Bhūmi-khaṇḍa · Chapter 40
Sourceवेन उवाच- नित्यदानफलं देव त्वत्तः पूर्वं मया श्रुतम् । नैमित्तिकस्य दानस्य दत्तस्यापि हि यत्फलम् १। तत्फलं मे समाचक्ष्व त्वत्प्रसादात्प्रयत्नतः । महातृप्तिं न गच्छामि श्रोतुं श्रद्धा प्रवर्तते २। विष्णुरुवाच- नैमित्तिकं प्रवक्ष्यामि दानमेव नृपोत्तम । महापर्वणि संप्राप्ते येन दानानि श्रद्धया ३। सत्पात्रेभ्यः प्रदत्तानि तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु । गजं रथं प्रदत्ते यो ह्यश्वं चापि नृपोत्तम ४। स च भृत्यैस्तु संयुक्तः पुण्यदेशे नृपोत्तमः । जायते हि महाराज मत्प्रसादान्न संशयः ५। राजा भवति धर्मात्मा ज्ञानवान्बलवान्सुधीः । अजेयः सर्वभूतानां महातेजाः प्रजायते ६। महापर्वणि संप्राप्ते भूमिदानं ददाति यः । गोदानं वा महाराज सर्वभोगपतिर्भवेत् ७। ब्राह्मणाय सुपुण्याय दानं दद्यात्प्रयत्नतः । महादानानि यो दद्यात्तीर्थे पर्वणि पात्रवित् ८। तेषां चिह्नं प्रवक्ष्यामि भूपतित्वं प्रजायते । तीर्थे पर्वणि संप्राप्ते गुप्तदानं ददाति यः ९। निधीनामाशुसंप्राप्तिरक्षरा परिजायते । महापर्वणि संप्राप्ते तीर्थेषु ब्राह्मणाय च १०। सुचैलं च महादानं कांचनेन समन्वितम् । पुण्यं फलं प्रवक्ष्यामि तस्य दानस्य भूपते ११। जायंते बहवः पुत्राः सुगुणा वेदपारगाः । आयुष्मंतः प्रजावंतो यशः पुण्यसमन्विताः १२। विपुलाश्चैव जायंते स्फीता लक्ष्मीर्महामते । सौख्यं च लभते पुण्यं धर्मवान्परिजायते १३। महापर्वणि संप्राप्ते तीर्थे गत्वा प्रयत्नतः । कपिलां कांचनीं दद्याद्ब्राह्मणाय महात्मने १४। तस्य पुण्यं प्रवक्ष्यामि दानस्य च महामते । कपिलादो महाराज सर्वसौख्यान्प्रभुंजति १५। यावद्ब्रह्मा प्रजीवेत्स तावत्तिष्ठति तत्र सः । महापर्वणि संप्राप्ते अलंकृत्य च गां तदा १६। कांचनेनापि संयुक्तां वस्त्रालंकारभूषणैः । तस्य दानस्य राजेंद्र फलभोगं वदाम्यहम् १७। विपुला जायते लक्ष्मीर्दानभोगसमाकुला । सर्वविद्यापतिर्भूत्वा विष्णुभक्तो भवेत्किल १८। विष्णुलोके वसेन्मर्त्यो यावत्तिष्ठति मेदिनी । तीर्थं गत्वा तु यो दद्याद्ब्राह्मणाय विभूषणम् १९। भुक्त्वा तु विपुलान्भोगानिन्द्रेण क्रीडते सह । महापर्वणि संप्राप्ते वस्त्रं च द्विजपुंगवे २०। दत्त्वान्नं भूमिसंयुक्तं पात्रे श्रद्धासमन्वितः । मोदते स तु वैकुंठे विष्णुतुल्यपराक्रमः २१। सवस्त्रं कांचनं दत्त्वा द्विजाय परिशांतये । स्वेच्छया अग्निसदृशो वैकुंठे स वसेत्सुखी २२। सुवर्णस्य सुकुंभं च घृतेन परिपूरयेत् । पिधानं रौप्यं कर्तव्यं वस्त्रहारैरलंकृतम् २३। पुष्पमालान्वितं कुर्याद्ब्रह्मसूत्रेण शोभितम् । प्रतिष्ठितं वेदमंत्रैस्तं संपूज्य महामते २४। उपचारैः पवित्रैश्च षोडशैः परिपूजयेत् । स्वलंकृत्य ततो दद्याद्ब्राह्मणाय महात्मने २५। षोडशैव ततो गावः सवस्त्राः कांस्यदोहनाः । कुंभयुक्ताश्च चत्वारो दक्षिणां च सकांचनाम् २६। तथा द्वादशका गावो वस्त्रालंकारभूषणाः । पृथग्भूताय विप्राय दातव्या नात्र संशयः २७। एवमादीनि दानानि अन्यानि नृपनंदन । तीर्थकालं सुसंप्राप्य विप्रावसथमेव च २८। श्रद्धाभावेन दातव्यं बहुपुण्यकरं भवेत् । विष्णुरुवाच-। विष्णुमुद्दिश्य यद्दानं कामनापरिकल्पितम् २९। तस्य दानस्य भावेन भावनापरिभावितः । तादृक्फलं समश्नाति मानुषो नात्र संशयः ३०। अभ्युदयं प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ञादिषु प्रवर्तते । तेन दानेन तस्यापि श्रद्धया च द्विजोत्तम ३१। प्रज्ञावृद्धिं समाप्नोति न च दुःखं प्रविंदति । भोगान्भुनक्ति धर्मात्मा जीवमानस्तु सांप्रतम् ३२। ऐंद्रांस्तु भुंक्ते भोगान्स दाता दिव्यां गतिं गतः । स्वकुलं नयते स्वर्गं कल्पानां च सहस्रकम् ३३। एवमाभ्युदयं प्रोक्तं प्राप्तं तेषु वदाम्यहम् । कायस्य च क्षयं ज्ञात्वा जरया परिपीडितः ३४। दानं तेन प्रदातव्यमाशां कस्य न कारयेत् । मृते च मयि मे पुत्रा अन्ये स्वजनबांधवाः ३५। कथमेते भविष्यंति मां विना सुहृदो मम । तेषां मोहात्प्रमुग्धो वै न ददाति स किंचन ३६। मृत्युं प्रयाति मोहात्मा रुदंति मित्रबांधवाः । दुःखेन पीडिताः सर्वे मायामोहेन पीडिताः ३७। संकल्पयंति दानानि मोक्षं वै चिंतयंति च । तस्मिन्मृते महाराज मायामोहे गते सति ३८। विस्मरंति च दानानि लोभात्मानो ददंति न । योऽसौ मृतो महाराज यमपंथं सुदुःखितः ३९। तृषाक्षुधासमाक्रांतो बहुदुःखैः प्रपीडितः । तस्माद्दानं प्रदातव्यं स्वयमेव न संशयः ४०। कस्य पुत्राश्च पौत्राश्च कस्य भार्या नृपोत्तम । संसारे नास्ति कः कस्य तस्माद्दानं प्रदीयते ४१। ज्ञानवता प्रदातव्यं स्वयमेव न संशयः । अन्नं पानं च तांबूलमुदकं कांचनं तथा ४२। युग्मं वस्त्रं च छत्रं च स्वयमेव न संशयः । जलपात्राण्यनेकानि सोदकानि नृपोत्तम ४३। वाहनानि विचित्राणि यानान्येव महामते । नानागंधान्सकर्पूरं यमपंथ सुखप्रदे ४४। उपानहौ प्रदातव्ये यदीच्छेद्विपुलं सुखम् । एतैर्दानैर्महाराज यमपंथं सुखेन वै ४५। प्रयाति मानवो राजन्यमदूतैरलंकृतम् ४६। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे पंचपंचाशत्सहस्रसंहितायां भूमिखंडे वेनोपाख्याने चत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः ४०।
vena uvāca- nityadānaphalaṃ deva tvattaḥ pūrvaṃ mayā śrutam | naimittikasya dānasya dattasyāpi hi yatphalam 1| tatphalaṃ me samācakṣva tvatprasādātprayatnataḥ | mahātṛptiṃ na gacchāmi śrotuṃ śraddhā pravartate 2| viṣṇuruvāca- naimittikaṃ pravakṣyāmi dānameva nṛpottama | mahāparvaṇi saṃprāpte yena dānāni śraddhayā 3| satpātrebhyaḥ pradattāni tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu | gajaṃ rathaṃ pradatte yo hyaśvaṃ cāpi nṛpottama 4| sa ca bhṛtyaistu saṃyuktaḥ puṇyadeśe nṛpottamaḥ | jāyate hi mahārāja matprasādānna saṃśayaḥ 5| rājā bhavati dharmātmā jñānavānbalavānsudhīḥ | ajeyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ mahātejāḥ prajāyate 6| mahāparvaṇi saṃprāpte bhūmidānaṃ dadāti yaḥ | godānaṃ vā mahārāja sarvabhogapatirbhavet 7| brāhmaṇāya supuṇyāya dānaṃ dadyātprayatnataḥ | mahādānāni yo dadyāttīrthe parvaṇi pātravit 8| teṣāṃ cihnaṃ pravakṣyāmi bhūpatitvaṃ prajāyate | tīrthe parvaṇi saṃprāpte guptadānaṃ dadāti yaḥ 9| nidhīnāmāśusaṃprāptirakṣarā parijāyate | mahāparvaṇi saṃprāpte tīrtheṣu brāhmaṇāya ca 10| sucailaṃ ca mahādānaṃ kāṃcanena samanvitam | puṇyaṃ phalaṃ pravakṣyāmi tasya dānasya bhūpate 11| jāyaṃte bahavaḥ putrāḥ suguṇā vedapāragāḥ | āyuṣmaṃtaḥ prajāvaṃto yaśaḥ puṇyasamanvitāḥ 12| vipulāścaiva jāyaṃte sphītā lakṣmīrmahāmate | saukhyaṃ ca labhate puṇyaṃ dharmavānparijāyate 13| mahāparvaṇi saṃprāpte tīrthe gatvā prayatnataḥ | kapilāṃ kāṃcanīṃ dadyādbrāhmaṇāya mahātmane 14| tasya puṇyaṃ pravakṣyāmi dānasya ca mahāmate | kapilādo mahārāja sarvasaukhyānprabhuṃjati 15| yāvadbrahmā prajīvetsa tāvattiṣṭhati tatra saḥ | mahāparvaṇi saṃprāpte alaṃkṛtya ca gāṃ tadā 16| kāṃcanenāpi saṃyuktāṃ vastrālaṃkārabhūṣaṇaiḥ | tasya dānasya rājeṃdra phalabhogaṃ vadāmyaham 17| vipulā jāyate lakṣmīrdānabhogasamākulā | sarvavidyāpatirbhūtvā viṣṇubhakto bhavetkila 18| viṣṇuloke vasenmartyo yāvattiṣṭhati medinī | tīrthaṃ gatvā tu yo dadyādbrāhmaṇāya vibhūṣaṇam 19| bhuktvā tu vipulānbhogānindreṇa krīḍate saha | mahāparvaṇi saṃprāpte vastraṃ ca dvijapuṃgave 20| dattvānnaṃ bhūmisaṃyuktaṃ pātre śraddhāsamanvitaḥ | modate sa tu vaikuṃṭhe viṣṇutulyaparākramaḥ 21| savastraṃ kāṃcanaṃ dattvā dvijāya pariśāṃtaye | svecchayā agnisadṛśo vaikuṃṭhe sa vasetsukhī 22| suvarṇasya sukuṃbhaṃ ca ghṛtena paripūrayet | pidhānaṃ raupyaṃ kartavyaṃ vastrahārairalaṃkṛtam 23| puṣpamālānvitaṃ kuryādbrahmasūtreṇa śobhitam | pratiṣṭhitaṃ vedamaṃtraistaṃ saṃpūjya mahāmate 24| upacāraiḥ pavitraiśca ṣoḍaśaiḥ paripūjayet | svalaṃkṛtya tato dadyādbrāhmaṇāya mahātmane 25| ṣoḍaśaiva tato gāvaḥ savastrāḥ kāṃsyadohanāḥ | kuṃbhayuktāśca catvāro dakṣiṇāṃ ca sakāṃcanām 26| tathā dvādaśakā gāvo vastrālaṃkārabhūṣaṇāḥ | pṛthagbhūtāya viprāya dātavyā nātra saṃśayaḥ 27| evamādīni dānāni anyāni nṛpanaṃdana | tīrthakālaṃ susaṃprāpya viprāvasathameva ca 28| śraddhābhāvena dātavyaṃ bahupuṇyakaraṃ bhavet | viṣṇuruvāca-| viṣṇumuddiśya yaddānaṃ kāmanāparikalpitam 29| tasya dānasya bhāvena bhāvanāparibhāvitaḥ | tādṛkphalaṃ samaśnāti mānuṣo nātra saṃśayaḥ 30| abhyudayaṃ pravakṣyāmi yajñādiṣu pravartate | tena dānena tasyāpi śraddhayā ca dvijottama 31| prajñāvṛddhiṃ samāpnoti na ca duḥkhaṃ praviṃdati | bhogānbhunakti dharmātmā jīvamānastu sāṃpratam 32| aiṃdrāṃstu bhuṃkte bhogānsa dātā divyāṃ gatiṃ gataḥ | svakulaṃ nayate svargaṃ kalpānāṃ ca sahasrakam 33| evamābhyudayaṃ proktaṃ prāptaṃ teṣu vadāmyaham | kāyasya ca kṣayaṃ jñātvā jarayā paripīḍitaḥ 34| dānaṃ tena pradātavyamāśāṃ kasya na kārayet | mṛte ca mayi me putrā anye svajanabāṃdhavāḥ 35| kathamete bhaviṣyaṃti māṃ vinā suhṛdo mama | teṣāṃ mohātpramugdho vai na dadāti sa kiṃcana 36| mṛtyuṃ prayāti mohātmā rudaṃti mitrabāṃdhavāḥ | duḥkhena pīḍitāḥ sarve māyāmohena pīḍitāḥ 37| saṃkalpayaṃti dānāni mokṣaṃ vai ciṃtayaṃti ca | tasminmṛte mahārāja māyāmohe gate sati 38| vismaraṃti ca dānāni lobhātmāno dadaṃti na | yo'sau mṛto mahārāja yamapaṃthaṃ suduḥkhitaḥ 39| tṛṣākṣudhāsamākrāṃto bahuduḥkhaiḥ prapīḍitaḥ | tasmāddānaṃ pradātavyaṃ svayameva na saṃśayaḥ 40| kasya putrāśca pautrāśca kasya bhāryā nṛpottama | saṃsāre nāsti kaḥ kasya tasmāddānaṃ pradīyate 41| jñānavatā pradātavyaṃ svayameva na saṃśayaḥ | annaṃ pānaṃ ca tāṃbūlamudakaṃ kāṃcanaṃ tathā 42| yugmaṃ vastraṃ ca chatraṃ ca svayameva na saṃśayaḥ | jalapātrāṇyanekāni sodakāni nṛpottama 43| vāhanāni vicitrāṇi yānānyeva mahāmate | nānāgaṃdhānsakarpūraṃ yamapaṃtha sukhaprade 44| upānahau pradātavye yadīcchedvipulaṃ sukham | etairdānairmahārāja yamapaṃthaṃ sukhena vai 45| prayāti mānavo rājanyamadūtairalaṃkṛtam 46| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāṃ bhūmikhaṃḍe venopākhyāne catvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ 40|
English translation
Vena said :
1-2. O god, I have heard from you the fruit of regular charity. By your grace (i.e. be gracious and) carefully tell me that fruit which is the fruit of occasional charity. I am not getting great satisfaction; my faith prompts me to hear it.
Viṣṇu said :
3-8a. O best king, I shall explain to you (gifts given called) the occasional. Listen to the fruit of the gifts given to worthy recipients by a person with faith, on a great parvan day. O best king, he, the best man, who gives an elephant, a chariot or a horse (to a brāhmaṇa ) becomes the best king, accompanied by servants, in a holy country, O great king; there is no doubt about this. The religious-minded, powerful and very intelligent one becomes a very lustrous king and is unconquered by all beings. O great king, he, who gives a gift of land or a cow when the great parvan (day) arrives, would become the lord of all enjoyments. One should give a gift to a very meritorious brāhmaṇa with great care.
8b-11a. I shall tell you the characteristics of great gifts which a man gives at a sacred place on a parvan (day): he becomes a king. He who gives a secret gift (to a brāhmaṇa) at a holy place on a parvan (day), quickly has an imperishable attainment of treasures (i.e. obtains imperishable treasures). When a great parvan (day) comes, (a man should give) a great gift with a garment and gold to a brāhmaṇa at sacred places.
11b-29a. O king, I shall tell you (about) the auspicious fruit of that gift: (to him) many very virtuous sons, proficient in the Vedas , long-lived, having progeny, and endowed with glory and merit are born. Many (such sons) are born. O you very intelligent one, ample wealth (also comes to him). He gets happiness and religious merit. He becomes religious. When the great parvan (day) arrives, a (man), having gone to a holy place with great effort, should present a golden cow to a glorious brāhmaṇa. O you very intelligent one, I shall tell you about the religious merit of (i.e. obtained by giving) that gift. O great king, the giver of a tawny cow enjoys all pleasures. He lives there as long as Brahmā would live. O king of kings, I (shall) tell you about the fruit and enjoyment of (i.e. due to) the gift of a cow given after adorning her, furnishing her with gold and with garments, ornaments and decorations. Ample glory full of gifts and enjoyments is produced. It is said that such a man (i.e. he who gives gifts) becoming a master of knowledge, would become a devotee of Viṣṇu . He would reside in Viṣṇu’s world as long as the earth would remain. He, who, after going to a sacred place, would give an ornament to a brāhmaṇa, sports with Indra after having enjoyed many pleasures. He, who, endowed with faith, gives to the best brāhmaṇa, a deserving recipient, food along with land when a great parvan (day) arrives, having valour equal to that of Viṣṇu rejoices in Vaikuṇṭha . Giving (i.e. he who gives), according to his desire, gold along with garments to a brāhmaṇa for peace, he, resembling fire, would live happily in heaven. He should fill a big golden pitcher with ghee . He should adorn it with garments and garlands and cover it with (a) silver (lid). He should furnish it with a garland of flowers and make it adorned with a sacred thread. O highly intelligent one, worshipping it, consecrated with Vedic hymns, he should (then) worship it with sixteen pure articles of worship. Then well-adorning it, he should present it to a glorious brāhmaṇa. He should then give sixteen cows with bell-metal udders, along with garments; (he should) also (give) four (cows) and a gift (to a brāhmaṇa) along with gold. He should also give twelve cows adorned with garments, ornaments and decorations to a separated (living in a lonely place?) brāhmaṇa. There is no doubt about this. O prince, such and other gifts (should be given). Having properly found a sacred place and (the proper) time, and a brāhmaṇa’s residence, he should give (gifts) with faith. That would lead to great religious merit. There is no doubt about it.
Viṣṇu said :
29b-46. A gift should be arranged (i.e. given) dedicating it to Viṣṇu. A man inspired by the feeling of love for that gift gets a fruit like that. There is no doubt about this. Now I shall explain good fortune. By giving the gift which proceeds (i.e. is given) in sacrifices etc., and even by having faith in (giving it), a man has increase in his intellect and does not get unhappiness, O best brāhmaṇa. The religious-minded one, while alive, enjoys pleasures properly. That donor, having obtained a divine position, enjoys pleasures of Indra. He takes his family to heaven for a thousand kalpas . I have thus explained (gifts) leading to good fortune. Now among the (gifts) I shall tell about (the gift to be given at the time of death). Knowing that the end of the body (i.e. death) has come near, and being afflicted by old age, he should give a gift. He should not entertain (any) hope about any one. (He should not entertain thoughts like:) ‘What will happen to my sons, other relatives and friends in my absence after my death?’ A man deluded by infatuation for them, does not give anything. He, with his mind confused, dies; friends and relatives weep (for him). All of them, afflicted by grief and by false attachment, resolve (to give) gifts, and reflect upon salvation. When he is dead, and when the false attachment is over, they, of greedy minds, forget the gifts and never give them, O great king. The one, O great king, who is dead, is extremely unhappy on the path to (the abode of) Yama , is overcome with thirst and hunger, and afflicted by gifts. O best king, to whom do sons and grandsons belong? To whom does the wife belong? In this worldly existence none belongs to none (else). Therefore gifts are given. O best king, O you highly intelligent one, a wise man should himself give food, drink, tāmbūla , water, gold, a pair (of) garments, an umbrella, many water-vessels with water, varied vehicles and carriages, various kinds of perfumes and camphor. If he would desire (if he desires) much happiness he should give (to a brāhmaṇa) shoes that give comfort on the path to (the abode of) Yama. O great king, by (giving) these gifts a man goes happily along Yama’s path.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 37681, revision 362551 (2022-12-01T00:04:32Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc364247.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.