Danasagara 25.1

25.1

prayogaḥ
atha yajamānaḥ samupajātabrahmāṇḍamahādānadānecchastulāpuruṣamahādānalikhitaṃ khaṅgacarmamayaḍhāla 'sannāha-tulāmthāpanīyaharipratimā-4[ sālaṅkāratulā ] - hastagrāhya pratimā-bahiḥsarvasambhāram, adhikatvena viṃśatisaṃkhyapalebhyaḥ ūrddhaṃ sahastrapalāvadhi abhimatakāñca [na
pūrvataradine yajamāna-¹gurvṛtvigjāpakāstulāpuruṣavadviṣyabhojanādikaṃ² kṛtvā, nivedanasaṅkalpavākyayostulāpuruṣapadasthāne brahmāṇḍapadaṃ prakṣipya yathāyathaṃ nivedanaṃ saṅkalpañca kuryuḥ| tato'paradine yajamānastulā-³puruṣavad govindāryārādhanādi-madhuparkadānāntaṃ⁴ karma⁵ govindārca⁶nainabrāhmaṇājñāpana⁷-dānasaṅkalpa-puṇyāhādivācana-⁸varaṇavākyeṣu tulāpuruṣapadasthāne brahmāṇḍapadaṃ
prakṣipya kuryāt| tato gurvṛ⁹tvig yajamānajāpakā upavaseyuḥ| aparadine ca kṛtanityā⁹stulāpuruṣavadagnisyāpanādi-madhyabrāhmaṇavācanāntaṃ karma yathāyathaṃ kuryyuḥ| evañca madhyabrāhmaṇavācanāntaṃ karma tulāpuruṣagranthamamanusandhāyopaṣṭhātavyam| tata ṛtvijaḥ pūrvaghaṭitaṃ yathorurūpaṃ
sampuṭamilita-¹⁰śakaladvayanirmitaṃ brahmāṇḍamānīya, pradhānavedyāṃ likhitacakropari tiladroṇaṃ
vikīrya, ¹¹tadupari sthāpayitvā, kauṣeyavastreṇācchādya, brahmāṇḍasya ¹²sarvapārśveṣvaṣṭādaśadhānyāni
āropayeyuḥ| tato brahmāṇḍasya pūrvādrakrameṇa guḍa-¹³piṇḍānāmupari pūrvokta-¹⁴jalaśayyādipratimāḥ sthāpayeyuḥ| guruśca tāḥ¹⁵ krameṇaiva praṇavādicaturthyantena namo'ntena svanāmamantreṇa
pratyekaṃ pūjayet| tata ṛtvijo brahmāṇḍapārśve¹⁶ vastraveṣṭitagrīvān daśa pūrṇakumbhān, ¹⁷hema²⁸śīrṣavastrācchāditāḥ sakāṃsyadohanā daśa dhenūḥ, pādukādyupakaraṇāñcā¹⁸ropayeyuḥ| tato maṅgalagītavādyavandighoṣeṣu satsu kuṇḍasamīpasthakumbhacatuṣṭayajalena yajamānaṃ snāpayeyuḥ
tato yajamānaḥ śuklamālyāmbaradharo dhṛtasarvālaṅkāraḥ puṣpāñjalimādāya brahmāṇḍaṃ triḥ
pradakṣiṇīkṛtya 'namo'stu viśveśvare'tyādi mantradvayaṃ paṭhitvā puṣpāñjalinābhyarcca praṇamya
¹⁹gurvṛtvigbhyo dadyāt| ²⁰[ tad yathā—oṃ ] adyāmukāmukasagotrebhyo'mukāmukavedāmukāmukaśākhādhyāyibhyo'mukāmukadevaśarmabhyo yuṣmabhyaṃ matsyapurāṇokta-brahmāṇḍamahādāna-²¹dānaphalaprāptikāmo'haṃ matsyapurāṇoktabhāgavyavasthayā ²²etanmahāratnabhūṣitaṃ kauṣe²³-yavastrasavītaṃ tiladroṇasthāpitamaṣṭādaśadhānyasahitaṃ guḍapīṭhasthakāñcanānantaśayana'-pradruma-prakṛti-saṅkarṣaṇa-vedacatuṣṭayāniruddhāmi-vāsudeva-pratimāsahitaṃ vastrasaṃvrītapūrṇakumbhadaśaka²-hema śṛṅgavastrācchāditasakāṃsya-dohanadhenudaśaka-sahitaṃ pādukopānacchattracāmarāsanadarpaṇabhakṣyabhojanadīpekṣumālyaphalānulepana-puṣpaphalopaśobhita- pañcavarṇa-vitānakasahitaṃ brahmāṇḍaṃ dadāni
pratigrahītāraḥ svastītyuktvā sāvitrīṃ paṭhitvā, brahmāṇḍamidaṃ viṣṇudaivatamityuktvā yathāśākhaṃ
kāmastutiṃ paṭheyuḥ | tata oṃ adya kṛtaitaddānapratiṣṭhārthaṃ yuṣmabhyamahaṃ dakṣiṇāmiyadutpattiyogyāṃ bhūmimetāni ca ratnāni dadāni, pratigrahītāraḥ svastītyuktvā brahmāṇḍaṃ spṛśeyuḥ | tatastulāpuruṣavajjāpakebhyo dakṣiṇādānaṃ dīnānāthāditarpaṇaṃ puṇyāhādivācanañca '[kṛtvā, brahmāṇḍaṃ]
daśadhā vibhajya, bhāgadvayaṃ gurave, ṛtvigbhyaścāṣṭau bhāgān tvarayā pratipādayet | yathoktasvalyabrahmāṇḍadāne tu 'gururekāmitratu 'sarvam ṛtvigādikarttavyaṃ svagṛhyoktavidhinā śāntikādhyāyajapavahniḥ kuryāt | ''jāpakāstu 12pūrvavadeva kāryāḥ | kuśamayaśca brahmā kāryaḥ | tadā
ca yajamāno gurave 13tat [sarvaṃ mahādānaṃ] sampradānaikavacanehena dadyāt
iti brahmāṇḍamahādānaṃ samāptam'
tathā kalpapādapamahādānam | (matsyapurāṇam-277 aḥ )
kalpapādapadānākhyamataḥ paramanuttamam
mahādānaṃ pravakṣyāmi sarvapātakanāśanam