[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Legal Digests](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha) › [Danasagara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.danasagara) › 54.1 # Danasagara 54.1 Dānasāgara 54.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [54.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.danasagara.54.1) dānadinapūrvvataradine 'pūrvvavadviṣyabhojanādi kṛtvā sūryādidevatābhyaḥ sopavāsaviṣṇudharmoktavāsudevaghṛtakṣīrasnapanapūjāpūrvvaka \[ghṛtadhenudānakarma mayā karttavyamiti nivedya saṅkalpaṃ kuryāt oṃ śva upoṣyāparadine viṣṇudharmoktaghṛtārcirghṛtakṣīra-snapana-pūjāpūrvvakaṃ\] dānāntaraikaratnāvaghṛtāhāratvasahitaṃ ghṛtadhenudānakarmmāhaṃ kariṣye | tato niyamena suptvā'paradine upoṣyāparadine snātvā vāsudevaṃ ghṛtakṣīrābhyāṃ snāpayitvā oṃ ghṛtārciṣe nama iti yathāvidhi sampūjya vaiṣṇavastavena 3stutvā yathoktarūpāṃ ghṛtadhenuṃ 'taccaturthabhāgakalpita- 'tadva pūvatsasahitā- marcitāmarcitāya vidyātapaḥśāline ghṛtārcirayamiti dhyātarūpāya brāhmaṇāya oṃ etāṃ mamopakārāya ityādimantraṃ paṭhitvā oṃ adyādi tubhyamantamuktvā dadyāt | viṣṇudharmoktaghṛtadhenudānaphalaprāptikāmo'hametāṃ dhenucaturthabhāgaghṛtakalpita--puṣpamālā--vibhūṣita-kāṃsyopadoha--sitavastrayugācchādita--hiraṇya-garbhamaṇividrumamauktikasahitekṣuyaṣṭimayapāda- raupyakhura-sauvarṇākṣiyugāgurukāṣṭhamayaśṛṅga--saptadhānyapārśvadvaya-patrorṇagalakambala-turuṣkakarpūraghrāṇa-phalastana-śarkarā jihva--guḍakṣīramukha--kṣaumasūtralāṅgūlasitasarṣaparomaka-tāmrapṛṣṭha-vatsasahitāṃ gavyaghṛtakumbhamayīṃ puṣpamālā-vibhūṣitāṃ kāṃsyopadohāṃ sitavastra- yugācchāditāṃ hiraṇyagarbhā maṇividrumamuktāsahitāmikṣuyaṣṭi- padāṃ raupyakhurāṃ sauvarṇākṣiyugāmagurukāṣṭhaśṛṅgīṃ sapta-dhānyobhayapāśvīṃ patrorṇagalakambalāṃ turuṣkakarpūraghrāṇāṃ phalastanīṃ śarkarā jihvāṃ guḍakṣīramukhīṃ kṣaumasūtralāṅgūlāṃ sitasarṣapa- romakāṃ tāmrapātrapṛṣṭhāṃ ghṛtadhenuṃ dadāni | svastyāditvokārāntaṃ pūrvvavat | tato yajamāno ghṛtamāvāhārastaddinaṃ niyato'tivāhayet" viṣṇudharmottaroktadhenudānāni atha ghṛtadhenudānam viṣṇudharmottare (3|307|1-15) :— ghṛtadhenupradānañca nibodhata dvijottamāḥ gavyasya sarpiṣaḥ kumbhaṃ pūrṇantu parikalpayet - [Previous: 53.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.danasagara.53.15) - [Next: 54.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.danasagara.54.2) - [Up: 54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.danasagara.54) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.danasagara.54.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.danasagara.54.1) · Pramāṇa