Kurma Purana — Upari Vibhaga — Chapter 26
KuP 2 26.1
व्यास उवाच अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि दानधर्ममनुत्तमम् । ब्रह्मणाभिहितं पूर्वमृषीणां ब्रह्मवादिनाम्
vyāsa uvāca athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi dānadharmamanuttamam / brahmaṇābhihitaṃ pūrvamṛṣīṇāṃ brahmavādinām
Vyāsa said: Now next I shall declare the most excellent law of giving, formerly told by Brahmā to the seers who discourse on brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.2
अर्थानामुदिते पात्रे श्रद्धया प्रतिपादनम् । दानमित्यभिनिर्दिष्टं भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदम्
arthānāmudite pātre śraddhayā pratipādanam / dānamityabhinirdiṣṭaṃ bhuktimuktiphalapradam
The bestowing of goods with faith upon a worthy recipient when he has appeared — that is designated as 'gift', and it yields both enjoyment and liberation as its fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.3
यद् ददाति विशिष्टेभ्यः श्रद्धया परया युतः । तद् वै वित्तमहं मन्ये शेषं कस्यापि रक्षति
yad dadāti viśiṣṭebhyaḥ śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ / tad vai vittamahaṃ manye śeṣaṃ kasyāpi rakṣati
What a man, filled with the highest faith, gives to distinguished persons — that indeed I hold to be (his) wealth; the remainder he guards for somebody or other.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.4
नित्यं नैमित्तिकं काम्यं त्रिविधं दानमुच्यते । चतुर्थं विमलं प्रोक्तं सर्वदानोत्तमोत्तमम्
nityaṃ naimittikaṃ kāmyaṃ trividhaṃ dānamucyate / caturthaṃ vimalaṃ proktaṃ sarvadānottamottamam
Giving is said to be of three kinds: regular, occasional, and desire-prompted; a fourth is declared to be the stainless one, the very best of all gifts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.5
अहन्यहनि यत् किञ्चिद् दीयते ऽनुपकारिणे । अनुद्दिश्य फलं तस्माद् ब्राह्मणाय तु नित्यकम्
ahanyahani yat kiñcid dīyate 'nupakāriṇe / anuddiśya phalaṃ tasmād brāhmaṇāya tu nityakam
Whatever little is given day after day to one who does no service in return, to a brahmin, without aiming at a fruit from it — that is the regular (gift).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.6
यत् तु पापोपशान्त्यर्थं दीयते विदुषां करे । नैमित्तिकं तदुद्दिष्टं दानं सद्भिरनुष्ठितम्
yat tu pāpopaśāntyarthaṃ dīyate viduṣāṃ kare / naimittikaṃ taduddiṣṭaṃ dānaṃ sadbhiranuṣṭhitam
But that which is given into the hand of the learned for the sake of quieting sin — that is declared to be occasional (naimittika) giving, practised by the good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.7
अपत्यविजयैश्वर्यस्वर्गार्थं यत् प्रदीयते । दानं तत् काम्यमाख्यातमृषिभिर्धर्मचिन्तकैः
apatyavijayaiśvaryasvargārthaṃ yat pradīyate / dānaṃ tat kāmyamākhyātamṛṣibhirdharmacintakaiḥ
That which is bestowed for the sake of offspring, victory, lordship, or heaven — that giving is called "desire-prompted" (kāmya) by the seers who ponder dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.8
यदीश्वरप्रीणनार्थं ब्रह्मवित्सु प्रदीयते । चेतसा धर्मयुक्तेन दानं तद् विमलं शिवम्
yadīśvaraprīṇanārthaṃ brahmavitsu pradīyate / cetasā dharmayuktena dānaṃ tad vimalaṃ śivam
But when, for the sake of pleasing the Lord, (something) is bestowed upon knowers of brahman with a mind joined to dharma, that giving is pure and auspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.9
दानधर्मं निषेवेत पात्रमासाद्य शक्तितः । उत्पत्स्यते हि तत्पात्रं यत् तारयति सर्वतः
dānadharmaṃ niṣeveta pātramāsādya śaktitaḥ / utpatsyate hi tatpātraṃ yat tārayati sarvataḥ
One should practise the duty of giving according to one's ability, having found a worthy recipient; for that recipient will arise who carries (one) across from all (sins).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.10
कुटुम्बभक्तवसनाद् देयं यदतिरिच्यते । अन्यथा दीयते यद्धि न तद् दानं फलप्रदम्
kuṭumbabhaktavasanād deyaṃ yadatiricyate / anyathā dīyate yaddhi na tad dānaṃ phalapradam
What exceeds (the needs of) the family's food and clothing is to be given; for what is given otherwise — that gift does not yield fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.11
श्रोत्रियाय कुलीनाय विनीताय तपस्विने । वृत्तस्थाय दरिद्राय प्रदेयं भक्तिपूर्वकम्
śrotriyāya kulīnāya vinītāya tapasvine / vṛttasthāya daridrāya pradeyaṃ bhaktipūrvakam
To one learned in the Veda, of good family, disciplined, ascetic, established in right conduct, and poor, (a gift) should be presented with devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.12
यस्तु दद्यान्महीं भक्त्या ब्राह्मणायाहिताग्नये । स याति परमं स्थानं यत्र गत्वा न शोचति
yastu dadyānmahīṃ bhaktyā brāhmaṇāyāhitāgnaye / sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ yatra gatvā na śocati
But he who with devotion gives land to a brahmin who maintains the sacred fires goes to the highest abode, where, having gone, one does not grieve.
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KuP 2 26.13
इक्षुभिः संततां भुमिं यवगोधूमशलिनीम् । ददाति वेदविदुषे यः स भूयो न जायते
ikṣubhiḥ saṃtatāṃ bhumiṃ yavagodhūmaśalinīm / dadāti vedaviduṣe yaḥ sa bhūyo na jāyate
He who gives to one who knows the Veda land covered with sugarcane and rich in barley, wheat, and rice is not born again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.14
गोचर्ममात्रामपि वा यो भूमिं संप्रयच्छति । ब्राह्मणाय दरिद्राय सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
gocarmamātrāmapi vā yo bhūmiṃ saṃprayacchati / brāhmaṇāya daridrāya sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
Or he who bestows on a poor brahmin even so much land as a cow's hide (would cover) is released from all sins.
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KuP 2 26.15
भूमिदानात् परं दानं विद्यते नेह किञ्चन । अन्नदानं तेन तुल्यं विद्यादानं ततो ऽधिकम्
bhūmidānāt paraṃ dānaṃ vidyate neha kiñcana / annadānaṃ tena tulyaṃ vidyādānaṃ tato 'dhikam
There is no gift here higher than the gift of land; the gift of food is equal to it, and the gift of knowledge greater than that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.16
यो ब्राह्मणाय शान्ताय शुचये धर्मशालिने । ददाति विद्यां विधिना ब्रह्मलोके महीयते
yo brāhmaṇāya śāntāya śucaye dharmaśāline / dadāti vidyāṃ vidhinā brahmaloke mahīyate
He who, according to rule, gives knowledge to a brahmin who is calm, pure, and abounding in dharma is honoured in the world of Brahmā.
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KuP 2 26.17
दद्यादहरहस्त्वन्नं श्रद्धया ब्रह्मचारिणे । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो ब्रह्मणः स्थानमाप्नुयात्
dadyādaharahastvannaṃ śraddhayā brahmacāriṇe / sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmaṇaḥ sthānamāpnuyāt
And he should give food day after day with faith to a student of the Veda; freed from all sins, he would attain the abode of Brahmā.
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KuP 2 26.18
गृहस्थायान्नदानेन फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः । आममेवास्य दातव्यं दत्त्वाप्नोति परां गतिम्
gṛhasthāyānnadānena phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ / āmamevāsya dātavyaṃ dattvāpnoti parāṃ gatim
By the gift of food to a householder a man obtains (its) fruit; to him only uncooked food is to be given, and having given it he attains the highest goal.
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KuP 2 26.19
वैशाख्यां पौर्णमास्यां तु ब्राह्मणान् सप्त पञ्च वा । उपोष्य विधिना शान्तः शुचिः प्रयतमानसः
vaiśākhyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ tu brāhmaṇān sapta pañca vā / upoṣya vidhinā śāntaḥ śuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ
But on the full-moon day of Vaiśākha, having fasted according to rule, calm, pure, and with a controlled mind, (one should honour) seven or five brahmins —
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KuP 2 26.20
पूजयित्वा तिलैः कृष्णैर्मधुना न विशेषतः । गन्धादिभिः समभ्यर्च्य वाचयेद् वा स्व्यं वदेत्
pūjayitvā tilaiḥ kṛṣṇairmadhunā na viśeṣataḥ / gandhādibhiḥ samabhyarcya vācayed vā svyaṃ vadet
having honoured (them) with black sesame seeds and with honey in particular, and having worshipped (them) with perfumes and the rest, he should have (the formula) recited, or should speak it himself:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 26.21
प्रीयतां धर्मराजेति यद् वा मनसि वर्तते । यावज्जीवकृतं पापं तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति
prīyatāṃ dharmarājeti yad vā manasi vartate / yāvajjīvakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati
"May the King of Dharma be pleased" — or whatever is in his mind: the sin done throughout his life perishes that very instant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.22
कृष्णाजिने तिलान् कृत्त्वा हिरण्यं मधुसर्पिषी । ददाति यस्तु विप्राय सर्वं तरति दुष्कृतम्
kṛṣṇājine tilān kṛttvā hiraṇyaṃ madhusarpiṣī / dadāti yastu viprāya sarvaṃ tarati duṣkṛtam
He who, having placed sesame seeds on a black antelope skin, gives gold, honey, and ghee to a brahmin crosses beyond all evil deeds.
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KuP 2 26.23
कृतान्नमुदकुम्भं च वैशाख्यां च विशेषतः । निर्दिश्य धर्मराजाय विप्रेभ्यो मुच्यते भयात्
kṛtānnamudakumbhaṃ ca vaiśākhyāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ / nirdiśya dharmarājāya viprebhyo mucyate bhayāt
And (he who), especially on the full moon of Vaiśākha, gives cooked food and a water-jar to brahmins, dedicating it to the King of Dharma, is freed from fear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.24
सुवर्णतिलयुक्तैस्तु ब्राह्मणान् सप्त पञ्च वा । तर्पयेदुदपात्रैस्तु ब्रह्महत्यां व्यपोहति
suvarṇatilayuktaistu brāhmaṇān sapta pañca vā / tarpayedudapātraistu brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati
He should satisfy seven or five brahmins with water-vessels furnished with gold and sesame: (thereby) he removes (even) the killing of a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.25
माघमासे तु विप्रस्तु द्वादश्यां समुपोषितः । शुक्लाम्वरधरः कृष्णैस्तिलैर्हुत्वा हुताशनम्
māghamāse tu viprastu dvādaśyāṃ samupoṣitaḥ / śuklāmvaradharaḥ kṛṣṇaistilairhutvā hutāśanam
But a brahmin who in the month of Māgha has fasted on the twelfth day, wearing white garments, having offered black sesame seeds into the fire,
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KuP 2 26.26
प्रदद्याद् ब्राह्मणेभ्यस्तु तिलानेव समाहितः । जन्मप्रभृति यत्पापं सर्वं तरति वै द्विजः
pradadyād brāhmaṇebhyastu tilāneva samāhitaḥ / janmaprabhṛti yatpāpaṃ sarvaṃ tarati vai dvijaḥ
With composed mind he should give sesame seeds to brahmins; the twice-born thereby crosses over all the sin (committed) from birth onward.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.27
अमावस्यामनुप्राप्य ब्राह्मणाय तपस्विने । यत्किचिद् देवदेवेशं दद्याच्चोद्दिश्य शङ्करम्
amāvasyāmanuprāpya brāhmaṇāya tapasvine / yatkicid devadeveśaṃ dadyāccoddiśya śaṅkaram
When the new-moon day has come, whatever (one) gives to an ascetic brahmin, dedicating it to Śaṅkara, the lord of the gods of gods —
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KuP 2 26.28
प्रीयतामीश्वरः सोमो महादेवः सनातनः । सप्तजन्मकृतं पापं तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति
prīyatāmīśvaraḥ somo mahādevaḥ sanātanaḥ / saptajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati
(saying) "May the lord Soma, the great god, the eternal one, be pleased" — the sin committed in seven births perishes that very instant.
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KuP 2 26.29
यस्तु कृष्णचतुर्दश्यां स्नात्वा देवं पिनाकिनम् । आराधयेद् द्विजमुखे न तस्यास्ति पुनर्भवः
yastu kṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ snātvā devaṃ pinākinam / ārādhayed dvijamukhe na tasyāsti punarbhavaḥ
He who, on the dark fourteenth, having bathed, worships the god bearing the Pināka in the person of a brahmin — for him there is no rebirth.
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KuP 2 26.30
कृष्णाष्टम्यां विशेषेण धार्मिकाय द्विजातये । स्नात्वाभ्यर्च्य यथान्यायं पादप्रक्षालनादिभिः
kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ viśeṣeṇa dhārmikāya dvijātaye / snātvābhyarcya yathānyāyaṃ pādaprakṣālanādibhiḥ
Especially on the dark eighth, having bathed and duly honoured a righteous twice-born man with the washing of his feet and the rest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.31
प्रीयतां मे महादेवो दद्याद् द्रव्यं स्वकीयकम् । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः प्राप्नोति परमां गतिम्
prīyatāṃ me mahādevo dadyād dravyaṃ svakīyakam / sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ prāpnoti paramāṃ gatim
(saying) "May the great god be pleased with me," he should give his own property; freed from all sins he attains the highest state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.32
द्विजैः कृष्णचतुर्दश्यां कृष्णाष्टम्यां विशेषतः । अमावास्यायां भक्तैस्तु पूजनीयस्त्रिलोचनः
dvijaiḥ kṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ viśeṣataḥ / amāvāsyāyāṃ bhaktaistu pūjanīyastrilocanaḥ
The three-eyed one is to be worshipped by the twice-born on the dark fourteenth, especially on the dark eighth, and by devotees on the new-moon day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.33
एकादश्यां निराहारो द्वादश्यां पुरुषोत्तमम् । अर्चयेद् बाह्मणमुखे स गच्छेत् परमं पदम्
ekādaśyāṃ nirāhāro dvādaśyāṃ puruṣottamam / arcayed bāhmaṇamukhe sa gacchet paramaṃ padam
Fasting on the eleventh, on the twelfth he should worship the Supreme Person in the person of a brahmin; he goes to the highest abode.
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KuP 2 26.34
एषा तिथिर्वैष्णवीं स्याद् द्वादशी शुक्लपक्षके । तस्यामाराधयेद् देवं प्रयत्नेन जनार्दनम्
eṣā tithirvaiṣṇavīṃ syād dvādaśī śuklapakṣake / tasyāmārādhayed devaṃ prayatnena janārdanam
This day, the twelfth of the bright fortnight, is Vaiṣṇava; on it one should diligently worship the god Janārdana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.35
यत्किञ्चिद् देवमीशानमुद्दिश्य ब्राह्मणे शुचौ । दीयते विष्णवे वापि तदनन्तफलप्रदम्
yatkiñcid devamīśānamuddiśya brāhmaṇe śucau / dīyate viṣṇave vāpi tadanantaphalapradam
Whatever is given to a pure brahmin with dedication to the god Īśāna, or to Viṣṇu, that yields endless fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.36
यो हि यां देवतामिच्छेत् समाराधयितुं नरः । ब्राह्मणान् पूजयेद् यत्नात् सतस्यां तोषयेत् ततः
yo hi yāṃ devatāmicchet samārādhayituṃ naraḥ / brāhmaṇān pūjayed yatnāt satasyāṃ toṣayet tataḥ
Whichever deity a man wishes to propitiate, he should carefully honour brahmins, and thereby gratify (the deity) in them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.37
द्विजानां वपुरास्थाय नित्यं तिष्ठन्ति देवताः । पूज्यन्ते ब्राह्मणालाभे प्रतिमादिष्वपि क्वचित्
dvijānāṃ vapurāsthāya nityaṃ tiṣṭhanti devatāḥ / pūjyante brāhmaṇālābhe pratimādiṣvapi kvacit
The deities constantly abide taking on the bodies of brahmins; when brahmins are not obtainable they are worshipped, sometimes, in images and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.38
तस्मात् सर्वप्रयत्नेन तत् तत् फलमभीप्सता । द्विजेषु देवता नित्यं पूजनीया विशेषतः
tasmāt sarvaprayatnena tat tat phalamabhīpsatā / dvijeṣu devatā nityaṃ pūjanīyā viśeṣataḥ
Therefore, by one desiring this or that fruit, the deities should always, with every effort, be worshipped especially in twice-born men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.39
विभूतिकामः सततं पूजयेद् वै पुरन्दरम् । ब्रह्मवर्चसकामस्तु ब्रह्माणं ब्रह्मकामुकः
vibhūtikāmaḥ satataṃ pūjayed vai purandaram / brahmavarcasakāmastu brahmāṇaṃ brahmakāmukaḥ
One who desires prosperity should constantly worship Purandara; one who desires spiritual lustre, Brahmā; one who desires brahman —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.40
आरोग्यकामो ऽथ रविं धनकामो हुताशनम् । कर्मणां सिद्धिकामस्तु पूजयेद् वै विनायकम्
ārogyakāmo 'tha raviṃ dhanakāmo hutāśanam / karmaṇāṃ siddhikāmastu pūjayed vai vināyakam
One desiring health, then, (should worship) the sun; one desiring wealth, the fire; one desiring success in undertakings should worship Vināyaka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.41
भोगकामस्तु शशिनं बलकामः समीरणम् । मुमुक्षुः सर्वसंसारात् प्रयत्नेनार्चयेद्धरिम्
bhogakāmastu śaśinaṃ balakāmaḥ samīraṇam / mumukṣuḥ sarvasaṃsārāt prayatnenārcayeddharim
One desiring enjoyment (should worship) the moon; one desiring strength, the wind; one seeking release from all transmigration should diligently worship Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.42
यस्तु योगं तथा मोक्षमन्विच्छेज्ज्ञानमैश्वरम् । सोर्ऽचयेद् वै विरूपाक्षं प्रयत्नेनेश्वरेश्वरम्
yastu yogaṃ tathā mokṣamanvicchejjñānamaiśvaram / sor'cayed vai virūpākṣaṃ prayatneneśvareśvaram
But he who seeks yoga and liberation and the knowledge belonging to the Lord, he should diligently worship the odd-eyed one, the lord of lords.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.43
ये वाञ्छन्ति महायोगान् ज्ञानानि च महेश्वरम् । ते पूजयन्ति भूतेशं केशवं चापि भोगिनः
ye vāñchanti mahāyogān jñānāni ca maheśvaram / te pūjayanti bhūteśaṃ keśavaṃ cāpi bhoginaḥ
Those who desire the great yogas and the knowledges worship Maheśvara, the lord of beings; and those who seek enjoyments worship Keśava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.44
वारिदस्तृप्तिमाप्नोति सुखमक्षय्यमन्नदः । तिलप्रदः प्रजामिष्टां दीपदश्चक्षुरुत्तमम्
vāridastṛptimāpnoti sukhamakṣayyamannadaḥ / tilapradaḥ prajāmiṣṭāṃ dīpadaścakṣuruttamam
The giver of water obtains satisfaction; the giver of food, imperishable happiness; the giver of sesame, desired offspring; the giver of lamps, excellent eyesight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.45
भूमिदः सर्वमाप्नोति दीर्घमायुर्हिरण्यदः । गृहदो ऽग्र्याणि वेश्मानि रूप्यदो रूपमुत्तमम्
bhūmidaḥ sarvamāpnoti dīrghamāyurhiraṇyadaḥ / gṛhado 'gryāṇi veśmāni rūpyado rūpamuttamam
The giver of land obtains everything; the giver of gold, long life; the giver of a house, the finest dwellings; the giver of silver, the most excellent beauty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.46
वासोदश्चन्द्रसालोक्यमश्विसालोक्यमश्वदः । अनडुदः श्रियं पुष्टां गोदो व्रध्नस्य विष्टपम्
vāsodaścandrasālokyamaśvisālokyamaśvadaḥ / anaḍudaḥ śriyaṃ puṣṭāṃ godo vradhnasya viṣṭapam
The giver of clothing (gains) dwelling in the world of the moon, the giver of a horse dwelling in the world of the Aśvins; the giver of an ox, abundant prosperity; the giver of a cow, the sun's realm.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.47
यानशय्याप्रदो भार्यामैश्वर्यमभयप्रदः । धान्यदः शाश्वतं सौख्यं ब्रह्मदो ब्रह्मसात्म्यताम्
yānaśayyāprado bhāryāmaiśvaryamabhayapradaḥ / dhānyadaḥ śāśvataṃ saukhyaṃ brahmado brahmasātmyatām
One who gives a vehicle and a bed (obtains) a wife; one who gives freedom from fear, lordship; the giver of grain, everlasting happiness; the giver of the Veda (brahman), identity with brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.48
धान्यान्यपि यथाशक्ति विप्रेषु प्रतिपादयेत् । वेदवित्सु विशिष्टेषु प्रेत्य स्वर्गं समश्नुते
dhānyānyapi yathāśakti vipreṣu pratipādayet / vedavitsu viśiṣṭeṣu pretya svargaṃ samaśnute
He should also bestow grains, according to his ability, upon brahmins — upon distinguished ones who know the Veda; after death he attains heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.49
गवां घासप्रदानेन सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते । इन्धनानां प्रदानेन दीप्ताग्निर्जायते नरः
gavāṃ ghāsapradānena sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate / indhanānāṃ pradānena dīptāgnirjāyate naraḥ
By giving fodder to cows one is freed from all sins; by the giving of firewood a man becomes one whose (sacrificial) fire blazes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.50
फलमूलानि शाकानि भोज्यानि विविधानि च । प्रदद्याद् ब्राह्मणेभ्यस्तु मुदा युक्तः सदा भवेत्
phalamūlāni śākāni bhojyāni vividhāni ca / pradadyād brāhmaṇebhyastu mudā yuktaḥ sadā bhavet
Fruits and roots, vegetables, and various foods he should give to brahmins; he will always be joyful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.51
औषधं स्नेहमाहारं रोगिणे रोगशान्तये । ददानो रोगरहितः सुखी दीर्घायुरेव च
auṣadhaṃ snehamāhāraṃ rogiṇe rogaśāntaye / dadāno rogarahitaḥ sukhī dīrghāyureva ca
One who gives medicine, oil, and food to a sick man for the quieting of his disease becomes free of disease, happy, and long-lived.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.52
असिपत्रवनं मार्गं क्षुरधारासमन्वितम् । तीव्रितापं च तरति छत्रोपानत्प्रदो नरः
asipatravanaṃ mārgaṃ kṣuradhārāsamanvitam / tīvritāpaṃ ca tarati chatropānatprado naraḥ
The man who gives an umbrella and sandals crosses the road of the sword-leaf forest, set with razor-edges and of fierce heat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.53
यद् यदिष्टतमं लोके यच्चापि दयितं गृहे । तत्तद् गुणवते देयं तदेवाक्ष्यमिच्छता
yad yadiṣṭatamaṃ loke yaccāpi dayitaṃ gṛhe / tattad guṇavate deyaṃ tadevākṣyamicchatā
Whatever is most desired in the world and whatever is cherished in the house, that very thing should be given to a worthy man by one who wishes it to be imperishable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.54
अपने विषुवे चैव ग्रहणे चन्द्रसूर्ययोः । संक्रान्त्यादिषु कालेषु दत्तं भवति चाक्षयम्
apane viṣuve caiva grahaṇe candrasūryayoḥ / saṃkrāntyādiṣu kāleṣu dattaṃ bhavati cākṣayam
At the (solstitial) passage and at the equinox, at an eclipse of the moon or the sun, and at times such as the sun's transit (into a new sign), what is given becomes imperishable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.55
प्रयागादिषु तीर्थेषु पुण्येष्वायतनेषु च । दत्त्वा चाक्षयमाप्नोति नदीषु च वनेषु च
prayāgādiṣu tīrtheṣu puṇyeṣvāyataneṣu ca / dattvā cākṣayamāpnoti nadīṣu ca vaneṣu ca
At sacred fords such as Prayāga, and at holy shrines, and at rivers and in forests, having given, one obtains the imperishable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.56
दानधर्मात् परो धर्मो भूतानां नेह विद्यते । तस्माद् विप्राय दातव्यं श्रोत्रियाय द्विजातिभिः
dānadharmāt paro dharmo bhūtānāṃ neha vidyate / tasmād viprāya dātavyaṃ śrotriyāya dvijātibhiḥ
There is no duty here for living beings higher than the duty of giving; therefore twice-born men should give to a brahmin learned in the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.57
स्वगायुर्भूतिकामेन तथा पापोपशान्तये । मुमुक्षुणा च दातव्यं ब्राह्मणेभ्यस्तथान्वहम्
svagāyurbhūtikāmena tathā pāpopaśāntaye / mumukṣuṇā ca dātavyaṃ brāhmaṇebhyastathānvaham
And by one who desires heaven, long life and prosperity, and for the quieting of sin, and by one who seeks liberation, gifts should be made to brahmins day after day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.58
दीयमानं तु यो मोहाद् गोविप्राग्निसुरेषु च । निवारयति पापात्मा तिर्यग्योनिं व्रजेत् तु सः
dīyamānaṃ tu yo mohād goviprāgnisureṣu ca / nivārayati pāpātmā tiryagyoniṃ vrajet tu saḥ
But that evil-souled man who out of delusion obstructs what is being given to cows, brahmins, the fire, and the gods — he goes to an animal womb.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.59
यस्तु द्रव्यार्जनं कृत्वा नार्चयेद् ब्राह्मणान् सुरान् । सर्वस्वमपहृत्यैनं राजा राष्ट्रात् प्रवासयेत्
yastu dravyārjanaṃ kṛtvā nārcayed brāhmaṇān surān / sarvasvamapahṛtyainaṃ rājā rāṣṭrāt pravāsayet
But he who, having acquired wealth, does not honour brahmins and the gods — the king should confiscate all his property and banish him from the realm.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.60
यस्तु दुर्भिक्षवेलायामन्नाद्यं न प्रयच्छति । म्रियमाणेषु विप्रेषु ब्राह्मणः स तु गर्हितः
yastu durbhikṣavelāyāmannādyaṃ na prayacchati / mriyamāṇeṣu vipreṣu brāhmaṇaḥ sa tu garhitaḥ
But he who at a time of famine does not offer food when brahmins are dying — that brahmin is to be condemned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.61
न तस्मात् प्रतिगृह्णीयुर्न विशेयुश्च तेन हि । अङ्कयित्वा स्वकाद् राष्ट्रात् तं राजा विप्रवासयेत्
na tasmāt pratigṛhṇīyurna viśeyuśca tena hi / aṅkayitvā svakād rāṣṭrāt taṃ rājā vipravāsayet
They should not accept (anything) from him, nor should they enter (his house) with him; the king should brand him and banish him from his own realm.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.62
यस्त्वसद्भ्यो ददातीह स्वद्रव्यं धर्मसाधनम् । स पूर्वाभ्यधिकः पापी नरके पच्यते नरः
yastvasadbhyo dadātīha svadravyaṃ dharmasādhanam / sa pūrvābhyadhikaḥ pāpī narake pacyate naraḥ
But he who here gives to the unworthy his own wealth, the means of dharma — that man is a sinner exceeding the former, and is cooked in hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.63
स्वाध्यायवन्तो ये विप्रा विद्यावन्तो जितेन्द्रियाः । सत्यसंयमसंयुक्तास्तेभ्यो दद्याद् द्विजोत्तमाः
svādhyāyavanto ye viprā vidyāvanto jitendriyāḥ / satyasaṃyamasaṃyuktāstebhyo dadyād dvijottamāḥ
Those brahmins who are given to Vedic recitation, who possess learning and have conquered their senses, who are endowed with truth and self-restraint — to them the best of the twice-born should give.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.64
सुभुक्तमपि विद्वांसं धार्मिकं भोजयेद् द्विजम् । न तु मूर्खमवृत्तस्थं दशरात्रमुपोषितम्
subhuktamapi vidvāṃsaṃ dhārmikaṃ bhojayed dvijam / na tu mūrkhamavṛttasthaṃ daśarātramupoṣitam
One should feed a learned and righteous brahmin even if he has already eaten well, but not an ignorant one of bad conduct even if he has fasted ten nights.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.65
सन्निकृष्टमतिक्रम्य श्रोत्रियं यः प्रयच्छति । स तेन कर्मणा पापी दहत्यासप्तमं कुलम्
sannikṛṣṭamatikramya śrotriyaṃ yaḥ prayacchati / sa tena karmaṇā pāpī dahatyāsaptamaṃ kulam
He who, passing over a Vedic scholar who is close at hand, gives (elsewhere) — by that act he, a sinner, burns his family to the seventh (generation).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.66
यदिस्यादधिको विप्रः शीलविद्यादिभिः स्वयम् । तस्मै यत्नेन दातव्यं अतिक्रम्यापि सन्निधिम्
yadisyādadhiko vipraḥ śīlavidyādibhiḥ svayam / tasmai yatnena dātavyaṃ atikramyāpi sannidhim
If a brahmin is himself superior in conduct, learning and the like, one should give to him with effort, even passing over one who is close at hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.67
यो ऽर्चितं प्रतिगृह्णीयाद् दद्यादर्चितमेव च । तावुभौ गच्छतः स्वर्गं नरकं तु विपर्यये
yo 'rcitaṃ pratigṛhṇīyād dadyādarcitameva ca / tāvubhau gacchataḥ svargaṃ narakaṃ tu viparyaye
He who receives what is honoured, and he who gives having honoured (the recipient) — both of these go to heaven; but in the opposite case, to hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.68
न वार्यपि प्रयच्छेत नास्तिके हैतुके ऽपि च । पाषण्डेषु च सर्वेषु नावेदविदि धर्मवित्
na vāryapi prayaccheta nāstike haituke 'pi ca / pāṣaṇḍeṣu ca sarveṣu nāvedavidi dharmavit
One who knows dharma should not offer even water to an unbeliever or a sophist, nor to any of the heretics, nor to one who does not know the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.69
अपूपं च हिरण्यं च गामश्वं पृथिवीं तिलान् । अविद्वान् प्रतिगृह्णानो भस्मी भवति काष्ठवत्
apūpaṃ ca hiraṇyaṃ ca gāmaśvaṃ pṛthivīṃ tilān / avidvān pratigṛhṇāno bhasmī bhavati kāṣṭhavat
An unlearned man, accepting cake, gold, a cow, a horse, land, or sesame seeds, becomes ash like a piece of wood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.70
द्विजातिभ्यो धनं लिप्सेत् प्रशस्तेभ्यो द्विजोत्तमः । अपि वा जातिमात्रेभ्यो न तु शूद्रात् कथञ्चन
dvijātibhyo dhanaṃ lipset praśastebhyo dvijottamaḥ / api vā jātimātrebhyo na tu śūdrāt kathañcana
The best of the twice-born may desire wealth from twice-born men who are commended, or else from those who are twice-born by birth alone — but never from a śūdra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.71
वृत्तिसङ्कोचमन्विच्छेन्नेहेत धनविस्तरम् । धनलोभे प्रसक्तस्तु ब्राह्मण्यादेव हीयते
vṛttisaṅkocamanvicchenneheta dhanavistaram / dhanalobhe prasaktastu brāhmaṇyādeva hīyate
He should seek a narrowing of his means of livelihood, and not strive for an increase of wealth; one attached to greed for wealth falls away from brahminhood itself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.72
वेदानधीत्य सकलान् यज्ञांश्चावाप्य सर्वशः । न तां गतिमवाप्नोति सङ्कोचाद् यामवाप्नुयात्
vedānadhītya sakalān yajñāṃścāvāpya sarvaśaḥ / na tāṃ gatimavāpnoti saṅkocād yāmavāpnuyāt
Even having studied all the Vedas and performed all the sacrifices completely, he does not attain that state which he would attain by (such) restriction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.73
प्रतिग्रहरुचिर्न स्यात् यात्रार्थं तु समाहरेत् । स्थित्यर्थादधिकं गृह्णन् ब्राह्मणो यात्यधोगतिम्
pratigraharucirna syāt yātrārthaṃ tu samāharet / sthityarthādadhikaṃ gṛhṇan brāhmaṇo yātyadhogatim
He should not have a taste for receiving gifts, but may collect (only) for the sake of his subsistence; a brahmin who takes more than what is needed for maintenance goes to a downward course.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.74
यस्तु याचनको नित्यं न स स्वर्गस्य भाजनम् । उद्वेजयति भूतानि यथा चौरस्तथैव सः
yastu yācanako nityaṃ na sa svargasya bhājanam / udvejayati bhūtāni yathā caurastathaiva saḥ
But one who is constantly a beggar is no vessel for heaven; he distresses beings, and so he is just like a thief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.75
गुरून् भृत्यांश्चोज्जिहीर्षुरर्चिष्यन् देवतातिथीन् । सर्वतः प्रतिगृह्णीयान्न तु तृप्येत् स्वयं ततः
gurūn bhṛtyāṃścojjihīrṣurarciṣyan devatātithīn / sarvataḥ pratigṛhṇīyānna tu tṛpyet svayaṃ tataḥ
Wishing to support his elders and dependents, and intending to honour the gods and guests, he may accept from all sides — but he should not himself be gratified by it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.76
एवं गृहस्थो युक्तात्मा देवतातिथिपूजकः । वर्तमानः संयातात्मा याति तत् परमं पदम्
evaṃ gṛhastho yuktātmā devatātithipūjakaḥ / vartamānaḥ saṃyātātmā yāti tat paramaṃ padam
Thus the householder, disciplined in mind, worshipping gods and guests, living so with self restrained, goes to that supreme state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.77
पुत्रे निधाय वा सर्वं गत्वारण्यं तु तत्त्ववित् । एकाकी विचरेन्नित्यमुदासीनः समाहितः
putre nidhāya vā sarvaṃ gatvāraṇyaṃ tu tattvavit / ekākī vicarennityamudāsīnaḥ samāhitaḥ
Or, having placed everything in his son's charge and gone to the forest, the knower of truth should wander always alone, indifferent, concentrated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.78
एष वः कथितो धर्मो गृहस्थानां द्विजोत्तमाः । ज्ञात्वानुतिष्ठेन्नियतं तथानुष्ठापयेद् द्विजान्
eṣa vaḥ kathito dharmo gṛhasthānāṃ dvijottamāḥ / jñātvānutiṣṭhenniyataṃ tathānuṣṭhāpayed dvijān
This dharma of householders has been told to you, O best of the twice-born; knowing it, one should practise it constantly, and likewise cause (other) twice-born to practise it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 26.79
इति देवमनादिमेकमीशं गृहधर्मेण समर्चयेदजस्त्रम् । समतीत्य स सर्वभूतयोनिं प्रकृतिं याति परं न याति जन्म
iti devamanādimekamīśaṃ gṛhadharmeṇa samarcayedajastram / samatītya sa sarvabhūtayoniṃ prakṛtiṃ yāti paraṃ na yāti janma
Thus one should worship unceasingly, by the householder's dharma, the one beginningless god, the Lord; having passed wholly beyond prakṛti, the womb of all beings, he goes to the Supreme and does not go to (another) birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition