[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) › 7 # Danasagara 7 Dānasāgara 7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.1) atha dānasvarūpam tatna devalaḥarthānāmudite pāne śraddhayā pratipādanam dānamityabhinirdiṣṭaṃ vyākhyānaṃ tasya vakṣyate ### [7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.2) dvihetu ṣaḍadhiṣṭhānaṃ ṣaḍaṅga ṣaḍvipākayuk catuṣprakāraṃ trividhaṃ trināśaṃ dānamucyate ### [7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.3) nālpatvaṃ vā bahutvaṃ vā dattasyābhyudayāvaham śraddhā'bhaktiśca dānānāṃ vṛddhikṣayakare hi te ### [7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.4) dharmamarthañca kāmañca vrīḍā'harṣabhayāni ca adhiṣṭhānāni dānānāṃ ṣaḍetāni pracakṣate ### [7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.5) pātrebhyo dīyate nityamanapekṣya prayojanam kevalaṃ tyāgabuddhayā yaddharmadānaṃ taducyate ### [7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.6) prayojanamapekṣyaiva prasaṅgād yat pradīyate ¹tadarthadānamityuktamaihikaṃ phalahetukam ### [7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.7) strīpānamṛgayākṣāṇāṃ prasaṅgād yat pradīyate anarheṣu ca rāgeṇa kāmadānaṃ taducyate ### [7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.8) saṃsadi vrīḍayāśrutya yo'rtho'rthibhyaḥ prayācitaḥ pradīyate ca taddānaṃ vrīḍādānamiti śrutam⁴ ### [7.6-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.6-2) dṛṣṭvā priyāṇi śrutvā vā harṣavad yat pradīyate harṣadānamiti prāhurdānaṃ taddharmacintakāḥ ### [7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.10) ākrośānarthahiṃsānāṃ pratīkārāya yadbhayāt dīyate bhayakartṛbhyo⁵ bhayadānaṃ⁶ taducyate ### [7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.11) dātā pratigrahītā ca śraddhā deyaśca dharmayuk deśakālau ca dānānāmaṅgānyetāni ṣaḍ‌viduḥ ### [7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.12) apāparogī dharmātmā vitsuravyasanaḥ śuciḥ anindyajīvakarmā ca ṣaḍbhirdātā praśasyate ### [7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.14) viśukraḥ kṛśavṛttiśca ghṛṇāluḥ sakalendriyaḥ nirmukko⁷ yonidoṣebhyo brāhmaṇaḥ pātramucyate ### [7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.15) saumukhyādyabhisamprītirarthināṃ darśane yadā satkṛtiścānasūyā ca tadā⁹ śraddheti kīrtyate ### [7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.16) aparābādhamakleśaṃ ¹prayatnenārjitaṃ dhanam alpaṃ vā vipulaṃ vāpi deyamityabhidhīyate ### [7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.17) yatra yaddurlabhaṃ dravyaṃ yasmin kāle'pi vā punaḥ dānārho deśakālau tau snātau śreṣṭhau na cānyathā ### [7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.18) avasthādeśakālānāṃ pātradātośca sampadā hīnaṃ vāpi bhavecchreṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vāpyanyathā bhavet ### [7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.19) duṣphalaṃ niṣphalaṃ hīnaṃ tulyaṃ vipulamakṣayam ṣaḍvipākaṃ samuddiṣṭaṃ ṣaḍetāni vipākataḥ ### [7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.20) nāstikastenahiṃsebhyo jāropapatitāya² ca piśunabhrū ṇa³hantṛbhyāṃ pradattaṃ duṣphalaṃ bhuvet ### [7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.21) mahadapyaphalaṃ dānaṃ śraddhayā parivarjitam ⁴parabādhākaraṃ dānaṃ paramapyūnatāṃ⁵ vrajet ### [7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.22) yathoktamapi yaddattaṃ cittena kaluṣeṇa tu tattu saṅkalpadoṣeṇa dānaṃ tulyaphalaṃ⁶ bhavet⁷ ### [7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.23) ⁸yuktāṅgaiḥ sakalaiḥ ṣaḍbhirdānaṃ syād vipulòdayam anukrośavaśāddattaṃ ⁹dānamakṣayamucyate ### [7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.24) dhruvamājasrikaṃ kāmyaṃ naimittikamanukramāt¹⁰ vaidiko dānamārgo'yaṃ caturdhā varṇyate budhaiḥ¹¹ ### [7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.25) prapārāmataḍāgādi sarva¹²kāmaphalaṃ dhruvam tadājasrikamityāhurdīyate yadine dine ### [7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.26) apatyavijayaiśvaryyastrībālārthaṃ yadijyate ¹ijyāsaṃsthantu taddānaṃ kāmyamityabhidhīyate ### [7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.27) kālāpekṣaṃ kriyāpekṣa²marthāpekṣamiti smṛtau tridhā naimittikaṃ proktaṃ sahomaṃ³ homavarjitam ### [7.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.28) navottamāni catvāri madhyamāni vidhānataḥ adhamānīti śeṣāṇi trividhatvamidaṃ viduḥ ### [7.26-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.26-2) annaṃ dadhi madhu lājāṃ gobhūrukmāśvahastinaḥ dānānyuttamadānāni uttamadravyadānataḥ ### [7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.30) vidyācchādanamāvāsaḥ paribhogauṣadhāni ca dānāni madhyamānīti madhyamadravyadānataḥ ### [7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.31) upānadvathayānāni chatrapātrāsanāni ca dīpakāṣṭhaphalādīni cāmaraṃ bahuvārṣikam ### [7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.32) bahutvādarthajātānāṃ saṃkhyā śeṣeṣu neṣyate adhamānyavaśiṣṭāni sarvadānānyato viduḥ ### [7.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.33) iṣṭaṃ dattamadhītaṃ vā vinaśyatyanukīrttanāt ślāghānuśocanābhyāñca bhagnetejo vipadyate ### [7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.34) tasmādātmakṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ vṛthā na⁴ parikīrttayet bhuktvāviti taṃ prāhustameva kṛtavādinam ### [7.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.35) evaṃ sarvaguṇopetamuktadoṣa⁵vivarjitam kāmadhuktena yaddānaṃ phalatyātmepsitaṃ phalam ### [7.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.36) iha ⁶\[kīrttiṃ vadānyākhyāṃ\] sphītān bhogān tripiṣṭape ⁷\[dānaśraddhāṃ tṛtīye'pi\] janmani prasavottame ### [7.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.37) viṣṇudharmottare ( 3|266|1ka-4ka, 5kha—6kha )— caturdhā sarvvapuṇyānāṃ phalamuktaṃ manīṣibhiḥ kṛtāni vidhihīnāni vañcanārthaṃ parasya ca ### [7.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.38) krodhalobhābhibhūtena tāmasāni vinirdiśet kṛtāni paramānena¹ rājasāni bhavanti tu ### [7.36-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.36-2) sāttvikāni bhavantīha śraddhayā parayā dvijāḥ guṇottarāṇi vijñeyānyathākāmakṛtāni tu² ### [7.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.40) tāmasānāṃ phalaṃ bhuṅkte tiryaktve pretya mānavaḥ rājasānāṃ phalaṃ bhuṅkte mānuṣatve dvijottamāḥ ### [7.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7.41) sāttvikānāṃ phalaṃ bhuṅkte devatve nātra saṃśayaḥ guṇottarakṛtānāntu phalaṃ mokṣa udāhṛtam ## Linked texts (5) - [Dānakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.nibandha.danakalpataru.2.p131) — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.7.p90) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Vaikhānasasmārtasūtra (तिरुमलतिरुपतिदेवस्थानम्, 1997)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.krsnayajur.vaikhanasa*ed-1997.2.13.9) — Sanskrit - [Dānavākyāvali (Vidyāpati)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.prayoga.danavakyavali-vidyapati.p7.2) — Vidyāpati, Sanskrit - [Dānamayūkha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.nibandha.danamayukha.1.p2.3) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1600, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7) · Pramāṇa