Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 26
PdP 6 26.1
नारद उवाच- गुणाधिकेभ्यो विप्रेभ्यो दातुकामोऽपि मानवः । कानिकानि च लोकेऽस्मिन्दद्यात्सर्वं तथा वद
nārada uvāca- guṇādhikebhyo viprebhyo dātukāmo'pi mānavaḥ | kānikāni ca loke'smindadyātsarvaṃ tathā vada
Nārada said: A man who wishes to give to brahmins abundant in virtues — what things in this world should he give? Tell all that too.
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PdP 6 26.2
महादेव उवाच- लोके तत्वं हि संज्ञाय शृणु देवर्षिसत्तम । अन्नमेवं प्रशंसंति सर्वमन्ने प्रतिष्ठितम्
mahādeva uvāca- loke tatvaṃ hi saṃjñāya śṛṇu devarṣisattama | annamevaṃ praśaṃsaṃti sarvamanne pratiṣṭhitam
Mahādeva said: Understanding well the truth (as it is) in the world, listen, O best of divine seers: thus they praise food; everything is established in food.
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PdP 6 26.3
तस्मादन्नं विशेषेण दातुमिच्छंति मानवाः । अन्नेन सदृशं दानं न भूतं न भविष्यति
tasmādannaṃ viśeṣeṇa dātumicchaṃti mānavāḥ | annena sadṛśaṃ dānaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati
Therefore men wish to give food especially; a gift equal to food has not been and will not be.
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PdP 6 26.4
अन्नेन धार्यते विश्वं जगत्स्थावरजंगमम् । अन्नमूर्जस्करं लोके प्राणाह्यन्ने प्रतिष्ठिताः
annena dhāryate viśvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam | annamūrjaskaraṃ loke prāṇāhyanne pratiṣṭhitāḥ
By food is the universe upheld, the world moving and unmoving; food produces vigour in the world, and the vital breaths are established in food.
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PdP 6 26.5
दातव्यं भक्ष्यमेवान्नं ब्राह्मणाय महात्मने । कुटुंबं पीडयित्वापि आत्मनो भूतिमिच्छता
dātavyaṃ bhakṣyamevānnaṃ brāhmaṇāya mahātmane | kuṭuṃbaṃ pīḍayitvāpi ātmano bhūtimicchatā
Edible food should indeed be given to a great-souled brahmin, even at the cost of straining one's household, by one who desires his own welfare.
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PdP 6 26.6
नारदासौ विदांश्रेष्ठो यो दद्यादन्नमर्थिने । ब्राह्मणायार्तरूपाय पारलौकिकमात्मनः
nāradāsau vidāṃśreṣṭho yo dadyādannamarthine | brāhmaṇāyārtarūpāya pāralaukikamātmanaḥ
O Nārada, he is the foremost of the wise who would give food to a needy brahmin who is in distress — (that gives him) his own otherworldly (good).
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PdP 6 26.7
आत्मीयभूतिमन्विच्छेत्काले द्विजमुपस्थितम् । श्रांतमध्वनि वर्त्तंतं गृहस्थं गृहमागतम्
ātmīyabhūtimanvicchetkāle dvijamupasthitam | śrāṃtamadhvani varttaṃtaṃ gṛhasthaṃ gṛhamāgatam
One should seek one's own welfare (by attending to) a twice-born who has arrived at the (proper) time, weary, travelling on the road, a householder come to one's house.
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PdP 6 26.8
अन्नदः प्राप्नुते विद्वान्सुशीलो वीतमत्सरः । क्रोधमुत्पतितं हित्वा दिवि चेह च यत्सुखम्
annadaḥ prāpnute vidvānsuśīlo vītamatsaraḥ | krodhamutpatitaṃ hitvā divi ceha ca yatsukham
The giver of food, learned, of good character, free of envy, having abandoned anger when it arises, obtains whatever happiness there is in heaven and here.
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PdP 6 26.9
नाभिनिंदेच्च अतिथिं न द्रुह्याच्च कथंचन । ब्रह्मविदेऽर्पयेदन्नं तच्च दानं विशिष्यते
nābhiniṃdecca atithiṃ na druhyācca kathaṃcana | brahmavide'rpayedannaṃ tacca dānaṃ viśiṣyate
One should not reproach a guest, nor injure him in any way; one should offer food to a knower of brahman, and that gift is the most excellent.
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PdP 6 26.10
श्रांतायादृष्टपूर्वाय अन्नमध्वनि वर्तिने । यो दद्याच्च परिक्लिष्टं सर्वधर्ममवाप्नुयात्
śrāṃtāyādṛṣṭapūrvāya annamadhvani vartine | yo dadyācca parikliṣṭaṃ sarvadharmamavāpnuyāt
Whoever gives food, (himself) hard-pressed, to a weary man never seen before, travelling on the road, would obtain all merit (of dharma).
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PdP 6 26.11
पितृदेवांस्तथा विप्रातिथींश्च महामुने । यो नरः प्रीणयेतान्नैस्तस्य पुण्यमनंतकम्
pitṛdevāṃstathā viprātithīṃśca mahāmune | yo naraḥ prīṇayetānnaistasya puṇyamanaṃtakam
O great sage, the man who gratifies with food the fathers and the gods, and brahmin guests — his merit is endless.
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PdP 6 26.12
कृत्वापि सुमहत्पापं यो दद्यादन्नमर्थिने । ब्राह्मणाय विशेषेण स तु पापैः प्रमुच्यते
kṛtvāpi sumahatpāpaṃ yo dadyādannamarthine | brāhmaṇāya viśeṣeṇa sa tu pāpaiḥ pramucyate
Even having committed a very great sin, he who gives food to one in need, and especially to a brahmin, is released from his sins.
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PdP 6 26.13
ब्राह्मणेष्वक्षयं दानमन्नं शूद्रे महत्फलम् । अन्नदानं च शूद्रे च ब्राह्मणे चावशिष्यते
brāhmaṇeṣvakṣayaṃ dānamannaṃ śūdre mahatphalam | annadānaṃ ca śūdre ca brāhmaṇe cāvaśiṣyate
A gift to brahmins is imperishable; food (given) to a śūdra has great fruit; and the gift of food remains (fruitful) both in the case of a śūdra and of a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 26.14
न पृच्छेद्गोत्रचरणं न च स्वाध्यायमेव च । भिक्षुको ब्राह्मणो ह्यत्र दद्यादन्नं प्रयाति च
na pṛcchedgotracaraṇaṃ na ca svādhyāyameva ca | bhikṣuko brāhmaṇo hyatra dadyādannaṃ prayāti ca
One should not ask his lineage or observance, nor even his recitation (of the Veda); here (if) a mendicant is a brahmin, one should give food and he goes on his way.
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PdP 6 26.15
अन्नदस्य शुभा वृक्षाः सर्वकामफलान्विताः । संभवंतीह लोके च हर्षयुक्तास्त्रिविष्टपे
annadasya śubhā vṛkṣāḥ sarvakāmaphalānvitāḥ | saṃbhavaṃtīha loke ca harṣayuktāstriviṣṭape
For the giver of food auspicious trees, bearing fruits (that fulfil) all desires, come to be here in this world, and joy-bringing ones in heaven.
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PdP 6 26.16
अन्नदानेन ये लोकास्तान्शृणुष्वमहामुने । विमानानि प्रकाशंते दिवि तेषां महात्मनाम्
annadānena ye lokāstānśṛṇuṣvamahāmune | vimānāni prakāśaṃte divi teṣāṃ mahātmanām
Hear, O great sage, of the worlds (won) by the gift of food: in heaven the aerial cars of those great-souled ones shine forth.
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PdP 6 26.17
नानासंस्थानरूपाणि नानाकामान्वितानि च । सर्वकामफलाश्चापि वृक्षा भुवनसंस्थिताः
nānāsaṃsthānarūpāṇi nānākāmānvitāni ca | sarvakāmaphalāścāpi vṛkṣā bhuvanasaṃsthitāḥ
(They are) of various forms and structures and furnished with various desirable things; and there stand in that realm trees bearing the fruits of all desires.
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PdP 6 26.18
हेमवाप्यः शुभाः सर्वा दीर्घिकाश्चैव सर्वशः । घोषवंति च यानानि मुक्तान्यथ सहस्रशः
hemavāpyaḥ śubhāḥ sarvā dīrghikāścaiva sarvaśaḥ | ghoṣavaṃti ca yānāni muktānyatha sahasraśaḥ
All the golden tanks are lovely, and the long pools on every side; and there are vehicles that ring (with sound), released (to go at will), by the thousands.
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PdP 6 26.19
भक्ष्यभोज्यमयाः शैला वासांस्याभरणानि च । क्षीरं स्रवंत्यः सरितस्तथैवाज्यस्य पर्वताः
bhakṣyabhojyamayāḥ śailā vāsāṃsyābharaṇāni ca | kṣīraṃ sravaṃtyaḥ saritastathaivājyasya parvatāḥ
There are mountains made of foods to chew and to eat, and of garments and ornaments; rivers flowing with milk, and likewise mountains of clarified butter.
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PdP 6 26.20
प्रासादाः शुभ्रवर्णाभाः शय्याश्च कनकोज्वलाः । तदन्नं दातुमिच्छंति तस्मादन्नप्रदो भवेत्
prāsādāḥ śubhravarṇābhāḥ śayyāśca kanakojvalāḥ | tadannaṃ dātumicchaṃti tasmādannaprado bhavet
Palaces gleaming with white radiance, and couches bright with gold — (these) they wish to give as (the reward of) that food; therefore one should be a giver of food.
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PdP 6 26.21
एते लोकाः पुण्यकृतामन्नदानं महत्फलम् । तस्मादन्नं विशेषेण दातव्यं मानवैर्भुवि
ete lokāḥ puṇyakṛtāmannadānaṃ mahatphalam | tasmādannaṃ viśeṣeṇa dātavyaṃ mānavairbhuvi
These are the worlds of those who have done merit; the gift of food (bears) great fruit. Therefore food above all should be given by men on earth.
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