Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 32

PdP 6 32.1

महादेव उवाच- मघवा जातसंकल्पः पर्यपृच्छद्बृहस्पतिम्

mahādeva uvāca- maghavā jātasaṃkalpaḥ paryapṛcchadbṛhaspatim

Mahādeva said: Maghavan (Indra), a resolve having arisen (in him), questioned Bṛhaspati:

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PdP 6 32.2

भगवन्केन दानेन सर्वतः सुखमेधते । यदक्षयं महार्घं च तन्मे ब्रूहि महातपः

bhagavankena dānena sarvataḥ sukhamedhate | yadakṣayaṃ mahārghaṃ ca tanme brūhi mahātapaḥ

"Lord, by what gift does happiness increase on all sides — that which is imperishable and of great worth? Tell me that, O greatly austere one."

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PdP 6 32.3

एवमिंद्रेण चोक्तोऽसौ देवदेवः पुरोहितः । प्रहस्य तं महाप्राज्ञो बृहस्पतिरुवाचह

evamiṃdreṇa cokto'sau devadevaḥ purohitaḥ | prahasya taṃ mahāprājño bṛhaspatiruvācaha

Thus addressed by Indra, that god of gods, the household priest, the greatly wise Bṛhaspati, laughing, said to him:

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PdP 6 32.4

हिरण्यदानं गोदानं भूमिदानं च वासव । एतत्प्रयच्छमानस्तु सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

hiraṇyadānaṃ godānaṃ bhūmidānaṃ ca vāsava | etatprayacchamānastu sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

"The gift of gold, the gift of a cow, and the gift of land, O Vāsava — one who bestows these is released from all sins.

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PdP 6 32.5

सुवर्णं रजतं वस्त्रं मणिरत्नं च वासव । सर्वमेव भवेद्दत्तं वसुधां यः प्रयच्छति

suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ vastraṃ maṇiratnaṃ ca vāsava | sarvameva bhaveddattaṃ vasudhāṃ yaḥ prayacchati

Gold, silver, cloth, gems and jewels, O Vāsava — all of it becomes given (by him) who bestows land.

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PdP 6 32.6

फालकृष्टां महीं दत्वा सबीजां सस्यमालिनीम् । यावत्सूर्यकृतालोकस्तावत्स्वर्गेमहीयते

phālakṛṣṭāṃ mahīṃ datvā sabījāṃ sasyamālinīm | yāvatsūryakṛtālokastāvatsvargemahīyate

Having given land ploughed with the ploughshare, with seed, garlanded with crops, one is honoured in heaven as long as the sun makes light.

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PdP 6 32.7

यत्किंचित्कुरुते पापं पुरुषो वृत्तिकर्षितः । अपि गोचर्ममात्रेण भूमिदानेन शुध्यति

yatkiṃcitkurute pāpaṃ puruṣo vṛttikarṣitaḥ | api gocarmamātreṇa bhūmidānena śudhyati

Whatever sin a man wearied by (the struggle for) his livelihood commits, he is purified by the gift of land even of the mere measure of a cow-hide.

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PdP 6 32.8

दशहस्तेन दंडोऽत्र त्रिंशद्दंडानि वर्तनम् । दशतान्येव गोचर्म्म ब्रह्मगोचर्मलक्षणम्

daśahastena daṃḍo'tra triṃśaddaṃḍāni vartanam | daśatānyeva gocarmma brahmagocarmalakṣaṇam

Here the rod is of ten hands (in length), and thirty rods make a vartana; ten times that is a gocarma — such is the definition of the brahma-gocarma.

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PdP 6 32.9

सवृषं गोसहस्रं तु यत्र तिष्ठत्ययंत्रितम् । बालवत्सप्रसूतानां तद्गोचर्म इति स्मृतम्

savṛṣaṃ gosahasraṃ tu yatra tiṣṭhatyayaṃtritam | bālavatsaprasūtānāṃ tadgocarma iti smṛtam

Where a thousand cows together with a bull may stand unconfined, along with those that have calved and their young calves — that is remembered as a gocarma.

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PdP 6 32.10

विप्राय दद्याच्च गुणान्विताय तपोयुताय प्रजितेंद्रियाय । यावन्मही तिष्ठति सागरांता तावत्फलं तस्य भवेदनंतम्

viprāya dadyācca guṇānvitāya tapoyutāya prajiteṃdriyāya | yāvanmahī tiṣṭhati sāgarāṃtā tāvatphalaṃ tasya bhavedanaṃtam

And let (him) give (it) to a brahmin endowed with virtues, possessed of austerity, whose senses are well subdued; as long as the earth stands, bounded by the ocean, so long shall his reward be — endless.

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PdP 6 32.11

यथाप्सु पतितः शक्र तैलबिंदुः प्रसर्पति । एवंभूमिकृतं दानं सस्ये सस्ये प्रसर्पति

yathāpsu patitaḥ śakra tailabiṃduḥ prasarpati | evaṃbhūmikṛtaṃ dānaṃ sasye sasye prasarpati

As a drop of oil fallen in water spreads out, O Śakra, so a gift made of land spreads out in crop after crop.

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PdP 6 32.12

यथाबीजानि रोहंति प्रचीर्णानि महीतले । एवं कामान्प्ररोहंति भूमिदानसमन्विताः

yathābījāni rohaṃti pracīrṇāni mahītale | evaṃ kāmānprarohaṃti bhūmidānasamanvitāḥ

As seeds scattered on the surface of the earth sprout, so do desires sprout forth when they are joined with a gift of land.

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PdP 6 32.13

अन्नदाः सुखिनो नित्यं वस्त्रदो रूपवान्भवेत् । स नरः सर्वदो भूयो यो ददाति वसुंधराम्

annadāḥ sukhino nityaṃ vastrado rūpavānbhavet | sa naraḥ sarvado bhūyo yo dadāti vasuṃdharām

Givers of food are always happy; a giver of clothing becomes handsome; but that man who gives the earth is a giver of everything.

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PdP 6 32.14

यथा गौर्भरते वत्सं क्षीरमुत्सृज्य क्षीरिणी । एवं दत्ता सहस्राक्ष भूमिर्भरति भूमिदम्

yathā gaurbharate vatsaṃ kṣīramutsṛjya kṣīriṇī | evaṃ dattā sahasrākṣa bhūmirbharati bhūmidam

As a milk-yielding cow nourishes her calf by releasing her milk, so, O thousand-eyed one, the earth when given nourishes the giver of land.

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PdP 6 32.15

शंखो भद्रासनं छत्रं वराश्ववरवारणाः । भूमिदानस्य पुण्यस्य फलं स्वर्गः पुरंदर

śaṃkho bhadrāsanaṃ chatraṃ varāśvavaravāraṇāḥ | bhūmidānasya puṇyasya phalaṃ svargaḥ puraṃdara

A conch, a throne, a parasol, fine horses and fine elephants — and heaven is the fruit of the meritorious gift of land, O Purandara.

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PdP 6 32.16

आदित्यो वरुणो वह्निर्ब्रह्मा सोमो हुताशनः । शूलपाणिश्च भगवानभिनंदंति भूमिदम्

ādityo varuṇo vahnirbrahmā somo hutāśanaḥ | śūlapāṇiśca bhagavānabhinaṃdaṃti bhūmidam

Āditya, Varuṇa, Vahni, Brahmā, Soma, the fire-eater, and the Lord who bears the trident applaud the giver of land.

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PdP 6 32.17

आस्फोटयंति पितरो वर्णयंति पितामहाः । भूमिदाता कुले जातः स नस्त्राता भविष्यति

āsphoṭayaṃti pitaro varṇayaṃti pitāmahāḥ | bhūmidātā kule jātaḥ sa nastrātā bhaviṣyati

The fathers clap their arms and the grandfathers proclaim: 'A giver of land is born in our family; he will be our rescuer.'

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PdP 6 32.18

त्रीण्याहुरतिदानानि गावः पृथ्वी सरस्वती । नरकादुद्धरंत्येते जपवापनदोहनात्

trīṇyāhuratidānāni gāvaḥ pṛthvī sarasvatī | narakāduddharaṃtyete japavāpanadohanāt

Three gifts they call supreme gifts: cows, the earth, and Sarasvatī; these lift (one) up out of hell — by muttering, by sowing, and by milking.

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PdP 6 32.19

दुर्गतिं तारयंत्येते विद्वद्भिर्विप्रधारणैः । प्रावृता वस्त्रदा यांति नग्ना यान्तित्ववस्त्रदाः

durgatiṃ tārayaṃtyete vidvadbhirvipradhāraṇaiḥ | prāvṛtā vastradā yāṃti nagnā yāntitvavastradāḥ

These carry (one) across misfortune, by (their) upholding of brahmins through the learned. Givers of clothing go clothed; those who give no clothing go naked.

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PdP 6 32.20

तृप्ता यांत्यन्नदातारः क्षुधिता यांत्यनन्नदाः । कांक्षंति पितरः सर्वे नरकाद्भयभीरवः

tṛptā yāṃtyannadātāraḥ kṣudhitā yāṃtyanannadāḥ | kāṃkṣaṃti pitaraḥ sarve narakādbhayabhīravaḥ

Givers of food go satisfied; those who give no food go hungry. All the fathers, fearful with dread of hell, long (for a son).

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PdP 6 32.21

गयां यास्यति यः पुत्रः स नस्त्राता भविष्यति । एष्टव्या बहवः पुत्रा यद्येकोऽपि गयां व्रजेत्

gayāṃ yāsyati yaḥ putraḥ sa nastrātā bhaviṣyati | eṣṭavyā bahavaḥ putrā yadyeko'pi gayāṃ vrajet

'The son who will go to Gayā, he will be our rescuer.' Many sons are to be desired, in the hope that even one may go to Gayā,

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PdP 6 32.22

यजेत वाश्वमेधेन नीलं वा वृषमुत्सृजेत् । लोहितो यस्तु वर्णेन पुच्छाग्रे यस्तु पांडुरः

yajeta vāśvamedhena nīlaṃ vā vṛṣamutsṛjet | lohito yastu varṇena pucchāgre yastu pāṃḍuraḥ

or may sacrifice with a horse-sacrifice, or may release a blue bull. That one which is red in colour but pale at the tip of the tail,

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PdP 6 32.23

श्वेतः खुरविषाणाभ्यां स नीलो वृष उच्यते । नीलः पांडुरलांगूलस्तोयमुद्धरते तु यः

śvetaḥ khuraviṣāṇābhyāṃ sa nīlo vṛṣa ucyate | nīlaḥ pāṃḍuralāṃgūlastoyamuddharate tu yaḥ

and white in hooves and horns — that is called a blue bull. The blue one with a pale tail, the one that draws up water,

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PdP 6 32.24

षष्टिं वर्षसहस्राणि पितरस्तेन तर्पिताः । यच्च शृंगगतं पंकं कुलं तिष्ठति चोद्धृतम्

ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣasahasrāṇi pitarastena tarpitāḥ | yacca śṛṃgagataṃ paṃkaṃ kulaṃ tiṣṭhati coddhṛtam

by it the fathers are gratified for sixty thousand years; and the mud that clings to its horn — the family stands lifted up (by it).

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PdP 6 32.25

पितरस्तस्य चाश्नंति सोमलोकं महाद्युतिम् । आसीद्राज्ञो दिलीपस्य नृगस्य नहुषस्य च

pitarastasya cāśnaṃti somalokaṃ mahādyutim | āsīdrājño dilīpasya nṛgasya nahuṣasya ca

And his fathers enjoy the world of Soma, of great splendour. This belonged to King Dilīpa, and to Nṛga, and to Nahuṣa;

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PdP 6 32.26

अन्येषां तु नरेंद्राणां पुनरन्यो न गच्छति । बहुभिर्वसुधा दत्ता राजभिः सगरादिभिः

anyeṣāṃ tu nareṃdrāṇāṃ punaranyo na gacchati | bahubhirvasudhā dattā rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ

but of the other kings, no other again attains (it). The earth has been given by many kings, Sagara and the rest.

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PdP 6 32.27

यस्य यस्य यदा भूमिस्तस्यतस्य तदा फलम् । ब्रह्मघ्नो वाथ स्त्रीहंता बालघ्नः पतितोऽथवा

yasya yasya yadā bhūmistasyatasya tadā phalam | brahmaghno vātha strīhaṃtā bālaghnaḥ patito'thavā

Whosever the land is at a given time, his then is the fruit. Whether a slayer of a brahmin, or a killer of a woman, or a killer of a child, or an outcaste —

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PdP 6 32.28

गवां शतसहस्राणि हंता तत्तस्यदुःष्कृतम् । स्वदत्तां परदत्तां वा यो हरेत्तु वसुंधराम्

gavāṃ śatasahasrāṇi haṃtā tattasyaduḥṣkṛtam | svadattāṃ paradattāṃ vā yo harettu vasuṃdharām

or the slayer of a hundred thousand cows: such is his evil deed, whoever seizes the earth, whether given by himself or given by another.

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PdP 6 32.29

स च विष्ठाकृमिर्भूत्वा पितृभिः सह पच्यते । षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गे तिष्ठति भूमिदः

sa ca viṣṭhākṛmirbhūtvā pitṛbhiḥ saha pacyate | ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi svarge tiṣṭhati bhūmidaḥ

And he, becoming a worm in excrement, is cooked (in hell) together with his ancestors; (whereas) the giver of land dwells in heaven for sixty thousand years.

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PdP 6 32.30

प्रहर्ता चानुमंता च तावद्वै नरकं व्रजेत् । भूमिदाद्भूमिहर्तुश्च नापरः पुण्यपापवान्

prahartā cānumaṃtā ca tāvadvai narakaṃ vrajet | bhūmidādbhūmihartuśca nāparaḥ puṇyapāpavān

Both the seizer and the one who consents (to the seizure) go to hell for just that long; there is no one with greater merit or greater sin than the giver of land and the stealer of land.

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PdP 6 32.31

उर्द्ध्वाधस्तौ च तिष्ठेते यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्

urddhvādhastau ca tiṣṭhete yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam

And the two remain, (one) above and (one) below, until the dissolution of beings.

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PdP 6 32.32

अग्नेरपत्यं प्रथमं सुवर्णं भूर्वैष्णवी सूर्यसुतास्तु गावः । तेषांमनंतं फलमश्नुवीत यः कांचनं गां च महीं च दद्यात्

agnerapatyaṃ prathamaṃ suvarṇaṃ bhūrvaiṣṇavī sūryasutāstu gāvaḥ | teṣāṃmanaṃtaṃ phalamaśnuvīta yaḥ kāṃcanaṃ gāṃ ca mahīṃ ca dadyāt

Gold is the first offspring of Fire, the earth belongs to Viṣṇu, and cows are the daughters of the Sun; he who gives gold and a cow and land would obtain the endless fruit of these (three).

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PdP 6 32.33

भूमिं यः प्रतिगृह्णाति यश्च भूमिं प्रयच्छति । उभौ तौ पुण्यकर्माणौ नियतौ स्वर्गगामिनौ

bhūmiṃ yaḥ pratigṛhṇāti yaśca bhūmiṃ prayacchati | ubhau tau puṇyakarmāṇau niyatau svargagāminau

He who accepts land and he who bestows land — both of them are doers of merit, certain to go to heaven.

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PdP 6 32.34

अन्यायेन हृता भूमिर्यैर्नरैरपहारिता । हरंतो हारयंतश्च हन्युस्ते सप्तमं कुलम्

anyāyena hṛtā bhūmiryairnarairapahāritā | haraṃto hārayaṃtaśca hanyuste saptamaṃ kulam

Land unjustly seized, (or) which is caused to be seized by men — those who seize and those who cause seizure destroy their family to the seventh (generation).

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PdP 6 32.35

हरेद्धारयते यस्तु मंदबुद्धिस्तमोवृतः । स बद्धो वारुणैः पाशैस्तिर्यग्योनिषु जायते

hareddhārayate yastu maṃdabuddhistamovṛtaḥ | sa baddho vāruṇaiḥ pāśaistiryagyoniṣu jāyate

But the dull-witted man wrapped in darkness who seizes (land) or causes it to be seized, bound with Varuṇa's nooses, is born among the animal wombs.

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PdP 6 32.36

अश्रुभिः पतितैस्तेषां दानानामवकीर्त्तनम् । ब्राह्मणस्य हृते क्षेत्रे हतं त्रिपुरुषं कुलम्

aśrubhiḥ patitaisteṣāṃ dānānāmavakīrttanam | brāhmaṇasya hṛte kṣetre hataṃ tripuruṣaṃ kulam

By the tears fallen from them (comes) the undoing of those gifts; when a brahmin's field is taken, the family is destroyed for three generations.

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PdP 6 32.37

वापीकूपसहस्रेण अश्वमेधशतेन च । गवांकोटिप्रदानेन भूमिहर्ता न शुद्ध्यति

vāpīkūpasahasreṇa aśvamedhaśatena ca | gavāṃkoṭipradānena bhūmihartā na śuddhyati

Not by a thousand tanks and wells, nor by a hundred horse-sacrifices, nor by the gift of a crore of cows is the stealer of land purified.

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PdP 6 32.38

कृतं दत्तं तपोऽधीतं यत्किंचिद्धर्मसंस्थितम् । अर्द्धांगुलस्य सीमाया हरणेन प्रणश्यति

kṛtaṃ dattaṃ tapo'dhītaṃ yatkiṃciddharmasaṃsthitam | arddhāṃgulasya sīmāyā haraṇena praṇaśyati

Whatever has been done, given, (whatever) austerity, study, whatever is established in dharma — all perishes by the taking away of half a finger's breadth of a boundary.

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PdP 6 32.39

गोतीर्थं ग्रामरथ्यां च श्मशानग्राममेव च । संपीड्य नरकं याति यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्

gotīrthaṃ grāmarathyāṃ ca śmaśānagrāmameva ca | saṃpīḍya narakaṃ yāti yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam

Having encroached upon a cow-watering place, a village road, a cremation ground, or a village, he goes to hell until the dissolution of beings.

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PdP 6 32.40

पंचकन्यानृते हंति दश हंति गवानृते । शतमश्वानृते हंति सहस्रं पुरुषानृते

paṃcakanyānṛte haṃti daśa haṃti gavānṛte | śatamaśvānṛte haṃti sahasraṃ puruṣānṛte

By a falsehood concerning a maiden he kills five; by a falsehood concerning cows he kills ten; by a falsehood concerning a horse he kills a hundred; by a falsehood concerning a man, a thousand.

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PdP 6 32.41

हंति जातानजातांश्च हिरण्यार्थेऽनृतं वदन् । सर्वं भूम्यनृते हंति मास्म भूम्यनृतं वद

haṃti jātānajātāṃśca hiraṇyārthe'nṛtaṃ vadan | sarvaṃ bhūmyanṛte haṃti māsma bhūmyanṛtaṃ vada

Speaking a falsehood for the sake of gold, he kills the born and the unborn; by a falsehood concerning land he kills all — do not speak a falsehood concerning land.

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PdP 6 32.42

ब्रह्मस्वे नो रतिं कुर्यात्प्राणैः कंठगतैरपि । अग्निदग्धाः प्ररोहंति ब्रह्मदग्धो न रोहति

brahmasve no ratiṃ kuryātprāṇaiḥ kaṃṭhagatairapi | agnidagdhāḥ prarohaṃti brahmadagdho na rohati

One should not take pleasure in a brahmin's property, even with the breaths at the throat; those burnt by fire sprout again, but one burnt by a brahmin does not sprout.

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PdP 6 32.43

अग्निदग्धाः प्ररोहंति सूर्यदग्धास्तथैव च । राजदंडहताश्चैव ब्रह्मशापहता हताः

agnidagdhāḥ prarohaṃti sūryadagdhāstathaiva ca | rājadaṃḍahatāścaiva brahmaśāpahatā hatāḥ

Those burnt by fire sprout again, and likewise those scorched by the sun, and those struck by the king's rod; but those struck by a brahmin's curse are destroyed.

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PdP 6 32.44

ब्रह्मस्वेन च पुष्टानि अंगानि च मुहुर्महुः । कार्यकालेविशीर्यंते सिकताभि तपो यथा

brahmasvena ca puṣṭāni aṃgāni ca muhurmahuḥ | kāryakāleviśīryaṃte sikatābhi tapo yathā

And limbs nourished again and again by a brahmin's property crumble at the time of (their) work, like heaped sand.

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PdP 6 32.45

ब्रह्मस्वहरणं कुर्वन्नरो यातीह रौरवम् । न विषं विषमित्याहुर्ब्रह्मस्वं विषमुच्यते

brahmasvaharaṇaṃ kurvannaro yātīha rauravam | na viṣaṃ viṣamityāhurbrahmasvaṃ viṣamucyate

A man who commits the taking of a brahmin's property goes here to the Raurava hell; they say poison is not (really) poison — a brahmin's property is called poison.

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PdP 6 32.46

विषमेकाकिनं हंति ब्रह्मस्वं पुत्रपौत्रिकम् । लोहचूर्णं चाश्मचूर्णं विषं संजरयेन्नरः

viṣamekākinaṃ haṃti brahmasvaṃ putrapautrikam | lohacūrṇaṃ cāśmacūrṇaṃ viṣaṃ saṃjarayennaraḥ

Poison kills a single man; a brahmin's property (kills) sons and grandsons. A man may digest iron powder, stone powder, and poison,

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PdP 6 32.47

ब्रह्मस्वं त्रिषु लोकेषु कः पुमान्जरयिष्यति । ब्रह्मस्वेन तु यत्सौख्यं देवस्वेन तु या रतिः

brahmasvaṃ triṣu lokeṣu kaḥ pumānjarayiṣyati | brahmasvena tu yatsaukhyaṃ devasvena tu yā ratiḥ

(but) in the three worlds what man will digest a brahmin's property? The comfort (had) from a brahmin's property, and the pleasure from a god's property —

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PdP 6 32.48

तद्धनं कुलनाशाय भवत्यात्मविनाशनम् । ब्रह्मस्वं ब्रह्महत्या च दरिद्रस्य तु यद्धनम्

taddhanaṃ kulanāśāya bhavatyātmavināśanam | brahmasvaṃ brahmahatyā ca daridrasya tu yaddhanam

that wealth leads to the destruction of the family and becomes the ruin of oneself. A brahmin's property, and brahmin-murder, and the wealth of a poor man —

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PdP 6 32.49

गुरुमित्रहिरण्यं च स्वर्गस्थमपि पीडयेत् । श्रोत्रियाय कुलीनाय दरिद्राय च वासव

gurumitrahiraṇyaṃ ca svargasthamapi pīḍayet | śrotriyāya kulīnāya daridrāya ca vāsava

And gold (belonging to) a teacher or a friend torments (the taker) even when he has reached heaven. To a Vedic scholar, of good family, and poor, O Vāsava —

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PdP 6 32.50

संतुष्टाय विनीताय सर्वस्वसहिताय च । वेदाभ्यास तपो ज्ञानेंद्रियसंयमशालिने 6.32.

saṃtuṣṭāya vinītāya sarvasvasahitāya ca | vedābhyāsa tapo jñāneṃdriyasaṃyamaśāline 6.32.

— to one content, disciplined, and possessed of all his property, distinguished by Vedic study, austerity, knowledge, and restraint of the senses —

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PdP 6 32.51

ईदृशाय सुरश्रेष्ठ यद्दत्तं हि तदक्षयम् । आमपात्रे यथा न्यस्तं क्षीरं दधि घृतं मधु

īdṛśāya suraśreṣṭha yaddattaṃ hi tadakṣayam | āmapātre yathā nyastaṃ kṣīraṃ dadhi ghṛtaṃ madhu

— whatever is given to such a one, O best of gods, that is imperishable. As milk, curds, ghee, or honey placed in an unbaked vessel

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PdP 6 32.52

भिनत्ति पात्रं दौर्बल्यान्न च पात्रं विनश्यति । एवं गां च हिरण्यं च वस्त्रमन्नं मही तिलान्

bhinatti pātraṃ daurbalyānna ca pātraṃ vinaśyati | evaṃ gāṃ ca hiraṇyaṃ ca vastramannaṃ mahī tilān

breaks the vessel through its (the vessel's) weakness — and yet the vessel is not (merely) destroyed — so, when a cow, gold, a garment, food, land, or sesame

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PdP 6 32.53

अविद्वान्प्रतिगृह्णाति भस्मीभवति काष्ठवत् । यस्तडागं नवं कुर्यात्पुराणं वापि खानयेत्

avidvānpratigṛhṇāti bhasmībhavati kāṣṭhavat | yastaḍāgaṃ navaṃ kuryātpurāṇaṃ vāpi khānayet

an unlearned man accepts (them), he is reduced to ashes like wood. He who makes a new tank, or has an old one dug out,

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PdP 6 32.54

सर्वं कुलं समुद्धृत्य स्वर्गलोके महीयते । वापीकूपतडागानि उद्यानप्रभवानि च

sarvaṃ kulaṃ samuddhṛtya svargaloke mahīyate | vāpīkūpataḍāgāni udyānaprabhavāni ca

raises up his whole family and is honoured in the world of heaven. Step-wells, wells, tanks, and the produce of gardens,

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PdP 6 32.55

पुनर्नीतानि संस्कारं ददते मौक्तिकं फलम्। निदाघकाले पानीय यस्य तिष्ठति वासव

punarnītāni saṃskāraṃ dadate mauktikaṃ phalam| nidāghakāle pānīya yasya tiṣṭhati vāsava

when brought again to (proper) maintenance, yield pearl-like fruit. He at whose (place) drinking water stands ready in the hot season, O Vāsava,

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PdP 6 32.56

स दुर्गं विषमं कृच्छ्रं न कदाचिदवाप्नुयात् । एकाहं तु स्थितं तोयं पृथिव्यां देवसत्तम

sa durgaṃ viṣamaṃ kṛcchraṃ na kadācidavāpnuyāt | ekāhaṃ tu sthitaṃ toyaṃ pṛthivyāṃ devasattama

he shall never meet with a stronghold (of trouble), with rough ground, or with distress. But water kept (in readiness) for a single day on earth, O best of gods,

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PdP 6 32.57

कुलानि तारयेत्तस्य सप्तसप्त परानपि । दीपालोकप्रदानेन वपुष्मान्स भवेन्नरः

kulāni tārayettasya saptasapta parānapi | dīpālokapradānena vapuṣmānsa bhavennaraḥ

would carry across his families, seven and seven, even the more remote ones. By the gift of lamplight a man becomes possessed of a fine body.

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PdP 6 32.58

दक्षिणायाः प्रदानेन स्मृतिं मेधां च विंदति । कृत्वापि पातकं कर्म यो दद्यादनुसंधिने

dakṣiṇāyāḥ pradānena smṛtiṃ medhāṃ ca viṃdati | kṛtvāpi pātakaṃ karma yo dadyādanusaṃdhine

By giving the sacrificial fee he obtains memory and intelligence. Even having done a sinful deed, he who gives to one who inquires (into it),

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PdP 6 32.59

ब्राह्मणाय विशेषेण न स पापैर्हि लिप्यते । भूमेर्गावस्तथादासः प्रसह्य प्रहृता यदा

brāhmaṇāya viśeṣeṇa na sa pāpairhi lipyate | bhūmergāvastathādāsaḥ prasahya prahṛtā yadā

and to a brahmin especially, he is indeed not smeared with sins. When land, cows, or slaves are carried off by force,

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PdP 6 32.60

न निवेदयते यस्तु तमाहुर्ब्रह्मघातकम् । उपस्थिते विवाहे च यज्ञे दाने च वासव

na nivedayate yastu tamāhurbrahmaghātakam | upasthite vivāhe ca yajñe dāne ca vāsava

he who does not report it — him they call a slayer of a brahmin. And when a marriage, a sacrifice, or a gift is at hand, O Vāsava,

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PdP 6 32.61

मोहाच्चरति विघ्नं यः स मृतो जायते कृमिः । धनं फलति दानेन जीवितं जीवरक्षणात्

mohāccarati vighnaṃ yaḥ sa mṛto jāyate kṛmiḥ | dhanaṃ phalati dānena jīvitaṃ jīvarakṣaṇāt

he who out of delusion works obstruction (to it), when dead is born a worm. Wealth bears fruit through giving, and life through the protection of living beings.

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PdP 6 32.62

रूपमैश्वर्यमारोग्यमहिंसाफलमश्नुते । फलमूलाशनात्पूजां स्वर्गः सत्येन लभ्यते

rūpamaiśvaryamārogyamahiṃsāphalamaśnute | phalamūlāśanātpūjāṃ svargaḥ satyena labhyate

He enjoys beauty, lordship, and health as the fruit of non-injury; honour from eating (only) fruits and roots; heaven is won by truthfulness;

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PdP 6 32.63

प्रायोपवेशनाद्राज्यं सर्वत्र सुखमश्नुते । सुखाट्यः शक्रदीक्षायां सुगामी च तृणाशनः

prāyopaveśanādrājyaṃ sarvatra sukhamaśnute | sukhāṭyaḥ śakradīkṣāyāṃ sugāmī ca tṛṇāśanaḥ

by fasting unto death, a kingdom; he enjoys happiness everywhere. He is rich in comfort at Śakra's consecration, and the eater of grass goes well (in the hereafter).

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PdP 6 32.64

रूपी त्रिषवणस्नायी वायुं पीत्वा क्रतुं लभेत् । नित्यस्नायी भवेद्दक्षः संध्यावेदजपान्वितः

rūpī triṣavaṇasnāyī vāyuṃ pītvā kratuṃ labhet | nityasnāyī bhaveddakṣaḥ saṃdhyāvedajapānvitaḥ

He who bathes at the three junctures becomes handsome; by drinking (only) air one gains (the merit of) a sacrifice; he who bathes daily becomes capable, when joined with the twilight rites, Vedic study, and muttered prayer.

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PdP 6 32.65

अहिंस्रो याति वैराज्यं नाकपृष्ठमनाशकम् । अग्निप्रवेशी नियतं ब्रह्मलोके महीयते

ahiṃsro yāti vairājyaṃ nākapṛṣṭhamanāśakam | agnipraveśī niyataṃ brahmaloke mahīyate

The non-injuring man goes to sovereign rule, the one who abstains from food to the vault of heaven; he who enters the fire is surely honoured in the world of Brahmā.

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PdP 6 32.66

रसानां प्रतिसंहारे पशून्पुत्रांश्च विंदति । नाके चिरं स वसति उपवासी च यो भवेत्

rasānāṃ pratisaṃhāre paśūnputrāṃśca viṃdati | nāke ciraṃ sa vasati upavāsī ca yo bhavet

By withdrawing from savoury foods he obtains cattle and sons; and he who fasts dwells long in heaven.

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PdP 6 32.67

सततं भूमिशायी यः स लभेदीप्सितां गतिम् । वीरासनं वीरशयं वीरस्थानमुपासतः

satataṃ bhūmiśāyī yaḥ sa labhedīpsitāṃ gatim | vīrāsanaṃ vīraśayaṃ vīrasthānamupāsataḥ

He who always sleeps on the ground gains the goal he desires. For one who practises the hero's posture, the hero's bed, the hero's station,

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PdP 6 32.68

अक्षयास्तस्यलोकाः स्युः सर्वकामगमास्तथा । उपवासं च दीक्षां च अभिषेकं च वासव

akṣayāstasyalokāḥ syuḥ sarvakāmagamāstathā | upavāsaṃ ca dīkṣāṃ ca abhiṣekaṃ ca vāsava

his worlds shall be imperishable and shall lead to all he desires. And fasting, initiation, and consecration, O Vāsava,

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PdP 6 32.69

कृत्वा द्वादशवर्षाणि वीरस्थानाद्विशिष्यते । पावनं चरते धर्मं स्वर्गलोके महीयते

kṛtvā dvādaśavarṣāṇi vīrasthānādviśiṣyate | pāvanaṃ carate dharmaṃ svargaloke mahīyate

— having performed (these) for twelve years, one surpasses (even) the station of heroes; (such a one) practises purifying dharma and is magnified in the world of heaven.

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PdP 6 32.70

बृहस्पतिमतं पुण्यं ये पठंति द्विजोत्तमाः । तेषां चत्वारि वर्द्धंते आयुर्विद्यायशोबलम्

bṛhaspatimataṃ puṇyaṃ ye paṭhaṃti dvijottamāḥ | teṣāṃ catvāri varddhaṃte āyurvidyāyaśobalam

Those best of twice-born who recite this meritorious doctrine of Bṛhaspati — for them four things increase: lifespan, learning, fame, and strength.

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PdP 6 32.71

नारद उवाच- इतींद्राय बृहस्पतिप्रणीतं धर्मशास्त्रकम् । मह्यं भक्ताय संप्रोक्तं महेशेनाखिलं नृप

nārada uvāca- itīṃdrāya bṛhaspatipraṇītaṃ dharmaśāstrakam | mahyaṃ bhaktāya saṃproktaṃ maheśenākhilaṃ nṛpa

Nārada said: Thus, O king, the whole treatise on dharma composed by Bṛhaspati for Indra was declared to me, who was devoted (to him), by Maheśa.

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