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dhanino dhanam anye mṛtasya krīr̤anti dārairapi dhanairapi ### [4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.3) (417) ahanyahani yācantamahaṃ manye guruṃ yathā¹ mārjanaṃ darpaṇasyeva yaḥ karoti dine dine ### [4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.4) āyāsaśatalabdhasya² prāṇebhyo'pi garīyasaḥ gatirekaiva vittasya dānamanyā vipattayaḥ ### [4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.5) kiṃ dhanena kariṣyanti dehino bhaṅgurāśrayāḥ yadarthaṃ dhanamicchanti taccharīramaśāśvatam ### [4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.6) (419) yadi nāma na dharmāya na kāmāya na kīrtaye³ yat parityajya gantavyaṃ⁴ taddhanaṃ kiṃ na⁵ dīyate ### [4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.7) (420) jīvite yasya jīvanti viprā mitrāṇi bāndhavāḥ saphalaṃ jīvitaṃ tasya hyātmārthe⁶ ko na jīvati ### [4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.8) (421) kiṃ kāyena supuṣṭena balinā cirajīvinā | (4122kha) yanna sarvopakārāya⁷ tajjīvitamanarthakam ### [4.6-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.6-2) grāsādaddhamapi grāsamarthibhyaḥ kiṃ na dīyate icchānurūpo vibhavaḥ kadā kasya bhaviṣyati ### [4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.10) (4123) adātā puruṣastyāgī dhanaṃ santyajya gacchati dātāraṃ kṛpaṇaṃ manye mṛto'pyarthaṃ na muñcati ### [4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.11) (4124) yamaḥyamināṃ¹ paramo dharmastvanāhāro vanaukasām dānameva gṛhasthānāṃ śuśrūṣā brahmacāriṇām ²\[yatīnāñcāpyu\]paramaḥ³ saṃsārasya nivartakaḥ ### [4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.12) bṛhaspatiḥdvāvevāpsu praveṣṭavyau gale baddhvā dṛḍhāṃ śilām dhanavantamadātāraṃ daridrañcātapasvinam ### [4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.13) matsyapurāṇe (274|1) :nyāyenārjanamarthasya⁴ vardhanañcābhi⁵rakṣaṇam satpātra⁶pratipattiśca sarvaśāstreṣu paṭhyate ### [4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.14) nandipurāṇedānaṃ paraṃ praśaṃsanti dānameva parāyaṇam dānaṃ bandhurmanuṣyāṇāṃ dānaṃ koṣamanuttamam ### [4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.15) dānaṃ kāmaphalā vṛkṣā dānaṃ cintāmaṇirnṛṇām dānaṃ putrakalatrārthaṃ⁷ dānaṃ mātā tathā pitā⁸ ### [4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.16) na dānena vinā⁹ kiñcit prārthitaṃ phalamāpyate api bāṇāgramātrasya lābho naiveha vidyate śradānaśālināṃ puṃsāṃ tasmāddānaṃ samāśrayet ### [4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.17) chāyāvṛta-¹⁰patākaugha-dhvajemendraprayāyinam rājānaṃ buddhimān¹¹ budhyed dānasyānaśvaraṃ phalam ### [4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.18) dhāvato¹² dehi dehīti kvacit kvaciditastataḥ dṛṣṭvā dānaṃ prayatnena matimānāśrayennaraḥ ### [4.16-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.16-2) hāranūpuranirghoṣapūritottamamandiram lāvaṇyaguṇasampattisarvasvanilayāḥ striyaḥ ekasya bhuktaye¹ tasmādṛṣṭvā dānaṃ samāśrayet ### [4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.20) durbhagām malinān krūrān svadārairapi nirdhutān vilokya puruṣo buddhyeddānasyāpadamuttamām ### [4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.21) mahābhārate ( anuśāsanaparva-dānadharme )— adbhirgātrānmalamiva² tamo hyagnibhayād yathā dānena tapasā caiva sarvapāpamapohyate ### [4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.22) dhane khidyanti puruṣā na ca tat kasyaciddhanam śraddadhānastato loke dadyāccaiva yajeta ca ### [4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.23) ³hutena śāmyate pāpaṃ svādhyāyaiḥ śāntiruttamā dānena bhogā ityāhustapasā sarvamāpyate ### [4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.24) yāni yānyuttamānīha vedoktāni praśaṃsasi teṣāṃ śreṣṭhatamaṃ dānamiti me nāsti saṃśayaḥ ### [4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.25) dānakṛdbhiḥ kṛtaḥ panthā yena yānti manīṣiṇaḥ te hi prāṇasya dātārasteṣu dharmaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ ### [4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.26) yathā vedāḥ svadhītāśca yathā cendriyasaṃyamaḥ sarvatyāgo yathā ceha tathā dānamanuttamam ### [4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.27) dhanena kiṃ yanna dadāti cārthine balena kiṃ yena ripuṃ na bādhate śrutena kiṃ yena na dharmamācaret kimātmanā yo na jitendriyo bhavet⁴ ### [4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.28) viṣṇudharmottare—( 3|300|1-2 ) dānaṃ devāḥ praśaṃsanti manuṣyāśca tathā dvijāḥ dānena kāmānāpnoti yān kāṃścinmanasepsitān⁵ ### [4.26-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.26-2) śradattadānān kṛpaṇān dṛṣṭveha paratarkakān pāratrikaṃ vidhiṃ kuryāddānaṃ vipreṣu mānavaḥ ### [4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.30) ¹kāle deśe tathā pātre dhanaṃ nyāyagataṃ tathā yattattaṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhaistadanantaṃ prakīrtitam ### [4.14-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4.14-2) ( 3|200 ## Linked texts (4) - [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.12.184.2) — Sanskrit - [Indische Sprüche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.indische-spruche.5263) — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.2.33.13) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit - [Kumārikākhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.mahesvarakhanda.kumarikakhanda.2.60) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4) · Pramāṇa