[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) › [Digests of Bengal and Kāmarūpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda) › [Early Bengal digests (11th–13th centuries)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina) › [Danasagara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara) › 3 # Danasagara 3 Dānasāgara 3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.2) ) praṇītaścāpraṇītaśca yathāgnidaivataṃ mahat evaṃ vidvānavidvān vā brāhmaṇo daivataṃ mahat ### [3.317](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.317) ( 6 ### [3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.3) ) śmaśāneṣvapi tejasvī pāvako naiva duṣyati hūyamānaśca yajñeṣu bhūya evābhivarddhate ### [3.318](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.318) ( 6 ### [3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.4) ) evaṃ yadyapyaniṣṭeṣu varttate sarvakarmasu sarvathā brāhmaṇāḥ pūjyo daivataṃ paramaṃ mahat ### [3.316](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.316) ( 6 ### [3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.5) ) parāmapyāpadaṃ prāpto brāhmaṇānna prakopayet te hyenaṃ kupitā hanyuḥ sadyaḥ sabalavāhanam ### [3.313](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.313) ( 6 ### [3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.6) ) yaiḥ kṛtaḥ sarvabhakṣo'gnirapeyaśca mahodadhiḥ¹ kṣayī cāpyāyitaścandraḥ ko na naśyet prakoṣya tān ### [3.314](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.314) ( 6 ### [3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.7) ) lokānanyān sṛjeyurye lokapālāṃśca kopitāḥ devān kuryyuradevāṃśca kaḥ kṣiptavaṃstān samṛdhnuyāt ### [3.315](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.315) ( 6 ### [3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.8) ) yān samāśritya tiṣṭhanti devā lokāśca sarvadā brahma eva³ dhanaṃ yeṣāṃ ko hiṃsyāttān jijīviṣuḥ ### [3.316-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.316-2) ( 6 ### [3.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.168) ) yājñavalkyaḥ ( 1 ### [3.6-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.6-2) ) - tapastaptvāsṛjad brahmā brāhmaṇān vedaguptaye tṛptyarthaṃ pitṛdevānāṃ dharmasaṃrakṣaṇāya ca ### [3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.10) ⁴yama :brāhmaṇā devatā loke brāhmaṇā divi devatāḥ trailokye brāhmaṇāḥ śreṣṭhā brāhmaṇāḥ sarvakāraṇam⁵ ### [3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.11) brāhmaṇāścaiva devāśca teja ekaṃ dvidhākṛtam pratyakṣaṃ brāhmaṇā devāḥ parokṣaṃ divi devatāḥ ### [3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.12) brāhmaṇā yatna nāśnanti tatra nāśnanti devatāḥ brāhmaṇeṣu ca tuṣṭeṣu santuṣṭāḥ sarvadevatāḥ¹ ### [3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.13) paitre niyuktāḥ pitaro bhavanti kriyāsu daivīṣu bhavanti devāḥ dvijottamā hastaniyuktatoyāstenaiva dehena bhavanti devāḥ ### [3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.14) yadbrāhmaṇāstuṣṭatamā² vadanti taddevatāḥ karmabhirācaranti tuṣṭeṣu tuṣṭāḥ satataṃ bhavanti pratyakṣadeveṣu parokṣadevāḥ ### [3.6-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.6-3) ( = viṣṇudharmottaram 3|260 ### [3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.15) ) yathā rudrā yathādityā maruto vasavo'śvinau brahmā yamaḥ somasūryau tathā loke dvijottamāḥ ### [3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.16) ete purāṇadevā vai dhārayanti prajā imāḥ pavitraṃ paramaṃ loke teṣu dharmaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ ### [3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.17) yad vai havirhutaṃ mantrairbrāhmaṇā naiva bhuñjate na prīṇayanti taddevānatidevā hi brāhmaṇāḥ ### [3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.18) devādhīnāḥ prajāḥ sarvā yajñādhīnāśca devatāḥ te yajñā brāhmaṇādhīnāstasmāddevā dvijottamāḥ ### [3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.19) śakyaṃ hi kavacaṃ bhettuṃ nārācena śareṇa vā api vajrasahasreṇa brāhmaṇāśīstu durbhidā³ ### [3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.20) āsanno hi dahatyagnirdūrāddahati brāhmaṇaḥ prarohatyagninā⁴ dagdhaṃ vipradagdhaṃ⁵ na rohati ### [3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.21) brāhmaṇānāñca śāpena sarvabhakṣo hutāśanaḥ samudraścāpyapeyaśca vikalaśca purandaraḥ ### [3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.22) candramā rājayakṣmī ca pṛthivyāmūṣarāṇi ca vanaspatīnāṃ niryāso dānavānāṃ parājayaḥ ### [3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.23) anantānyeva tejāṃsi brāhmaṇānāṃ mahātmanām tasmāddvipreṣu nṛpatiḥ praṇamennityameva tu1 ### [3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.24) vāmanapurāṇe ( 65|7-6 ) :pūjiteṣu dvijendreṣu \[ 2pūjitaḥ syājjanārdanaḥ \] yastān dveṣṭi3 mūḍhātmā sa yāti narakaṃ dhruvam ### [3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.25) tānarcayennaro bhaktyā4 brāhmaṇān viṣṇutatparaḥ evamāha hariḥ pūrvaṃ brāhmaṇo māmakī tanūḥ ### [3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.26) brāhmaṇo nāvamantavyo budho vāpyabudho'pi vā 5so'pi divyā tanvviṣṇostasmāttānrcayedbudhaḥ ### [3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.27) śrīrāmāyaṇe - brāhmaṇā hi mahātmānaḥ śriyo mūlaṃ bhavasya ca syuścaiva sarvakāryeṣu brāhmaṇā brahmavādinaḥ ### [3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.28) devāḥ puttabhavārthāya prajānāṃ vibudhottamaiḥ preṣitā mānuṣaṃ lokaṃ bhūmidevā dvijātayaḥ ### [3.26-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.26-2) viṣṇudharmottare ( 3|260|1-5) :-brāhmaṇā daivataṃ bhūmo brāhmaṇā divi devatāḥ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ paraṃ nāsti bhūtaṃ kiñcijjagatvaye7 ### [3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.30) adaivaṃ daivataṃ kuryuḥ kuryurrdaivamadaivatam brāhmaṇā hi mahābhāgāḥ pūjyāste8 satataṃ dvijāḥ ### [3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.31) (2|32|14) brāhmaṇebhyaḥ samutpannā devāḥ pūrvamiti śrutiḥ brāhmaṇebhyo jagat sarvaṃ tasmāt pūjyatamāḥ sadā ### [3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.32) yeṣāmaśnanti vaktreṇa devatāḥ pitarastathā ṛṣayaśca mahābhāgāḥ kiṃ bhūtamadhikaṃ tataḥ ### [3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3.33) yadeva manujo bhaktyā brāhmaṇebhyaḥ prayacchati tadevāpnoti dharmajñā bahu janmani janmani ## Linked texts (8) - 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