Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 98
GaP 1 98.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ९८ याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच । अथ दानिविधिं वक्ष्ये तन्मे शृणुत सुव्रताः । अन्येभ्यो ब्राह्मणाः श्रेष्ठास्तेभ्यश्चैव क्रियापराः
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 98 yājñavalkya uvāca / atha dānividhiṃ vakṣye tanme śṛṇuta suvratāḥ / anyebhyo brāhmaṇāḥ śreṣṭhāstebhyaścaiva kriyāparāḥ
The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 98. Yājñavalkya said: Now I shall declare the rule of giving; hear it from me, you of good vows. Brahmins are the best (recipients) among others, and better than those are they who are devoted to the rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 98.2
ब्रह्मवेत्ता च तेभ्यो ऽपि पात्रं विद्यात्तपो ऽन्विताः (तम्) । गोभूधान्यहिरण्यादि पात्रे दातव्यमर्चितम्
brahmavettā ca tebhyo 'pi pātraṃ vidyāttapo 'nvitāḥ (tam) / gobhūdhānyahiraṇyādi pātre dātavyamarcitam
And better than those is one who knows the Veda; but one should know as a (true) recipient those endowed with learning and austerity. Cows, land, grain, gold and the rest should be given to a worthy recipient with honour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 98.3
विद्यातपोभ्यां हीनेन न तु ग्राह्यः प्रतिग्रहः । गृह्णन्प्रदातारमधो नयत्यात्मानमेव च
vidyātapobhyāṃ hīnena na tu grāhyaḥ pratigrahaḥ / gṛhṇanpradātāramadho nayatyātmānameva ca
But a gift should not be accepted by one lacking learning and austerity; in taking it he drags down both the giver and himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 98.4
दातव्यं प्रत्यहं पात्रे निमित्तेषु विशेषतः । याचितेनापि दातव्यं श्रद्धापूतं तु शक्तितः
dātavyaṃ pratyahaṃ pātre nimitteṣu viśeṣataḥ / yācitenāpi dātavyaṃ śraddhāpūtaṃ tu śaktitaḥ
One should give daily to a worthy recipient, and especially on (proper) occasions; even when asked one should give, according to one's power, (a gift) purified by faith.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 98.5
हेमशृङ्गी शफैः रौप्यैः शुशीला वस्त्रसंयुता । सकांस्यापात्रा दातव्य क्षीरिणी गौः सदक्षिणा
hemaśṛṅgī śaphaiḥ raupyaiḥ śuśīlā vastrasaṃyutā / sakāṃsyāpātrā dātavya kṣīriṇī gauḥ sadakṣiṇā
A milch cow, of good disposition, with gilded horns, with silvered hooves, furnished with a cloth, together with a bell-metal vessel, is to be given, along with a fee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 98.6
दशसौवर्णिकं शृङ्गं शफं सप्तपलैः कृतम् । पञ्चाशत्पलिकं पात्रं कांस्यं वत्सस्य कीर्त्यते
daśasauvarṇikaṃ śṛṅgaṃ śaphaṃ saptapalaiḥ kṛtam / pañcāśatpalikaṃ pātraṃ kāṃsyaṃ vatsasya kīrtyate
The horn (should be gilded) with ten gold pieces, the hoof made with seven palas; the bell-metal vessel is declared to be of fifty palas, and (there should be) a calf.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 98.7
स्वर्णपिप्पलपात्रेण वत्सो वा वत्सिकापि वा । अस्या अपि च दातव्यमपत्यं रोगवर्जितम्
svarṇapippalapātreṇa vatso vā vatsikāpi vā / asyā api ca dātavyamapatyaṃ rogavarjitam
With a vessel of gold and pippala (wood?), (there should be) either a male calf or a female calf; and to her too should be given offspring free from disease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 98.8
दाता स्वर्गमवाप्नोति वत्सरान्रोमसंमितान् । कषिला चेतारयेत् भूयश्चासप्तमं कुलम्
dātā svargamavāpnoti vatsarānromasaṃmitān / kaṣilā cetārayet bhūyaścāsaptamaṃ kulam
The giver attains heaven for as many years as (the cow has) hairs; and a tawny cow rescues, moreover, his family to the seventh (generation).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 98.9
यावद्वत्सस्य द्वौ पादौ मुखं योन्यां प्रदृश्यते । तावद्गौः पृथिवी ज्ञेया यावद्गर्भं न मुञ्चति
yāvadvatsasya dvau pādau mukhaṃ yonyāṃ pradṛśyate / tāvadgauḥ pṛthivī jñeyā yāvadgarbhaṃ na muñcati
As long as the calf's two feet and mouth are visible in the womb's opening, so long the cow is to be known as (equal to) the earth—so long as she has not released the foetus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 98.10
यथा कथञ्चिद्दत्त्वा गान्धेनुं वाधेनुमेव वा । अरोगामपरिक्लिष्टां दाता स्वर्गे महीयते
yathā kathañciddattvā gāndhenuṃ vādhenumeva vā / arogāmaparikliṣṭāṃ dātā svarge mahīyate
Having somehow given a cow, whether a milch cow or one not giving milk, (provided she is) free from disease and not ill-used, the giver is honoured in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 98.11
श्रान्तसंवाहनं रोगिपरिचर्या सुरार्चनम् । पादशौचं द्विजोच्छिष्टमार्जनं गाप्रदानवत्
śrāntasaṃvāhanaṃ rogiparicaryā surārcanam / pādaśaucaṃ dvijocchiṣṭamārjanaṃ gāpradānavat
Massaging one who is weary, attending on the sick, worship of the gods, washing (a guest's) feet, cleaning up a brahmin's leavings — (these) are equal to the gift of a cow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 98.12
द्विजाय यदभीष्टं तु दत्त्वा स्वर्गमवाप्नुयात् । भूदीपांश्चान्नवस्त्राणि सर्पिर्दत्त्वा व्रजेच्छियम्
dvijāya yadabhīṣṭaṃ tu dattvā svargamavāpnuyāt / bhūdīpāṃścānnavastrāṇi sarpirdattvā vrajecchiyam
But by giving a brahmin whatever he desires one would attain heaven; and by giving land, lamps, food, clothes and ghee one goes to prosperity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 98.13
गृहधान्यच्छत्रमाल्यवृक्षया नघृतं जलम् । शय्यानुलेपनं दत्त्वा स्वर्गलोके महीयते
gṛhadhānyacchatramālyavṛkṣayā naghṛtaṃ jalam / śayyānulepanaṃ dattvā svargaloke mahīyate
By giving a house, grain, a parasol, garlands, trees, a vehicle(?), ghee, water, a bed and ointment, one is honoured in the world of heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 98.14
ब्रह्मदाता ब्रह्मलोकं प्राप्नोति सुरदुर्लभम् । वेदार्थयज्ञशास्त्राणि धर्मशास्त्राणि चैव हि
brahmadātā brahmalokaṃ prāpnoti suradurlabham / vedārthayajñaśāstrāṇi dharmaśāstrāṇi caiva hi
The giver of sacred knowledge (brahman) attains the world of Brahmā, hard for the gods to reach; (likewise one who gives) the Vedic exegetical and sacrificial treatises, and the treatises on dharma too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 98.15
मूल्येनापि लिखित्वापि ब्रह्मलोकमवाप्नुयात् । एतन्मूलं जगद्यस्मादसृजत्पूर्वमीश्वरः
mūlyenāpi likhitvāpi brahmalokamavāpnuyāt / etanmūlaṃ jagadyasmādasṛjatpūrvamīśvaraḥ
Even by paying for them (to be copied), or by copying them (oneself), one would attain the world of Brahmā; for this is the root, since from it the Lord formerly created the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 98.16
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन कार्यो वेदार्थसंग्रहः । इतिहासपुराणं वा लिखित्वा यः प्रयच्छति
tasmātsarvaprayatnena kāryo vedārthasaṃgrahaḥ / itihāsapurāṇaṃ vā likhitvā yaḥ prayacchati
Therefore with every effort a collection of the meaning of the Veda should be made. And whoever, having had an epic or a purāṇa written, presents it —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 98.17
ब्रह्मदानसमं पुण्यं प्राप्नोति द्विगुणोन्नतिम् । लोकायतं कुतर्कश्च प्राकृतम्लेच्छभाषितम्
brahmadānasamaṃ puṇyaṃ prāpnoti dviguṇonnatim / lokāyataṃ kutarkaśca prākṛtamlecchabhāṣitam
— he obtains merit equal to the gift of sacred knowledge, and an elevation twice as great. Materialist (lokāyata) doctrine, false reasoning, and what is spoken in Prakrit or in barbarian tongues —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 98.18
न श्रोतव्यं द्विजेनैतदधो नयति तं द्विजम् । समर्थो यो न गृह्णीयाद्दातृलोकानवाप्नुयात्
na śrotavyaṃ dvijenaitadadho nayati taṃ dvijam / samartho yo na gṛhṇīyāddātṛlokānavāpnuyāt
this is not to be listened to by a twice-born; it drags that twice-born downwards. He who, being able (to accept), does not accept, would attain the worlds of the givers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 98.19
कुशाः शाकं पयो गन्धाः प्रत्याख्येया न वारि च । अयचिताहृतं ग्राह्यमपि दुष्कृतकर्मणः
kuśāḥ śākaṃ payo gandhāḥ pratyākhyeyā na vāri ca / ayacitāhṛtaṃ grāhyamapi duṣkṛtakarmaṇaḥ
Kuśa grass, vegetables, milk, perfumes and water are not to be refused. What is brought unasked may be accepted even from a man of evil deeds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 98.20
अन्यत्र कुलटाषण्ढपतितेभ्यो द्विषस्तथा । देवातिथ्यर्चनकृते पितृतृप्त्यर्थमेव च । सर्वतः प्रतिगृह्णीयादात्मतृप्सर्थमेव च
anyatra kulaṭāṣaṇḍhapatitebhyo dviṣastathā / devātithyarcanakṛte pitṛtṛptyarthameva ca / sarvataḥ pratigṛhṇīyādātmatṛpsarthameva ca
except from an unchaste woman, a eunuch, an outcaste, and likewise an enemy. For the worship of gods and guests, and for the satisfaction of the ancestors, and also for one's own sustenance, one may accept from anyone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition