Please click the [↭] button located at the bottom-right of your screen to toggle similarity map.
Book 13 – Chapter 063
BORI CE: 13-063-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-064-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच श्रुतं मे भवतो वाक्यमन्नदानस्य यो विधिः |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said I have heard your discourse about the ordinances for the gift of food. Do you describe to me now about the conjunctions of the planets and the stars in relation to the subject of making gifts. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-002 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-064-002 भीष्म उवाच अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said Regarding it is recited this ancient discourse between Devaki and Narada, that foremost of Rishis. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-003 द्वारकामनुसंप्राप्तं नारदं देवदर्शनम् |
MN DUTT: 09-064-003 द्वारकामनुसम्प्राप्तं नारदं देवदर्शनम् |
M. N. Dutt: Once on a time when Narada of godlike features and knowing every duty arrived at Dwaraka, Devaki asked him this question. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-004 तस्याः संपृच्छमानाया देवर्षिर्नारदस्तदा |
MN DUTT: 09-064-004 तस्याः सम्पृच्छमानाया देवर्षि रदस्ततः |
M. N. Dutt: The celestial Rishi Narada replied to her question in the following words. Do you hear as I recite them. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-005 नारद उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-064-005 नारद उवाच कृत्तिकासु महाभागे पायसेन ससर्पिषा |
M. N. Dutt: Narada said By pleasing, O blessed lady, worthy Brahmanas with pudding mixed with ghee, under the constellation Krittika, one acquires regions of great happiness. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-006 रोहिण्यां प्रथितैर्मांसैर्माषैरन्नेन सर्पिषा |
MN DUTT: 09-064-006 रोहिण्यां प्रसृतैर्मार्गेमांसैरन्नेन सर्पिषा |
M. N. Dutt: Under the constellation Rohini, one should, for freeing himself from the debt he owes to the Brahmanas, make gifts to them of many handfuls of venison along with rice and clarified butter and milk, and other kinds of edibles and drinks. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-007 दोग्ध्रीं दत्त्वा सवत्सां तु नक्षत्रे सोमदैवते |
MN DUTT: 09-064-007 दोग्ध्रीं दत्त्वा सवत्सां तु नक्षत्रे सोमदैवते |
M. N. Dutt: One giving away a cow with a calf under the constellation called Somadevata (or Mrigashiras), proceeds from this human region to a region in Heaven of great felicity. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-008 आर्द्रायां कृसरं दत्त्वा तैलमिश्रमुपोषितः |
MN DUTT: 09-064-008 आर्द्रायां कृसरं दत्त्वा तिलमिश्रमुपोषितः |
M. N. Dutt: One undergoing a fast and giving away Krishara mixed with sesame, gets over all difficulties in the next world, including those mountains with rocks sharp as razors. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-009 अपूपान्पुनर्वसौ दत्त्वा तथैवान्नानि शोभने |
MN DUTT: 09-064-009 पूपान् पुनर्वसौ दत्त्वा तथैवान्नानि शोभने |
M. N. Dutt: By making gifts, O beautiful lady, of cakes and other food under the constellation Punarvasu, one gets personal beauty and great fame and takes birth in his next life in a family in which there is profuse food. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-010 पुष्ये तु कनकं दत्त्वा कृतं चाकृतमेव च |
MN DUTT: 09-064-010 पुष्येण कनकं दत्त्वा कृतं वाकृतमेव च |
M. N. Dutt: Making a gift of wrought or unwrought gold, under the constellation Pushya, one shines like the Moon himself in regions of surrounding darkness. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-011 आश्लेषायां तु यो रूप्यमृषभं वा प्रयच्छति |
MN DUTT: 09-064-011 आश्लेषायां तु यो रूप्यमृषभं वा प्रयच्छति |
M. N. Dutt: He who makes a gift, gift, under under the constellation Ashlesha, of silver or a bull, becomes freed from every fear and acquires riches and prosperity. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-012 मघासु तिलपूर्णानि वर्धमानानि मानवः |
MN DUTT: 09-064-012 मघासु तिलपूर्णानि वर्धमानानि मानवः |
M. N. Dutt: By making a gift, under the constellation Megha, of earthen dishes filled with sesame, one gets children and animals in this world and acquires happiness in the next. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-013 फल्गुनीपूर्वसमये ब्राह्मणानामुपोषितः |
MN DUTT: 09-064-013 फल्गुनीपूर्वसमये ब्राह्मणानामुपोषितः |
M. N. Dutt: By making gifts, while fasting, to Brahmanas, under the constellation called PurvaPhalguni, of food mixed with Phanita, the reward is great prosperity both here and hereafter. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-014 घृतक्षीरसमायुक्तं विधिवत्षष्टिकौदनम् |
MN DUTT: 09-064-014 घृतक्षीरसमायुक्तं विधिवत् षष्टिकौदनम् |
M. N. Dutt: By making a gift, under the constellation called UttaraPhalguni, of clarified butter and milk with rice called Shashthika, one wins great honours in Heaven. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-015 यद्यत्प्रदीयते दानमुत्तराविषये नरैः |
MN DUTT: 09-064-015 यद् यत् प्रदीयते दानमुत्तराविषये नरैः |
M. N. Dutt: Whatever gifts are made by men under the constellation of Uttara-Phalguni yield great merit, which, again, becomes unending. This is very certain. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-016 हस्ते हस्तिरथं दत्त्वा चतुर्युक्तमुपोषितः |
MN DUTT: 09-064-016 हस्ते हस्तिरथं दत्त्वा चतुर्युक्तमुपोषितः |
M. N. Dutt: Observing a fast, the person who makes, under the constell.tion Hasta, a gift of a car with four elephants, acquires regions of great happiness that are capable of granting the fruition of every wish. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-017 चित्रायामृषभं दत्त्वा पुण्यान्गन्धांश्च भारत |
MN DUTT: 09-064-017 चित्रायां वृषभं दत्त्वा पुण्यगन्धांश्च भारत |
M. N. Dutt: By making a gift, under the constellation Chitra, of a bull and of good perfumes, one sports in bliss in regions of Apsaras like the deities sporting in the garden of Nandana. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-018 स्वातावथ धनं दत्त्वा यदिष्टतममात्मनः |
MN DUTT: 09-064-018 स्वात्यामथ धनं दत्त्वा यदिष्टतममात्मनः |
M. N. Dutt: By making gifts of riches under the constellation Svati, one acquires such excellent regions as one desires and wins, besides great fame. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-019 विशाखायामनड्वाहं धेनुं दत्त्वा च दुग्धदाम् BORI CE: 13-063-020 पितॄन्देवांश्च प्रीणाति प्रेत्य चानन्त्यमश्नुते |
MN DUTT: 09-064-019 विशाखायामनड्वाहं धनुं दत्त्वा च दुग्धदाम् |
M. N. Dutt: By making gifts, under the constellation Vishakha, of a bull, and a cow giving profuse milk, a cart full of paddy, with a Prasanga for covering the same, and also cloths for wear, a person pleases the departed manes and the deities and acquires external merit in the other world. Such a person never meets with any calamity and certainly reaches Heaven. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-021 दत्त्वा यथोक्तं विप्रेभ्यो वृत्तिमिष्टां स विन्दति |
MN DUTT: 09-064-020 दत्त्वा यथोक्तं विप्रेभ्यो वृत्तिमिष्टां स विन्दति |
M. N. Dutt: By making gifts the Brahmanas of whatever articles they want, one acquires such means of subsistence as he wishes, and becomes rescued from Hell and every calamity that befall sinners after death. This is the certain conclusion of the scriptures. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-022 अनुराधासु प्रावारं वस्त्रान्तरमुपोषितः |
MN DUTT: 09-064-021 अनुराधासु प्रावारं वरानं समुपोषितः |
M. N. Dutt: By making gifts, under the constellation Anuradha, of embroidered cloth and other dresses and of food, observing a fast all the while, one becomes honoured in Heaven for a hundred cycles. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-023 कालशाकं तु विप्रेभ्यो दत्त्वा मर्त्यः समूलकम् |
MN DUTT: 09-064-022 कालशाकं तु विप्रभ्यो दत्त्वा मर्त्यः समूलकम् |
M. N. Dutt: By making a gift under the constellation Jyeshtha, of the potherb called Kalashaka with the roots, one acquires great prosperity as also such an end as is desirable. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-024 मूले मूलफलं दत्त्वा ब्राह्मणेभ्यः समाहितः |
MN DUTT: 09-064-023 मूले मूलफलं दत्त्वा ब्राह्मणेभ्यः समाहितः |
M. N. Dutt: By making to Brahmanas a gift under the constellation Mula, of fruits and roots, with a controlled soul, one pleases the departed manes and attains to a desirable end. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-025 अथ पूर्वास्वषाढासु दधिपात्राण्युपोषितः BORI CE: 13-063-026 उदमन्थं ससर्पिष्कं प्रभूतमधुफाणितम् |
MN DUTT: 09-064-024 अथ पूर्वास्वषाढार दधिपात्राण्युपोषितः |
M. N. Dutt: By making, under the constellation Purvashadha, a gift, to a Brahmana knowing the Vedas and of good family and conduct, of cups filled with curds, while observing a fast, one is born in his next life in a family having abundant kine. One secures the fruition of every desire, by making gifts, under the constellation Uttarashadha, of jugs full of barleywater, with clarified butter and juice of sugarcane in abundance. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-027 दुग्धं त्वभिजिते योगे दत्त्वा मधुघृताप्लुतम् |
MN DUTT: 09-064-025 दुग्धं त्वभिजिते योगे दत्त्वा मधुघृतप्लुतम् |
M. N. Dutt: By making a gift, under the conjunction called Abhijit, of milk with loney and ghee unto men of wisdom, a righteous person attains to Heaven and becomes an object of adoration and honour there. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-028 श्रवणे कम्बलं दत्त्वा वस्त्रान्तरितमेव च |
MN DUTT: 09-064-026 श्रवणे कम्बलं दत्त्वा वस्त्रान्तरितमेव वा |
M. N. Dutt: By making, under the conjunction Shravana, a gift of blankets or other cloth of thick texture, one passes freely through every region of happiness, riding on a white car of pure resplendence. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-029 गोप्रयुक्तं धनिष्ठासु यानं दत्त्वा समाहितः |
MN DUTT: 09-064-027 गोप्रयुक्तं धनिष्ठासु यानं दत्त्वा समाहितः |
M. N. Dutt: By making with a controlled soul under the constellation Dhanishtha a gift of a car with bulls yoked thereto, or masses of cloths and riches, one at once acquires Heaven in his next life. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-030 गन्धाञ्शतभिषग्योगे दत्त्वा सागुरुचन्दनान् |
MN DUTT: 09-064-028 गन्धानछतभिषायोगे दत्त्वा सागुरुचन्दनान् |
M. N. Dutt: By making gifts, under the constellation Shatabhisha, of perfumes with Aquilaria Agallocha and sandal wood, one acquires in the next world the companionship of Apsaras as also eternal perfumes of various sorts. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-031 पूर्वभाद्रपदायोगे राजमाषान्प्रदाय तु |
MN DUTT: 09-064-029 पूर्वाभाद्रपदायोगे राजमाषान् प्रदाय तु |
M. N. Dutt: By making gifts, under the constellation Purva Bhadrapada, of Rajamasha, one acquires great happiness in next life and comes by a profuse supply of every kind of food and fruits. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-032 औरभ्रमुत्तरायोगे यस्तु मांसं प्रयच्छति |
MN DUTT: 09-064-030 औरभ्रमुत्तरायोगे यस्तु मांसं प्रयच्छति |
M. N. Dutt: One who makes, under the constellation Uttara, a gift of mutton, pleases the departed manes by such an act and acquires unending merit in the next world. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-033 कांस्योपदोहनां धेनुं रेवत्यां यः प्रयच्छति |
MN DUTT: 09-064-031 कांस्योपदोहनां धेनुं रेवत्यां यः प्रयच्छति |
M. N. Dutt: If one makes a gift, under the constellation Revati, of a cow with a vessel of white copper for milking her, the cow so given away approaches him in the next world, ready to grant the fruition of every desire. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-034 रथमश्वसमायुक्तं दत्त्वाश्विन्यां नरोत्तमः |
MN DUTT: 09-064-032 रथमश्वसमायुक्तं दत्त्वाश्विन्यां नरोत्तमः |
M. N. Dutt: By making a gift, under the constellation Ashvini, of a car with horses yoked thereto, one is born in his next life in a family possessing abundant elephants and horses and cars and becomes gifted with great energy. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-035 भरणीषु द्विजातिभ्यस्तिलधेनुं प्रदाय वै |
MN DUTT: 09-064-033 भरणीषु द्विजातिभ्यस्तिलधेनुं प्रदाय वै |
M. N. Dutt: By making, under the constellation Bharani, a gift to the Brahmanas of kine and. sesame, one attains in his next life great fame and abundant kine. |
|
BORI CE: 13-063-036 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-064-034 भीष्म उवाच इत्येष लक्षणोद्देशः प्रोक्तो नक्षत्रयोगतः |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said Thus did Narada describe to Devaki the subject of what gifts should be made under what constellations. Devaki herself, having heard this account related it in her turn to her daughters-in-law. |
|