Narada Purana · Chapter 1.12

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge prathamapāde gaṅgotpattirgaṅgāmāhātmyaṃ nāmaikādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
nātada uvāca
śrutaṃ tu gaṅgāmāhātmyaṃ vāñchitaṃ pāpanāśanam /
adhunā lakṣaṇaṃ brūhi bhrātarme dānapātraghayoḥ

sanaka uvāca
sarveṣāmeva varṇānāṃ brahmaṇaḥ paramo guruḥ /
tasmai tānāni deyāni dattasyānantyamicchatā

brāhmaṇaḥ pratigṛhṇīyātsarvato bhayavarjitaḥ /
na kadāpi kṣatraviśo gṛhṇīyātāṃ pratigraham

caṇḍasya putrahīnasya dambhācāraratasya ca /
svakarmatyāginaścāpi dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam

paradāraratasyāpi paradravyābhiliṣiṇaḥ /
nakṣatrasūcakasyāpi dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam

asūyāviṣṭamanasaḥ kṛtanghasya ca māyinaḥ /
ayājyayājakasyāpi dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam

nityaṃ yācñāparasyāpi hiṃsakasya khalasya ca /
rasavikrayiṇaśvaiva dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam

nāmaikā da
vedavikrayiṇaścāpi smṛtivikrayiṇastathā /
dharmavikrayiṇo vipra dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam

gānena jīvikā yasya yasya bhāryā ca puścalī /
paropatāpinaścāpi dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam

asijīvī maṣījīvī devalo grāmayājakaḥ /
dhāvako vā bhavetteṣāṃ dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam

pākakartuḥ parasyārthe kavaye gadahāriṇe /
abhakṣya bhakṣakasyāpi dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam

śūdrānnabhojinaścaiva śūdrāṇāṃ śavadāhinaḥ /
paiṃśvalānnabhujaścāpi dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam

nāmavikrayiṇo viṣṇoḥ saṃdhyākarṃmorjjhitasya ca /
duṣpratigrahadagdhasya dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam

divāśayanaśīlasya tathā maithunakāriṇaḥ /
sadhyābhojina evāpidattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam

mahāpātakayuktasya tyaktasya jñātibāndhavaiḥ /
kuṇḍasya cāpi golasya dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam

parivatteḥ śaṭhasyāpi parivattuḥ pramādinaḥ /
strījitasyātiduṣṭasya dattaṃ bhavita niṣphalam

madyamāṃsāśinaścāpi strīviṭasyātilobhinaḥ /
caurasya piśunasyāpi dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam

ye kecitpāpaniratā ninditāḥ sujanaiḥ sadā /
na tebhyaḥ pratigṛhṇīyānna ca vadyāddijottama /
satkarmaniratāyāpi deyaṃ yatnena nārada

yaddānaṃ śraddhayā dattaṃ tathā viṣṇusamarpaṇam /
yācitaṃ vāpi pātreṇa bhavettaddānamuttamam

paralokaṃ samuddaśya hyaihikaṃ vāpi nārada /
yaddānaṃ dīyate pātre tatkāmyaṃ madhyamaṃ smṛtam

dagbhena cāpi hiṃsārthaṃ parasyāvidhināpi ca /
kruddhenāśraddhayāpātre taddānaṃ madhyamaṃ smṛtam

adhamaṃ balitoṣāyamadhyamaṃ svārthasiddhaye /
uttamaṃ hariprītyarthaṃ prāhurvedavidāṃ varāḥ

dānabhogavināśāśca rāyaḥ syurgatayastridhā

yo dadāti ca nobhukte taddhanaṃ nāśakāraṇam /
dhanaṃ dharmaphalaṃ vipra dharmo mādhavatuṣṭikṛt

taravaḥ kiṃ na jīvanti te 'pi loke parārthakāḥ /
yatra mūlaphalairvṛkṣāḥ parakāryaṃ prakurvate

manuṣyā yadi viprāgthra na parārthāstadā mṛtāḥ /
parakāryaṃ na ye martyāḥ kāyenāpi dhanena vā

manasā vacasā vāpi te jñeyāḥ pāpakṛttamāḥ /
atretihāsaṃ vakṣyāmi śṛṇu nārada tattvataḥ

yatra dānādikānāṃ tu lakṣaṇaṃ parikīrtitam /
gaṅgāmāhātmyasahitaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam

bhagīrathasya dharmasya saṃvādaṃ puṇyakāraṇam /
āsīdbhagīratho rājā sagarānvayasaṃbhavaḥ

śaśāsa pṛthivīṃ metāṃ satpadvīpāṃ sasāgarām /
sarvadharmarato nityaṃ satyasaṃdhaḥ pratāpavān

kandarpasaddaśo rupe yāyajṛko vicakṣaṇaḥ /
prāleyādrisamo dhairye dharme dharmasamo nṛpaḥ

sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpannaḥ sarvaśāstrārthapāragaḥ /
sarvasaṃpatsamāyuktaḥ sarvānandakaro mune

ātithyaprayato nityaṃ vāsudevārcanerataḥ /
parākramī guṇanidhirmaitraḥ kāruṇikaḥ sadhīḥ

etādṛśaṃ taṃ rājānaṃ jñātvā dṛṣṭo bhagīratham /
dharmarājo dvijaśreṣṭha kadāciddraṣṭumāgataḥ

samāgataṃ dharmarājamarhayāmāsa bhūpatiḥ /
śāstradṛṣṭena vidhinā dharmaḥ prī uvāca tam

dharmarāja uvāca
rājandharmavidāṃ śreṣṭhaprasiddho 'si jagattraye /
dharmarājo 'tha kīrtiṃ te śrutvā tvāṃ draṣṭumāgataḥ

sanmārganirataṃ satyaṃ sarvabhūtahite ratam /
draṣṭumicchanti vibudhāratavo tkuṣṭaguṇapriyāḥ

kīrtirnītiśca saṃpattirvartate yatra bhūpate /
vasanti tatra niyataṃ guṇāḥsantaśca devatāḥ

aho rājanmahābhāga śobhanīcaritaṃ tava /
sarvabhūtahitatvādi mādṛśāmapi durlabham

ityuktavantaṃ taṃ dharmaṃ praṇipatya bhagīrathaḥ /
provāca vinayāviṣṭaḥ saṃhṛṣṭaḥ ślakṣṇayā gitaṃ

bhagīratha uvāca
bhagavansarvadharmajña samadarśit sureśvara /
kṛpayā parayāviṣṭo yatpṛcchāmi vadasva tat

dharmā kīdṛgvidhāḥ proktāḥ ke lokā dharmaśālinām /
kiyatyo yātanāḥ proktāḥ keṣāṃ tāḥ parikīrtitāḥ

tvayā saṃmānanīyā ye śāsanīyāśca ye yathā /
tatsarvaṃ me mahābhāga vistarādvaktumarhasi

dharmarāja uvāca
sādhu sādhu mahāvuddhe matiste vimalorjitā /
dharmādharmānpravakṣyāmitattvataḥ śṛṇu bhaktitaḥ

dharmā bahuvidhāḥ proktāḥ puṇyalokapradāyakāḥ /
tathaiva yātanāḥ proktā asaṃkhyā ghoradarśatāḥ

vistarādgadituṃ nālamapi varṣaśatāyutaiḥ /
tasmātaṃsamāsato vakṣye dharmādharmamidarśanam

tathaiva yātanāṃ vai mahāpuṇyaṃ prakīrtatam /
tathaivādhyātmaviduṣo dattaṃ bhavati cākṣayam

kuṭumbinaṃ yā śāstrajñaṃ śrotriyaṃ vā guṇānvitam /
yo dattvā syāpayedṛtiṃ tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

mātṛtāḥ pitṛtaścaiva dvijaḥ koṭikulanvitaḥ /
nirviśya viṣṇubhavanaṃ kalpaṃ tatraiva mādate

gaṇyante pāṃsavo bhūmergaṇyante vṛṣṭivindavaḥ /
na gaṇyante vidhātrāpi brahahmavṛttiphalāni vai

samastadevatārupo brāhmaṇaḥ parikīrtitaḥ /
jīvanaṃ dadatastasya kaḥ puṇyaṃ gadituṃ kṣamaḥ

yo viprahitakṛnnityaṃ sa sarvānkṛtavānmakhān /
sa strātaḥ sarvatīrtheṣu tatpaṃ tenākhilaṃ tapaḥ

yo dadasveti viprāṇāṃ jīvanaṃ prerayetparam /
so 'pi tatphalamāpnoti kimanyairbahubhāṣitaiḥ

taḍāgaṃ kārayedyastu svayamevāpareṇa vā /
vaktuṃ tatpuṇyasaṃkhyānaṃ nālaṃ varṣaśatāyuṣā

ekaścedadhvago rājaṃstaḍāgasya jalaṃ pibet /
katkartuḥ sarvapāpāni naśyantyeva na saṃśayaḥ

ekāhamaṣi yatkuryādbhūmisthamudakaṃ naraḥ /
sa muktaḥ sarvapāpebhyaḥ śatavarṣaṃ vaseddivi

kartuṃ taḍāgaṃ yo martyaḥ sāhyakaḥ śaktito bhavet /
so 'pi tatphalanāpnoti tuṣṭaḥ preraka eva ca

mṛdaṃ siddhārthamātrāṃ vā taḍāgādyo vahiḥ kṣipet /
tiṣṭatyabdaśataṃ svarge vimuktaḥ pāpakoṭibhiḥ

devatā yasya tuṣyanti guravo vā nṛpottama /
taḍāgapuṇyabhāksa syādityeṣā śāśvatī śrutiḥ

iti hāsaṃ pravakṣyāmi tavātra nṛpasattama /
yaṃ śṛtvā sarvapāyebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

gauḍadeśe 'tivikhyāto rājāsīdvīrabhadrakaḥ /
mahāpratīpī vidyāvānsadā vipraprapūjakaḥ

vedaśāstrakulācārayukto mitrakvirdhanaḥ /
tasya rājñī mahābhāgā nānmā campakamañjarī

tasya rājño mahāmātyāḥ kṛtmākṛsyavicāraṇāḥ /
dharmāṇāṃ dharmaśāstrestu sadā kurvanti niścayam

prāyaścittaṃ cikittsāṃ ca jyotiṣe dharmanirṇayam /
vināśāstreṇa yo brūyāttamāhurbrahmaghātakam

iti niścitya manasā manvādīritadharmkān /
ācāryebhyaḥ sadā bhūpaḥ śṛṇoti vidhipūrvakam

na ko 'pyanyāyavartī tasya rājye 'varo 'pi ca /
dharmeṇa pālyamānasya tasya deśasya bhūpateḥ

jātaṃ samatvaṃ svargasya saurājyasya śubhāvaham /
sa caikadā tu nṛpatirmṛgayāyāṃ mahāvane

mantryādibhiḥ parivṛto babhrāma madhyabhāskaram /
daivādākheṭaśūnyasya hyatiśrāntasya tatra vai

nṛparītasya saṃjātaṃ saraso darśanaṃ nṛpa /
tataḥ śuṣkāṃ tu sarasīṃ dṛṣṭvā tatra vyacintayat

kimayaṃ sarasīśṛṅgebhuvaḥ kena vinirmitā /
kathaṃ jalaṃ bhavedatra yena jīvedayaṃ nṛpaḥ

tato buddhiḥ samabhavatkhāte tasyā nṛpottama /
hastamātraṃ tato garttaṃ khātvā toyamavātpavān

tena toyena pītena rājñastṛtpirajāyata /
mantriṇaścāpi bhūmiśa buddhisāgarasaṃjñinaḥ

sa buddhisāgaro bhūpaṃ prāha dharmārthakovidaḥ /
rājanniyaṃ puṣkariṇī varṣājalavatī purā

adyaināṃ baddhavaprāṃ ca karttuṃ jātā matirmama /
tadbhavānmodatāṃ deva dattādājñāṃ ca me 'nagha

iti śrutvā vacastasya mantriṇo nṛpasattamaḥ /
mumude 'titarāṃ bhūpaḥ svayaṃ kartuṃ samudyataḥ

tameva mantriṇāṃ tatra yuyoja śubhakarmaṇi /
tato rājājñayā so 'pi buddhisāgarako mudā

sarasīṃ sāgaraṃ karttumudyataḥ puṇyakṛttamaḥ /
dhanuṣāṃ caiva pañcāśatsarvato vistṛtāyatām

sarasīṃ baddhasu śilāṃ cakārāgādhaśambarām /
tāṃ vinirmāya sarasīṃ rājñe sarvaṃ nyavedayat

tasyāṃ tataḥ prabhṛti vai sarve 'pi vanacāriṇaḥ /
pānthāḥ pipāsitā bhūpa labhante sma jalaṃ śubham

kadācitsvāyuṣaścānte sa mantrī buddhisāgaraḥ /
pramṛto gatavāṃllokaṃ lokaśāsturmama prabho

tadarthaṃ tu mayā pṛṣṭo dharmo dharmalipiṅkaraḥ /
citragutpastu tatkarma mahyaṃ sarvaṃ nyavedayat

upadeṣṭā svayaṃ cāsau dharmakāryasya bhūpateḥ /
tasmāddharmavimānaṃ tu samāroḍhumihārhati

ityukte citragutpena samājñatpo mayā nṛpa /
vimānaṃ dharmasaṃjñaṃ tu āroḍhuṃ buddhisāgaraḥ

atha kālāntare rājansarājā vīrabhadrakaḥ /
mṛto gato mama sthānaṃ namaścakre mudānvitaḥ

mayā tu tatra tasyāpi pṛṣṭaṃ karmākhilaṃ nṛpa /
kathitaṃ citragutpena dharmaṃ sarasisaṃbhavam

tadā samyaṅmayā rājā bodhito 'bhūdyathāśṛṇu /
adhityakāyāṃ bhūpāla saikatasya gireḥ parā

lāvakenāmunācañcvā khātaṃ dvyaṃṅguprambuni /
tataḥ kālāntare tena vārāheṇa nṛpottama

khanitaṃ hastamātraṃ tu jalaṃ tuṇḍena cātmanaḥ /
tato 'nyadāmuyā kālyāhasta yugmamitaḥ kṛtaḥ

khāto jale mahārāja toyaṃ māsadvayaṃ sthitam /
pītaṃ kṣudrairvanacaraiḥ sattvaistṛṣṇāsamākulaiḥ

tato varṣatrāyānte tu gajatānena suvrata /
hastatrayamitaḥ khātaḥ kṛtastatrādhikaṃ jalam

māsatraye sthitaṃ tacca payo jīvairvanecaraiḥ /
bhavāṃstatra samāyāto jalaśoṣāda nantaram

māse tatra tu saṃprātpaṃ hastaṃ khātvā jalaṃ nṛpa /
tatastasyopadeśena mantriṇo nṛpate tvayā

pañcāśaddhanurutkhātaṃ jātaṃ tatatra mahājalam /
punaḥ śilābhiḥ sudṛḍhaṃ baddhaṃ jātaṃ mahatsaraḥ /
vṛkṣāśca ropitāstatra sarvalokopakāriṇaḥ

tena svasvena puṇyena pañcaite jagatīpate /
vimānaṃ dharmyamāruḍhāstvamāṇyenaṃ samāruha

iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya mama rājā sa bhūmipa /
āruroha vimānaṃ tatṣaṣṭho rājā samāṃśabhāk

iti te sarvamākhyātaṃ taḍāgajanitaṃ phalam /
śrutvaitanmucyate pāpādājanmamaraṇāntikāt

yo naraḥ śraddhayo yukto vyākhyātaṃ śruṇuyātpaṭhet /
so 'pyāpnotyakhilaṃ puṇyaṃ saronirmāṇasaṃbhavam