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Padma Purana · Chapter 2.40

2.40.1

vena uvāca-
nityadānaphalaṃ deva tvattaḥ pūrvaṃ mayā śrutam /
naimittikasya dānasya dattasyāpi hi yatphalam

2.40.2

tatphalaṃ me samācakṣva tvatprasādātprayatnataḥ /
mahātṛptiṃ na gacchāmi śrotuṃ śraddhā pravartate

2.40.3

viṣṇuruvāca-
naimittikaṃ pravakṣyāmi dānameva nṛpottama /
mahāparvaṇi saṃprāpte yena dānāni śraddhayā

2.40.4

satpātrebhyaḥ pradattāni tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu /
gajaṃ rathaṃ pradatte yo hyaśvaṃ cāpi nṛpottama

2.40.5

sa ca bhṛtyaistu saṃyuktaḥ puṇyadeśe nṛpottamaḥ /
jāyate hi mahārāja matprasādānna saṃśayaḥ

2.40.6

rājā bhavati dharmātmā jñānavānbalavānsudhīḥ /
ajeyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ mahātejāḥ prajāyate

2.40.7

mahāparvaṇi saṃprāpte bhūmidānaṃ dadāti yaḥ /
godānaṃ vā mahārāja sarvabhogapatirbhavet

2.40.8

brāhmaṇāya supuṇyāya dānaṃ dadyātprayatnataḥ /
mahādānāni yo dadyāttīrthe parvaṇi pātravit

2.40.9

teṣāṃ cihnaṃ pravakṣyāmi bhūpatitvaṃ prajāyate /
tīrthe parvaṇi saṃprāpte guptadānaṃ dadāti yaḥ

2.40.10

nidhīnāmāśusaṃprāptirakṣarā parijāyate /
mahāparvaṇi saṃprāpte tīrtheṣu brāhmaṇāya ca

2.40.11

sucailaṃ ca mahādānaṃ kāṃcanena samanvitam /
puṇyaṃ phalaṃ pravakṣyāmi tasya dānasya bhūpate

2.40.12

jāyaṃte bahavaḥ putrāḥ suguṇā vedapāragāḥ /
āyuṣmaṃtaḥ prajāvaṃto yaśaḥ puṇyasamanvitāḥ

2.40.13

vipulāścaiva jāyaṃte sphītā lakṣmīrmahāmate /
saukhyaṃ ca labhate puṇyaṃ dharmavānparijāyate

2.40.14

mahāparvaṇi saṃprāpte tīrthe gatvā prayatnataḥ /
kapilāṃ kāṃcanīṃ dadyādbrāhmaṇāya mahātmane

2.40.15

tasya puṇyaṃ pravakṣyāmi dānasya ca mahāmate /
kapilādo mahārāja sarvasaukhyānprabhuṃjati

2.40.16

yāvadbrahmā prajīvetsa tāvattiṣṭhati tatra saḥ /
mahāparvaṇi saṃprāpte alaṃkṛtya ca gāṃ tadā

2.40.17

kāṃcanenāpi saṃyuktāṃ vastrālaṃkārabhūṣaṇaiḥ /
tasya dānasya rājeṃdra phalabhogaṃ vadāmyaham

2.40.18

vipulā jāyate lakṣmīrdānabhogasamākulā /
sarvavidyāpatirbhūtvā viṣṇubhakto bhavetkila

2.40.19

viṣṇuloke vasenmartyo yāvattiṣṭhati medinī /
tīrthaṃ gatvā tu yo dadyādbrāhmaṇāya vibhūṣaṇam

2.40.20

bhuktvā tu vipulānbhogānindreṇa krīḍate saha /
mahāparvaṇi saṃprāpte vastraṃ ca dvijapuṃgave

2.40.21

dattvānnaṃ bhūmisaṃyuktaṃ pātre śraddhāsamanvitaḥ /
modate sa tu vaikuṃṭhe viṣṇutulyaparākramaḥ

2.40.22

savastraṃ kāṃcanaṃ dattvā dvijāya pariśāṃtaye /
svecchayā agnisadṛśo vaikuṃṭhe sa vasetsukhī

2.40.23

suvarṇasya sukuṃbhaṃ ca ghṛtena paripūrayet /
pidhānaṃ raupyaṃ kartavyaṃ vastrahārairalaṃkṛtam

2.40.24

puṣpamālānvitaṃ kuryādbrahmasūtreṇa śobhitam /
pratiṣṭhitaṃ vedamaṃtraistaṃ saṃpūjya mahāmate

2.40.25

upacāraiḥ pavitraiśca ṣoḍaśaiḥ paripūjayet /
svalaṃkṛtya tato dadyādbrāhmaṇāya mahātmane

2.40.26

ṣoḍaśaiva tato gāvaḥ savastrāḥ kāṃsyadohanāḥ /
kuṃbhayuktāśca catvāro dakṣiṇāṃ ca sakāṃcanām

2.40.27

tathā dvādaśakā gāvo vastrālaṃkārabhūṣaṇāḥ /
pṛthagbhūtāya viprāya dātavyā nātra saṃśayaḥ

2.40.28

evamādīni dānāni anyāni nṛpanaṃdana /
tīrthakālaṃ susaṃprāpya viprāvasathameva ca

2.40.29

śraddhābhāvena dātavyaṃ bahupuṇyakaraṃ bhavet /
viṣṇuruvāca-/
viṣṇumuddiśya yaddānaṃ kāmanāparikalpitam

2.40.30

tasya dānasya bhāvena bhāvanāparibhāvitaḥ /
tādṛkphalaṃ samaśnāti mānuṣo nātra saṃśayaḥ

2.40.31

abhyudayaṃ pravakṣyāmi yajñādiṣu pravartate /
tena dānena tasyāpi śraddhayā ca dvijottama

2.40.32

prajñāvṛddhiṃ samāpnoti na ca duḥkhaṃ praviṃdati /
bhogānbhunakti dharmātmā jīvamānastu sāṃpratam

2.40.33

aiṃdrāṃstu bhuṃkte bhogānsa dātā divyāṃ gatiṃ gataḥ /
svakulaṃ nayate svargaṃ kalpānāṃ ca sahasrakam

2.40.34

evamābhyudayaṃ proktaṃ prāptaṃ teṣu vadāmyaham /
kāyasya ca kṣayaṃ jñātvā jarayā paripīḍitaḥ

2.40.35

dānaṃ tena pradātavyamāśāṃ kasya na kārayet /
mṛte ca mayi me putrā anye svajanabāṃdhavāḥ

2.40.36

kathamete bhaviṣyaṃti māṃ vinā suhṛdo mama /
teṣāṃ mohātpramugdho vai na dadāti sa kiṃcana

2.40.37

mṛtyuṃ prayāti mohātmā rudaṃti mitrabāṃdhavāḥ /
duḥkhena pīḍitāḥ sarve māyāmohena pīḍitāḥ

2.40.38

saṃkalpayaṃti dānāni mokṣaṃ vai ciṃtayaṃti ca /
tasminmṛte mahārāja māyāmohe gate sati

2.40.39

vismaraṃti ca dānāni lobhātmāno dadaṃti na /
yo'sau mṛto mahārāja yamapaṃthaṃ suduḥkhitaḥ

2.40.40

tṛṣākṣudhāsamākrāṃto bahuduḥkhaiḥ prapīḍitaḥ /
tasmāddānaṃ pradātavyaṃ svayameva na saṃśayaḥ

2.40.41

kasya putrāśca pautrāśca kasya bhāryā nṛpottama /
saṃsāre nāsti kaḥ kasya tasmāddānaṃ pradīyate

2.40.42

jñānavatā pradātavyaṃ svayameva na saṃśayaḥ /
annaṃ pānaṃ ca tāṃbūlamudakaṃ kāṃcanaṃ tathā

2.40.43

yugmaṃ vastraṃ ca chatraṃ ca svayameva na saṃśayaḥ /
jalapātrāṇyanekāni sodakāni nṛpottama

2.40.44

vāhanāni vicitrāṇi yānānyeva mahāmate /
nānāgaṃdhānsakarpūraṃ yamapaṃtha sukhaprade

2.40.45

upānahau pradātavye yadīcchedvipulaṃ sukham /
etairdānairmahārāja yamapaṃthaṃ sukhena vai

2.40.46

prayāti mānavo rājanyamadūtairalaṃkṛtam

2.40.40

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāṃ bhūmikhaṃḍe venopākhyāne catvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

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