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# Danasagara 76

Dānasāgara 76

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [76.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.76.1)

paradravyatuṣārīyanvānvitāṃ 1prapāṃ dāsye | tato'tvāritaṃ saṅkalpitatattaddravyāṇi 2 \[ samupasthitebhyo dadyāt | atra ca prapāyāṃ sthānanirmāṇopalepanarajjudānādiṣu guṇeṣu pṛthak pṛthak  
phalaśruteḥ sampūrṇaprapākaraṇopayuktena paraprapāyāmapi sthānanirmāṇopalepana-rajjudānādīni ekaikaśo'pi saṅkalpya sustheyāni | tad yathā oṃ viṣṇudharmottarokta-prapāsthāna-śubhakaraṇa-phalaprāptikāmo'hametat prapāsthānaṃ śubhaṃ kariṣya iti saṅkalpya prapābhūmikarmasvarūpaṃ kuryyāt | evamupalepane'pi3 | rajjvādidāneṣu saṅkalpavākyaṃ yathā \] oṃ viṣṇudharmottaroktarajjudānaphalaprāptikāmo'haṃ prapāyāmetāṃ rajjuṃ dāsye | evaṃ vāridhānyādidāneṣvapi tattaduktadravyaniveśena4 vākyamūhanīyam  
iti mahārājādhirāja-niḥśaṅkaśaṅkara-śrīmadballālasenadevaviracite  
śrīdānasāgare vāridānāvartaḥ  
atha viṣṇudaivata-taijasapātradānāvarttaḥ | (14)  
²viṣṇuḥ :taijasānāṃ ³\[pradānena ⁴pātro bhavati kāmānām \]

### [76.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.76.2)

⁵\[ tejasāṃ pātrāṇāṃ taijasānāmiti \] suvarṇa-⁶rajatatāmrakāṃsyapittalatrapusīsakalohamayānāṃ  
pātrāṇāmiti | bahutvaṃ ⁷taijasadravyabahutvāpekṣam | ⁸\[ata eṣāmanyatamasya pātrasya dānam  
ata yajamāno'rcitāya brāhmaṇāyoktadravyāṇāmanyatamasya pātramarcitaṃ dadyāt | oṃ adyāmukasagotrāyāmukavedā mukaśākhādhyāyine'mukadevaśarmaṇe tubhyaṃ viṣṇukataijasapātradānaphalaprāptikāmo'hametattaijasapātraṃ dadāni | pratigrahītā svastītyuktvā sāvitrīṃ paṭhitvā pātramidaṃ viṣṇudaivatamityuktvā  
yathāśākhaṃ kāmastutiṃ paṭhet | tata oṃ adya kṛtaitaddānapratiṣṭhārthaṃ dakṣiṇāmetat kāñcanaṃ dadāni  
pratigrahītā svastītyuktvā pātraṃ spṛśet | taijasapātrotkarṣabahutve ca phalabhūyastvam  
skandapurāṇe :bhājanaṃ yaḥ prayacchettu hemaṃ ratnavibhūṣitam  
⁹so'psaraḥśatasaṅkīrṇe vimāne divi rājate

### [76.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.76.3)

ratnavibhūṣitaṃ nānāratnālaṅkṛtam | arcitāya brāhmaṇāyarcitaṃ yathoktaṃ sauvarṇabhājanam  
oṃ adyādi tubhyamantamuktvā dadyāt | \] skandapurāṇokta-hemabhājana-dānaphalaprāptikāmo'hametadratnabhūṣitaṃ haimabhājanaṃ dadāni | svastyādisvīkārāntaṃ pūrvavat  
tathā :rajataṃ yaḥ ¹⁰prayacchecca viprebhyo bhājanaṃ śubham  
sa gandharvapadaṃ prāpya urvaśyā saha modate

### [76.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.76.4)

viprebhya iti bahuvacanaṃ ¹¹jātyapekṣayā ekasya bhājanasya bahubhyo dānāsambhavāt | śubhaṃ  
darśanīyam | arcitāya brāhmaṇāyarcitaṃ ¹²rajatabhājanam oṃ adyādi tubhyamantamuktvā  
dadyāt | skandapurāṇokta-¹rajatabhājana-dānaphalaprāptikāmo'hameta-²drajatabhājanaṃ dadāni  
svastyādisvīkārāntaṃ pūrvavat  
tathāḥ—  
tāmraṃ yo bhājanaṃ dadyād brāhmaṇebhyo viśeṣataḥ  
sa bhaved ³\[yakṣarājasya patnyo balasamanvitau\]

### [76.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.76.5)

viṣṇudharme :—  
tāmrāyāsānāṃ bhāṇḍānāṃ dātā ⁵ratnādhipo bhavet  
⁶labhate'kṣapadaṃ sthānaṃ balavān jāyate sadā

### [76.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.76.6)

viṣṇudharmottare (3|311|16) :—  
taijasāni tu pātrāṇi dattvā salavaṇāni tu  
¹³pātratāmeti kāmānāṃ ¹⁴lāvaṇyañcāpyupānnumat

### [76.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.76.7)

pūrayitvā'rcitāni oṃ adyādi tubhyamantamuktvā dadyāt | viṣṇudharmottarokta-salavaṇa-pātradānaphalaprāptikāmo'hametāni salavaṇāni taijasapātrāṇi dadāni | svastyādisvīkārāntaṃ pūrvavat  
tathā (3|111|17) :taijasāni tu pātrāṇi satailāni prayacchataḥ  
ārogyamuttamaṃ proktaṃ lāvaṇyamapi cottamam

### [76.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.76.8)

brāhmaṇāyārcitāya suvarṇādīnāmanyatamasya trīṇi pātrāṇi tailapūrṇānyarcitāni oṃ adyādi  
tubhyamantamuktvā dadyāt | uttamarogya-lāvaṇyaprāptikāmo'hametāni ²tailapūrṇāni taijasapātrāṇi  
³dadāni | ⁴\[svastyādisvīkārāntaṃ pūrvavat  
tathā :taijasāni tu pātrāṇi saghṛtāni prayacchataḥ  
ārogyamuttamaṃ proktaṃ svarge vāsastathā dvijāḥ

### [76.6-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.76.6-2)

dvijā iti sambodhanam | \] ⁵brāhmaṇāyārcitāya suvarṇādīnāmanyatamasya trīṇi pātrāṇi  
ghṛtapūrṇānyarcitāni oṃ adyādi tubhyamantamuktvā dadyāt | uttamarogyapūrvakasvarga vāsaprāptikāmo'hametāni ghṛtapūrṇāni taijasapātrāṇi dadāni | svastyādisvīkārāntaṃ pūrvavat  
⁶tathā (3|111|18) :taijasāni tu pātrāṇi samadhūni prayacchataḥ  
lāvaṇyamuttamaṃ proktaṃ saubhāgyamapi cottamam

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