Padma Purana · Chapter 2.94

kuṃjala uvāca-
śrūyatāmabhidhāsyāmi tatsarvaṃ kāraṇaṃ suta /
yasmāttau tādṛśau jātau svamāṃsaparibhakṣakau

sarvatra kāraṇaṃ karma śubhāśubhaṃ na saṃśayaḥ /
puṇyena karmaṇā putra naraḥ saukhyaṃ prabhuṃjati

duṣkṛtaṃ bhuṃjate cātra pāpayuktena karmaṇā /
sūkṣmavartmavicāryaivaṃ śāstrajñānena cakṣuṣā

sthūladharmaṃ pradṛṣṭvaiva suvicārya punaḥ punaḥ /
samārabhennaraḥ karma manasā nipuṇena ca

samūrtikārakaḥ śilpī rasamāvarttayedyathā /
agneśca tejasā putra jvālābhiśca samaṃtataḥ

dravībhūto bhaveddhāturvahninā tāpitaḥ śanaiḥ /
yādṛśaṃ vatsa bhakṣyaṃtu rasapakvaṃ niṣecyate

tādṛśaṃ jāyate vatsa rūpaṃ caiva na saṃśayaḥ /
yādṛśaṃ kriyate karma tādṛśaṃ paribhujyate

karma eva pradhānaṃ yadvarṣārūpeṇa varttate /
kṣetreṣu yādṛśaṃ bījaṃ vapate kṛṣikārakaḥ

tādṛśaṃ bhuṃjate tāta phalameva na saṃśayaḥ /
yādṛśaṃ kriyate karma tādṛśaṃ paribhujyate

vināśahetuḥ karmāsya sarve karmavaśā vayam /
karma dāyādakā loke karma saṃbaṃdhibāṃdhavāḥ

karmāṇi codayaṃtīha puruṣaṃ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ /
suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ vāpi yathārūpaṃ niṣicyate

tathā niṣicyate jaṃtuḥ pūrvakarmavaśānugaḥ /
paṃcaitānīha dṛśyaṃte garbhasthasyaiva dehinaḥ

āyuḥ karma ca vittaṃ ca vidyāni dhanameva ca /
yathā mṛtpiṃḍakaṃ karttā kurute yadyadicchati

tathā karmakṛtaṃ caiva karttāraṃ pratipadyate /
devatvamatha mānuṣyaṃ paśutvaṃ pakṣitāṃ tathā

tiryaktvaṃ sthāvaratvaṃ vā yāti jaṃtuḥ svakarmabhiḥ /
sa eva tu tathā bhuṃkte nityaṃ vihitamātmanaḥ

ātmanā vihitaṃ duḥkhamātmanā vihitaṃ sukham /
garbhaśayyāmupādāya bhuṃjate pūrvadehikam

pūrvadehakṛtaṃ karma na kaścitpuruṣottamaḥ /
balena prajñayā vāpi samarthaḥ kartumanyathā

svakṛtānyeva bhuṃjaṃti duḥkhāni ca sukhāni ca /
hetutaḥ kāraṇairvāpi sohaṃ kāreṇa bādhyate

yathā dhenusahasreṣu vatso viṃdati mātaram /
tadvacchubhāśubhaṃ karma kartāramanugacchati

upabhogādṛte yasya nāśa eva na vidyate /
prāktanaṃ baṃdhanaṃ karma konyathākartumarhati

suśīghramanudhāvaṃtaṃ vidhānamanudhāvati /
śobhate saṃnipātena yathākarma purākṛtam

upatiṣṭhati tiṣṭhaṃtaṃ gacchaṃ tamanugacchati /
karoti kurvataḥ karmacchāyevānu vidhīyate

yathā chāyātapau nityaṃ susaṃbaddhau parasparam /
upasargā hi viṣayā upasargā jarādayaḥ

pīḍayaṃti naraṃ paścātpīḍitaṃ pūrvakarmaṇā /
yena yatropabhoktavyaṃ duḥkhaṃ vā sukhameva ca

sa tatra baddhvā rajjveva balāddaivena nīyate /
daivaṃ prāhuśca bhūtānāṃ sukhaduḥkhopapādanam

anyathā karmatacciṃtyaṃ jāgrataḥ svapatopi vā /
anyathā hyudyate daivaṃ badhyate ca jighāṃsati

śastrāgniviṣadurgebhyo rakṣitavyaṃ surakṣati /
yathā pṛthivyāṃ bījāni vṛkṣagulmatṛṇānyapi

tathaivātmani karmāṇi tiṣṭhaṃti prabhavaṃti ca /
tailakṣayādyathā dīpo nirvāṇamadhigacchati

karmakṣayāttathā jaṃtoḥ śarīraṃ nāśamṛcchati /
karmakṣayāttathā mṛtyustattvavidbhirudāhṛtam

vividhāḥ prāṇināṃ rogāḥ smṛtāsteṣāṃ ca hetavaḥ /
tasmāttattvapradhānastu karma eva hi prāṇinām

yatpurā kriyate karma tadihaiva prabhujyate /
yattvayā dṛṣṭamevāpi pṛcchitaṃ tāta sāṃpratam

tasyārthaṃ tu mayā proktaṃ bhuṃjāte tau hi sāṃpratam /
ānaṃde kānane dṛṣṭaṃ tayoḥ karmasudāruṇam

tayośceṣṭāṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu vatsa prabhāṣataḥ /
karmabhūmiriyaṃ tāta anyā bhogārthabhūmayaḥ

sargādīnāṃ mahāprājña tāsu gatvā subhuṃjati /
sūta uvāca-
cauladeśe mahāprājñaḥ subāhurnāma bhūmipaḥ

rūpavānguṇavāndhīraḥ pṛthivyāṃ nāsti tādṛśaḥ /
viṣṇubhakto mahāprājño vaiṣṇavānāṃ ca supriyaḥ

karmaṇā trividhenāpi pradhyāyanmadhusūdanam /
aśvamedhādikānyajñānyajeta sakalānnṛpa

purodhāstasya caivāsti jaiminirnāma brāhmaṇaḥ /
sa cāhūya subāhuṃ tamidaṃ vacanamabravīt

rājandehi sudānāni yaiḥ sukhaṃ tu prabhuṃjyata /
dānaistu tarate lokāndurgānpretya gato naraḥ

dānena sukhamāpnoti yaśaḥ prāpnoti śāśvatam /
dānena cātulā kīrtirjāyate mṛtyumaṃḍale

yāvatkīrtiḥ sthitā cātra tāvatkartā divaṃ vaset /
taddānaṃ duṣkaraṃ prāhurdātuṃ naiva praśakyate

tasmātsarvaprayatnena dātavyaṃ mānavaiḥ sadā /
subāhuruvāca-
dānācca tapaso vāpi dvayormadhye suduṣkaram

kiṃ vā mahatphalaṃ pretya tanme brūhi dvijottama /
jaiminiruvāca-
dānānna duṣkarataraṃ pṛthivyāmasti kiṃcana

rājanpratyakṣamevaikaṃ dṛśyate lokasākṣikam /
parityajya priyānprāṇāndhanārthaṃ lobhamohitāḥ

praviśaṃti narā loke samudramaṭavīṃ tathā /
sevāmanye prapadyaṃte'śvavṛttiriti yā sthitā

hiṃsāprāyāṃ bahukleśāṃ kṛṣiṃ caiva tathā purā /
tasya duḥkhārjitasyāpi prāṇebhyopi garīyasaḥ

arthasya puruṣavyāghra parityāgaḥ suduṣkaraḥ /
viśeṣato mahārāja tasya nyāyārjitasya ca

śraddhayā vidhivatpātre dattasyāṃto na vidyate /
śraddhā dharmasutā devī pāvanī viśvatāriṇī

sāvitrī prasavitrī ca saṃsārārṇavatāriṇī /
śraddhayā sādhyate dharmo mahadbhirnnārtharāśibhiḥ

niṣkiṃcanāstu munayaḥ śraddhādharmā divaṃ gatāḥ /
saṃti dānānyanekāni nānābhedairnṛpottama

annadānātparaṃ nāsti prāṇināṃ gatidāyakam /
tasmādannaṃ pradātavyaṃ payasā ca samanvitam

madhureṇāpi puṇyena vacasā ca samanvitam /
nāstyannāttu paraṃ dānamihaloke paratra ca

tāraṇāya hitāyaiva sukhasaṃpattihetave /
śraddhayā vidhivatpātre nirmalenāpi cetasā

annaikasya pradānasya phalaṃ bhuṃkte bhavennaraḥ /
grāsādgrāsaṃ pradātavyaṃ muṣṭiprasthaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

akṣayaṃ jāyate tasya dānasyāpi mahāphalam /
na ca prasthaṃ na vā muṣṭiṃ narasya hi na saṃbhavet

anāstikyaprabhāveṇa parvaṇi prāpya mānavaḥ /
śraddhayā brāhmaṇaṃ caikaṃ bhaktyā caiva prabhojayet

ekasyāpi pradhānasya annasyāpi prajeśvara /
janmāṃtaraṃ susaṃprāpya nityaṃ cānnaṃ prabhuṃjati

pūrvajanmani yaddattaṃ bhaktyā pātre sakṛnnaraiḥ /
janmāṃtaraṃ susaṃprāpya nityameva bhunakti ca

annadānaṃ prayacchaṃti brāhmaṇebhyo hi nityaśaḥ /
miṣṭānnapānaṃ bhuṃjaṃti te narā annadāyinaḥ

annameva vadaṃtyeta ṛṣayo vedapāragāḥ /
prāṇabhūtaṃ na saṃdehamamṛtāddhi samudbhavam

prāṇāstena pradattā hi yena cānnaṃ samarpitam /
annadānaṃ mahārāja dehi tvaṃ tu prayatnataḥ

evamākarṇya vai rājā jaiminestu mahātmanaḥ /
punaḥ papraccha taṃ vipraṃ jaiminiṃ jñānapaṃḍitam

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe bhūmikhaṃḍe venopākhyāne gurutīrthamāhātmye cyavanacaritre caturnavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ