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mahārājādhirāja-niḥśaṅkaśaṅkara-śrīmadvallālasenadevaviracite śrīdānasāgare jalapātradānāvarttaḥ atha prajāpatidaivatānradānā varta: | (16) tatra annadānastutiḥ brahmapurāṇe :anne pratiṣṭhitā lokā-^\[1\]\[khasmādannaṃ praśasyate \] annameva^\[2\] praśaṃsanti sadaiva pitṛmānavāḥ ^\[3\]\[annasya hi pradānena svargamāpnoti mānavaḥ ### [78.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.78.2) tathā :- \] annasya hi^\[4\] pradānena naro yāti parāṃ gatim sarvakāmasamāyuktaḥ ^\[5\]\[pretya cāpyaśnute\] śubham ### [78.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.78.3) tathā :annamūrjasvalaṃ^\[6\] loke dattvorjasvī bhavennaraḥ satāṃ panthānamāśritya^\[7\] sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate ### [78.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.78.4) ^\[8\]mahābhārate (anu-63|25kha-26ka) :annadaḥ paśumān putrī dhanavān bhogavānapi prāṇavāṃścāpi bhavati rūpavāṃśca tathā ^\[9\]nṛpa ### [78.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.78.5) tathā (anu-63|35) :annadasya manuṣyasya balamojo yaśāṃsi ca kīrtiśca vardhate śaśvat triṣu lokeṣu pāṇḍava ### [78.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.78.6) ^\[10\]āgneyapurāṇe annastutyanantaramtasmādannaṃ sadā dehi śraddhayā nṛpasattama brahmahatyādikaṃ^\[11\] pāpamannadasya praṇaśyati ### [78.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.78.7) tathā :annadānāt paraṃ dānaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati puṇyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ balapuṣṭivivardhanam ¹sarvaśnānnapradānena bhavatīti viniścayaḥ ### [78.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.78.8) mahākāñcanacitrāṇi sevitānyapsarogaṇaiḥ annadasyopatiṣṭhanti vimānāni surālaye ### [78.6-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.78.6-2) ²bhakṣyabhojyamayāḥ śailā divyarūpā ³hyalaṅkṛtāḥ hṛṣṭa-⁴puṣṭajanā nityamupatiṣṭhanti cāgrataḥ ### [78.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.78.10) hastyaśvarathayānaiśca krīḍamānāśca te narāḥ ⁵\[putrapautrairvṛtāḥ sarve hastyaśvarathadāyakāḥ ### [78.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.78.11) gandhamālyairalaṃkāraiḥ puṣṭahṛṣṭāśca nityaśaḥ gandhamālyapradīpāstu dānaniścayatatparāḥ ### [78.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.78.12) \] dharmajñāḥ satyaśīlāśca sarvaduḥkhavivarjitāḥ modante ⁶daivataiḥ sārddhaṃ nityakālaṃ mahāmune ### [78.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.78.13) padmapurāṇe :⁷āparvatanadīvāpī pṛthivī sarvakāmadā vidhinā tena sā dattā ⁸\[yo'nnaṃ dadāti\] sarvadā ### [78.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.78.14) kṣudhite yaḥ prayaccheta annaṃ śraddhāsamanvitaḥ brahmaṇo⁹ bhuvane sa¹⁰ vai brahmaṇā saha modate ### [78.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.78.15) ¹¹cāndravāruṇalokaśca ¹²yāmyakauberakastathā ¹³\[goloko brahmalokaśca\] sarve cānne pratiṣṭhitāḥ ### [78.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.78.16) dadat kanyāmalaṅkṛtya hastyaśvañca mahā-¹⁴balam annadānasya caitāni kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm ### [78.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.78.17) viṣṇudharmottare :— yāvato grasate grāsān vidvān vipraḥ ¹svalaṅkṛtaḥ annapradasya tāvantaḥ kratavaḥ parikīrttitāḥ ### [78.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.78.18) athānnadānadharmāḥ yamaḥ :— ādareṇa ca ²bhaktyā ca yadannamupa-³dīyate tat prīṇayati pātrāṇi ⁴sāmṛtaṃ mānavarjitam ### [78.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.78.19) durlabhastu ⁵mudā dātā ⁶mudā bhoktā ca durlabhaḥ ⁷mudā dātā ca bhoktā ca tāvubhau svargagāminau ### [78.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.78.20) yo'nnaṃ bahumataṃ bhuṃkte yaścānnaṃ nāvamanyate yaścānnaṃ prītito dadyāttasyānramupatiṣṭhate ### [78.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.78.21) prītito'nnañca yo dadyād gṛhṇīyād yo'bhipūjya ca prītito'nnayamaśnāti pūjitaḥ svargamaśnute ### [78.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.78.22) yo dadyādvipriyeṇānnaṃ yaścānnaṃ nābhinandati tāvubhau narake magnau vasetāṃ śaradaḥ śatam ### [78.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.78.23) athānnadānaviśeṣe⁸ ⁹phalaviśeṣaparibhāṣā kūrmapurāṇe (2|26|18) :— gṛhasthāyā¹⁰-nnadānena phalaṃ ¹¹nāpnoti mānavaḥ ¹²āmamevāsya dātavyaṃ dattvāpnoti parāṃ gatim ## Linked texts (2) - [Itihāsasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.upakhyana.itihasasamuccaya.20.31) — Sanskrit - [Dānavākyāvali (Vidyāpati)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.prayoga.danavakyavali-vidyapati.p20.4) — Vidyāpati, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.78) · Pramāṇa