[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garudapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › 1.51 # Garudapurana 1.51 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.51 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.51.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.34) — 1 part ### [1.51.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 51 brahmovāca / athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi dānadharmamanuttamam / arthānāmucite pātre śraddhayā pratipādanam // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 51 > Brahmā said: / Next, therefore, I shall fully explain the unsurpassed duty of giving: / the bestowing of wealth upon a worthy recipient with faith. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.2) dānaṃ tu kathitaṃ tajjñairbhuktimuktiphalapradam / nyāyenopārjayedvittaṃ dānabhogaphalaṃ ca tat // > Giving is declared by the knowers of reality to bestow the fruits of enjoyment and liberation. / One should acquire wealth righteously, and its fruit is giving and enjoyment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.3) adhyāpanaṃ yājanaṃ ca vṛttamāhuḥ pratigraham / kusīdaṃ kṛṣivāṇijyaṃ kṣattravṛtto 'tha varjayet // > Teaching, performing sacrifices \[for others\], and accepting gifts are called \[the brāhmaṇa's\] livelihood. / Following the livelihood of a kṣatriya, he should avoid usury, agriculture, and trade. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.4) yaddīyate tu pātrebhyastaddānaṃ parikīrtitam / nityaṃ naimittikaṃ kāmyaṃ vimalaṃ dānamīritam // > That which is given to worthy recipients is proclaimed as giving. / Giving is declared to be fourfold: obligatory, occasional, optional, and pure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.5) ahanyahani yatkiñciddīyate 'nupakāriṇe / anuddiśya phalaṃ tasmādbrāhmaṇāya tu nityaśaḥ // > Whatever is given day by day to one who has done no service in return, / without aiming for a fruit from it, to a brāhmaṇa, is regular. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.6) yattu pāpopaśāntyai ca dīyate vidupāṃ kare / naimittikaṃ taduddiṣṭandānaṃ sadbhiranuṣṭhitam // > That which is given into the hand of learned men for the pacification of sin / is designated occasional giving, performed by the virtuous. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.7) apatyavijayaiśvaryasvargārthaṃ yatpradīyate / dānaṃ tatkāmyamākhyātamṛṣibhirdharmācintakaiḥ // > That which is offered for the sake of offspring, victory, prosperity, or heaven / is declared optional giving by the sages who ponder dharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.8) īśvaraprīṇanārthāya brahmāvitsupradīyate / cetasā sattvayuktena dānaṃ tadvimalaṃ śivam // > That which is given well to knowers of Brahman for the pleasure of the Lord / with a mind endowed with sattva is pure and auspicious giving. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.9) ikṣubhiḥ santatāṃ bhumiṃ yavagodhūmaśālinīm / dadāti vedaviduṣe sa na bhūyo 'bhijāyate // > He who gives to a knower of the Veda land covered with sugarcane, / possessing barley, wheat, and rice, is not born again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.10) bhūmidānātparaṃ dānaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati / vidyāṃ dattvā brāhmaṇāya brahmaloke mahīyate // > There has never been nor will there ever be a gift superior to the gift of land. / Having given knowledge to a brāhmaṇa, one is magnified in the world of Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.11) dadyādaharahastāstu śraddhayā brahmacāriṇe / sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmasthānamavāpnuyāt // > One should give \[alms\] day after day with faith to a brahmacārī; / freed from all sins, he attains the abode of Brahman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.12) vaiśākhyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ tu brāhmaṇānsapta pañca ca / upoṣyābhyarcayedvidvānmadhunā tilasarpiṣā // > On the full moon day of Vaiśākha, having fasted, the wise man / should worship five or seven brāhmaṇas with honey, sesame, and clarified butter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.13) gandhādibhiḥ samabhyarcya vācayedvā svayaṃ vadet / prīyatāṃ dharmarājeti yathā manasi vartate // > Having worshipped them with fragrances and other offerings, he should have them say, or say himself: / 'May the King of Dharma be pleased!' according to what is in his heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.14) yāvajjīvaṃ kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati / kṛṣṇājine tilānkṛtvā hiraṇyamadhusarpiṣā // > The sin committed throughout one's life is destroyed at that very moment. / Placing sesame seeds on a black antelope skin along with gold, honey, and clarified butter, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.15) dadāti yastu viprāya sarvaṃ tarati duṣkṛtam / ghṛtānnamudakaṃ caiva vaiśākhyāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ // > whoever gives it to a vipra crosses over every evil deed. / Food with clarified butter, and water, especially in the month of Vaiśākha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.16) nirdiśya dharmarājāya viprebhyo mucyate bhayāt / dvādaśyāmarcayedviṣṇumupoṣyāghapraṇāśanam // > dedicated to the King of Dharma \[and given\] to vipras, one is freed from fear. / Having fasted on the twelfth day, one should worship Viṣṇu, who destroys sins; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.17) sarvapāpavinirmukto naro bhavati niścitam / yo hi yāṃ devatāmicchetsamārādhayituṃ naraḥ // > a man certainly becomes freed from all sins. / Whatever deity a man desires to worship, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.18) brāhmaṇānpūjayeddatnādbhojayedyoṣitaḥ surān / santānakāmaḥ satataṃ pūjayedvai purandaram // > he should diligently honor brāhmaṇas, feed women, and worship the gods. / Desiring offspring, he should constantly worship Purandara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.19) brahmavarcasakāmastu brāhmaṇānbrahmaniścayāt / ārogyakāmo 'tha raviṃ dhanakāmo hutāśanam // > Desiring spiritual luster, \[he should worship\] brāhmaṇas with resolute focus on Brahman; / desiring health, the Sun; desiring wealth, the Fire-god. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.20) karmaṇāṃ siddhikāmastu pūjayedvai vināyakam / bhogakāmo hi śaśinaṃ balakāmaḥ samīraṇam // > Desiring success in undertakings, he should worship Vināyaka; / desiring enjoyment, the Moon; desiring strength, the Wind-god. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.21) mumukṣuḥ sarvasaṃsārātprayatnenārcayeddharim / akāmaḥ sarvakāmo vā pūjayettu gadādharam // > Desiring liberation from all worldly existence, he should worship Hari with effort; / free from desires or having all desires, he should worship Gadādhara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.22) vāridastṛptimāpnoti sukhamakṣayyamannadaḥ / tilapradaḥ prajāmiṣṭāṃ dīpadaścakṣuruttamam // > The giver of water attains satisfaction; the giver of food, imperishable happiness; / the giver of sesame, desired offspring; the giver of a lamp, excellent eyesight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.23) bhūmidaḥ sarvamāpnoti dīrghamāyurhiraṇyadaḥ / gṛhado 'gryāṇi veśmāni rūpyado rūpamuttamam // > The giver of land obtains everything; the giver of gold, long life; / the giver of a house, foremost mansions; the giver of silver, excellent beauty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.24) vāsodaścāndrasālokyamaśvisālokyamaśvadaḥ / anaḍuddaḥ śriyaṃ puṣṭāṃ godo bradhnasya viṣṭapam // > The giver of a garment attains residence in the world of the Moon; the giver of a horse, the world of the Aśvins; / the giver of a draft-ox, abundant prosperity; the giver of a cow, the realm of the Sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.25) yānaśayyāprado bhāryāmaiśvaryamabhayapradaḥ / dhānyadaḥ śāvataṃ saukhyaṃ brahmado brahma śāśvatam // > The giver of a vehicle and bed \[attains\] a wife; the giver of fearlessness, sovereignty; / the giver of grain, everlasting joy; the giver of the Veda, the eternal Brahman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.26) vedavitsu dadajjñānaṃ svargaloke mahīyate / gavāṃ ghāsapradānena sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate // > Giving knowledge to those who know the Vedas, he is magnified in the heavenly world; / by the gift of grass to cows, he is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.27) indhanānāṃ pradānena dīptāgnirjāyate naraḥ / auṣadhaṃ snehamāhāraṃ rogirogapraśāntaye // > By the gift of firewood, a man is born with blazing \[digestive\] fire. / Medicine, oil, and food for the pacification of illness in a sick person > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.28) dadāno rogarahitaḥ sukhī dīrghāyureva ca / asipatravanaṃ mārgaṃ kṣuradhārāsamanvitam // > giving these, he becomes free from disease, happy, and long-lived. / The Sword-leaved Forest path, beset with razor edges > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.29) tīkṣṇā tapaṃ ca taraticchatropānatprado naraḥ / yadyadiṣṭatamaṃ loke yaccāsya dayitaṃ gṛhe // > and fierce heat, a man crosses over by giving an umbrella and shoes. / Whatever is most cherished in the world, and whatever is dear to him in the house, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.30) tattadguṇavate deyaṃ tadevākṣayamicchatā / ayena viṣuve caiva grahaṇe candrasūryayoḥ // > that very thing should be given to a virtuous person by one desiring it to be imperishable. / At the solstices, at the equinox, and at an eclipse of the moon or sun, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.31) saṃkrāntyādiṣu kāleṣu dattaṃ bhavati cākṣayam / prayāgādiṣu tīrtheṣu gayāyāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ // > and at times such as the sun's transit, what is given becomes imperishable, / at sacred places such as Prayāga, and especially at Gayā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.32) dānadharmātparo dharmo bhūtānāṃ nahe vidyate / svargāyurbhūtikāmena dānaṃ pāpopaśāntaye // > There is no dharma higher than the duty of giving for living beings. / Giving should be done for the pacification of sin by one desiring heaven, longevity, and prosperity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.33) dīyamānaṃ tu yo mohādgoviprāgnisureṣu ca / nivārayati pāpātmā tiryagyoniṃ vrajennaraḥ // > That sinful man who out of delusion prevents a gift being made / to a cow, a vipra, fire, or the gods, goes to an animal womb. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.34) yastu durbhikṣavelāyāmannādyaṃ na prayacchati / mriyamāṇeṣu vipreṣu brahmahā sa tu garhitaḥ // > He who in a time of famine does not give food / when vipras are dying is censured as a slayer of a brāhmaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.51.34.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51.34.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe dānadharmanirūpaṇaṃ nāmaikapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the fifty-first chapter, named 'Determination of the Duty of Giving', in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first part in the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.51.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.26.5) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Dānakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.hemadri.danakhanda.1.p29) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Caturvargacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.caturvargacintamani.1.p29) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Ṣoḍaśamahādānavidhi (Hemādri)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.mahadana.sodasamahadanavidhi-hemadri.1.p29) — Hemādri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.51) · Pramāṇa