं वाचयेत्तु यः
śivālaye viṣṇugṛhe sūryasya bhavane tathā sarvadānapradaḥ sa syāt pustakaṃ vācayettu yaḥ
He who has a book recited in a Śiva temple, in Viṣṇu's house, and likewise in the Sun's abode, becomes a giver of all gifts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.58
त्रैलोक्ये चतुरो वर्णाश् चत्वारश्चाश्रमाः पृथक् ब्रह्माद्या देवताः सर्वा विद्यादाने प्रतिष्ठताः
trailokye caturo varṇāś catvāraścāśramāḥ pṛthak brahmādyā devatāḥ sarvā vidyādāne pratiṣṭhatāḥ
In the three worlds the four classes and the four stages of life severally, and all the deities beginning with Brahmā, rest upon the gift of knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.59
:न् १ स्वर्गे महीयते इति ग॥ । स्वर्गे सुखी भवेदेति घ॥ , ङ॥ च :प् २७० विद्या कामदुघा धेनुर्विद्या चक्षुरनुत्तमं उपवेदप्रदानेन गन्धर्वैः सह मोदते
:n 1 svarge mahīyate iti ga.. / svarge sukhī bhavedeti gha.. , ṅa.. ca :p 270 vidyā kāmadughā dhenurvidyā cakṣuranuttamaṃ upavedapradānena gandharvaiḥ saha modate
[Apparatus: 'is honoured in heaven' in MS ga; 'would be happy in heaven' in MSS gha and ṅa. Page 270] Knowledge is a cow that yields all wishes, knowledge is the unsurpassed eye; by the gift of an Upaveda one rejoices together with the gandharvas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.60
वेदाङ्गानाञ्च दानेन स्वर्गलोकमवाप्नुयात् धर्मशास्त्रप्रदानेन धर्मेण सह मोदते
vedāṅgānāñca dānena svargalokamavāpnuyāt dharmaśāstrapradānena dharmeṇa saha modate
And by the gift of the Vedāṅgas one may attain the world of heaven; by the gift of a dharmaśāstra one rejoices together with Dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.61
सिद्धान्तानां प्रदानेन मोक्षमाप्नोत्यसंशयं विद्यादानमवाप्नोति प्रदानात् पुस्तकस्य तु
siddhāntānāṃ pradānena mokṣamāpnotyasaṃśayaṃ vidyādānamavāpnoti pradānāt pustakasya tu
By the gift of the Siddhāntas one attains liberation, without doubt; and by the gift of a book one obtains (the merit of) the gift of knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.62
शास्त्राणि च पुराणानि दत्त्वा सर्वमवाप्नुयात् शिष्यांश् च शिक्षयेद्यस्तु पुण्डलीकफलं लभेत्
śāstrāṇi ca purāṇāni dattvā sarvamavāpnuyāt śiṣyāṃś ca śikṣayedyastu puṇḍalīkaphalaṃ labhet
Having given śāstras and purāṇas one may obtain everything; and he who instructs pupils gains the fruit of the puṇḍarīka (sacrifice).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.63
येन जीवति तद्दत्त्वा फलस्यान्तो न विद्यते लोके स्रेष्ठतमं सर्वमात्मनश्चापि यत् प्रियं
yena jīvati taddattvā phalasyānto na vidyate loke sreṣṭhatamaṃ sarvamātmanaścāpi yat priyaṃ
Having given that by which one lives, there is no limit to the fruit. Whatever is most excellent in the world, and everything that is dear to oneself—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.64
सर्वं पितॄणां दातव्यं तेषामेवाक्षयार्थिना विष्णुं रुद्रं पद्मयोनिं देवीविघ्नेश्वरादिकान्
sarvaṃ pitṝṇāṃ dātavyaṃ teṣāmevākṣayārthinā viṣṇuṃ rudraṃ padmayoniṃ devīvighneśvarādikān
—all is to be given to the ancestors by one who seeks their imperishability. Viṣṇu, Rudra, the lotus-born (Brahmā), the Goddess, Vighneśvara and the rest—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.65
पूजयित्वा प्रदद्याद्यः पूजाद्रव्यं स सर्वभाक् देवालयं च प्रतिमां कारयत् सर्वमाप्नुयात्
pūjayitvā pradadyādyaḥ pūjādravyaṃ sa sarvabhāk devālayaṃ ca pratimāṃ kārayat sarvamāpnuyāt
—he who, having worshipped (them), presents materials of worship obtains everything; and having a temple and an image made, one may obtain everything.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.66
सम्मार्जनं चोपलेपं कुर्वन् स्यान्निर्मलः पुमान् नानामण्डलकार्यग्रे मण्डलाधिपतिर्भवेत्(१)
sammārjanaṃ copalepaṃ kurvan syānnirmalaḥ pumān nānāmaṇḍalakāryagre maṇḍalādhipatirbhavet(1)
A man who performs the sweeping and the plastering (of a temple) becomes spotless; before the many maṇḍalas (of worship) he becomes lord of a province.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 211.67
गन्धं पुष्पं धूपदीपं नैवेद्यञ्च प्रदक्षिणं घण्टाध्वजवितानञ्च प्रेक्षणं वाद्यगौतकं
gandhaṃ puṣpaṃ dhūpadīpaṃ naivedyañca pradakṣiṇaṃ ghaṇṭādhvajavitānañca prekṣaṇaṃ vādyagautakaṃ
Perfume, flower, incense, lamp, food-offering and circumambulation; bell, banner and canopy, spectacle, instrumental music and song—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.68
वस्त्रादिदत्त्वादेवाय भुक्तिमुक्तिमवाप्नुयात् कस्तूरिकां शिह्लकञ्च श्रीखण्डमगुरून्तथा
vastrādidattvādevāya bhuktimuktimavāpnuyāt kastūrikāṃ śihlakañca śrīkhaṇḍamagurūntathā
—having given cloth and the rest to the god, one may attain enjoyment and liberation. Musk and śihlaka (storax), sandalwood and likewise aguru,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.69
कर्पूरञ्च तथामुस्तं गुग्गुलुं विजयं ददेत् :न् १ सम्मार्जनमित्यादिः मण्डलाधिपतिर्भवेदित्यन्तः पाठः ज॥ पुस्तके नास्ति :प् २७१ घृतप्रस्थेन संस्थाप्य सङ्क्रान्त्यादौ स सर्वभाक्
karpūrañca tathāmustaṃ gugguluṃ vijayaṃ dadet :n 1 sammārjanamityādiḥ maṇḍalādhipatirbhavedityantaḥ pāṭhaḥ ja.. pustake nāsti :p 271 ghṛtaprasthena saṃsthāpya saṅkrāntyādau sa sarvabhāk
and camphor and also mustā, guggulu and vijaya (hemp) one should give. [Note: the passage beginning 'sammārjanam' and ending 'maṇḍalādhipatir bhavet' is not in MS ja. Page 271] Having set (them) up with a prastha of ghee at a solstice-transit and the like, he obtains everything.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 211.70
स्नानं पलशतं ज्ञेयमभ्यङ्गं पञ्चविंशतिः पलानान्तु सहस्रेण महास्नानं प्रकीर्तितं
snānaṃ palaśataṃ jñeyamabhyaṅgaṃ pañcaviṃśatiḥ palānāntu sahasreṇa mahāsnānaṃ prakīrtitaṃ
A bath is to be reckoned at a hundred palas, an anointing at twenty-five; but with a thousand palas the great bath is declared (to be performed).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 211.71
दशापराधास्तोयेन क्षीरेण स्नापनाच्छतं सहस्रं पयसा दध्ना घृतेनायुतमिष्यते
daśāparādhāstoyena kṣīreṇa snāpanācchataṃ sahasraṃ payasā dadhnā ghṛtenāyutamiṣyate
Ten offences (are washed away) by water; by bathing (the god) with milk, a hundred; a thousand by milk-juice; and by curds and by ghee ten thousand is held (to be removed).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 211.72
दासीदासमलङ्कारं गोभूम्यश्वगजादिकं देवाय दत्त्वा सौभाग्यं धनायुष्मान् व्रजेद्दिवं
dāsīdāsamalaṅkāraṃ gobhūmyaśvagajādikaṃ devāya dattvā saubhāgyaṃ dhanāyuṣmān vrajeddivaṃ
Having given to the god a female slave, a male slave, ornaments, cows, land, horses, elephants and the like, one attains good fortune, and rich in wealth and long-lived one goes to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition