Danasagara 36.1

36.1

atha yajamānaḥ samupajātasaptasāgaramahādāna-1dānecchastulāpuruṣalikhita-khaḍgacarma-2mayaḍhālasannāha-tulā-sthāpanīyaharipratimā-sālaṅkāratulā--hastagrāhyadevatābahiḥ sarvasambhāramadhikatvena
saptapalādūrddha palasahasrāvadhi yathecchasuvarṇaghaṭitān saptobhayataḥ prādeśamātrān4 ratnimātrān5
vā kuṇḍākārān 'sāgarān tadavasthāpanārthaṃ kṛṣṇājināni tilāṃśca kuṇḍasaptakapūraṇārthaṃ lavaṇaṃ
kṣīraṃ' dadhi ghṛtaṃ guḍaṃ śarkarāṃ tīrthodakañca kuṇḍamadhyasthāpanārthaṃ yathecchasuvarṇa-pavotkhāṭitā
[brahmakeśavamaheśvarādityendralakṣmīpārvatīpratimāḥ sarvaratna-10 ghaṭitalokasaptakañca kuṇḍapārśvasthāpanārthamaṣṭādaśadhānyāni cotpādayet | tatastulāpuruṣoktasamayānāmanyatamasya pūrvataradine
gurṛtvigyajamānajāpakāstulāpuruṣavad11-viṣyabhojanādikaṃ kṛtvā nivedanasaṅkalpavākyayostulāpuruṣapadasthāne saptasāgarapadaṃ niveśya nivedanaṃ12 saṅkalpañca kuryuḥ | aparadine ca yajamānastulāpuruṣa-13vadgovindā-14dyārādhanādi madhuparkadānāntaṃ karma govindādyabhyarcana15-brāhmaṇānujñāpanadānasaṅkalpa-puṇyāhādivācana-varaṇavākyeṣu tulāpuruṣapadasthāne saptasāgarapadaṃ niveśya kuryyāt
tato gurṛtvigyajamānajāpakā upavaseyuḥ | aparadine ca16 kṛtanityakriyāstulāpuruṣa-17[vadagnisthāpanādi]madhyabrāhmaṇavācanāntaṃ karma 18yathāyathaṃ kuryuḥ | tatra ca vanaspatihomānte tulāpuruṣoktamantreṇa ekāhutyā varuṇāya homo'dhikaḥ | evañca madhyabrāhmaṇavācanāntaṃ karma tulāpuruṣagranthamanusandhāyoprātavyam | tatra ṛtvijaḥ saptakuṇḍāni pradhānavedīmadhyalikhita-19cakopari kṛṣṇājinānyāstīryya tatra tilān dattvā tatrāropya lavaṇādibhiḥ krameṇa pūrayitvā sarvaratnapūrvoktabrahmakeśavādipratimā-20saptakagarbhāṇi kṛtvā kuṇḍapārśveṣvaṣṭādaśadhānyāni21 sthāpayeyuḥ
tato maṅgalagītavādyavandighoṣeṣu satsu kuṇḍasamīpasthakumbhacatuṣṭayajalena yajamānaṃ strapayeyuḥ
tato yajamānaḥ śuklamālyāmbaro dhṛtasarvālaṅkāraḥ puṣṇāñjalimādāya sāgarān triḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya
'namo vaḥ sarvasindhūnā'mityādi-¹['tadastu mamāpi lakṣmī'rityanta]-mantrairabhimantrya puṣpāñjalinābhyarcya ]²gurvṛtvikpramukhabrāhmaṇebhya utsṛjya dadyāt | tad yathā- oṃ adya yathāsambhavagotanāma-gurvṛtvikpramukhabrāhmaṇebhyo matsyapurāṇokta-saptasāgaramahādānadānaphalaprāptikāmo'hametān kṛṣṇājinanyastatilā'-ropitān lavaṇakṣīrasarpirguḍadadhiśarkarātīrthodakapūritān sarvaratnagarbhān madhyasthitasauvarṇabrahmakeśavamaheśvarādityendralakṣmīpārvatīpratimānaṣṭādaśadhānyapañcavarṇa-vitānasahitān saptasāgarām dadāni | gurvṛtvijaḥ svastītyuktvā sāvitrīṃ paṭhitvā saptasāgarā
ete viṣṇudaivatā ityuktvā yathāśākhaṃ kāmastutiṃ paṭheyuḥ | tato gurvṛtvigbhyo dakṣiṇādānam
tad yathā- oṃ adya kṛtaitaddānakarmapratiprārthaṃ yuṣmabhyamahaṃ dakṣiṇāmiyadutpattiyogyāṃ bhūmimetāni
ca ratnāni dadāni | gurvṛtvijaḥ svastītyuktvā svaṃ svaṃ bhāgaṃ spṛśeyuḥ | gurvṛtvigbhya eva
vā dadyāt | tatra dānavākye'mukāmukagotrebhyo'mukāmuka-vedāmukāmukaśākhādhyāyibhyo'mukāmukadevaśarmabhyo yuṣmabhyamiti matsyapurāṇoktabhāgavyavasthayeti [ca viśeṣaḥ ] | tatastulāpuruṣavajjāpakebhyo dakṣiṇādānaṃ dīnānāthāditarpaṇaṃ brāhmaṇavācanaṃ tvarayā yathārthaṃ saptasāgarapratipādanañca kuryāt
iti saptasāgara-mahādānaṃ ¹⁰samāptam
'tathā ratnadhenumahādānam | ( matsyapurāṇam—288 aḥ )
athātaḥ sampravakṣyāmi mahādānamanuttamam
³[ratnadhenuriti khyātaṃ ] golokaphaladaṃ nṛṇām