[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) › 1.98 # Garudapurana 1.98 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.98 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.98.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.98.20) — 1 part ### [1.98.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.98.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 98 yājñavalkya uvāca / atha dānividhiṃ vakṣye tanme śṛṇuta suvratāḥ / anyebhyo brāhmaṇāḥ śreṣṭhāstebhyaścaiva kriyāparāḥ // > The auspicious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — \[Chapter\] 98 > Yājñavalkya said: > Now I shall declare the rules of gifts; hear that from me, O you of noble vows! > Brāhmaṇas are superior to others, and superior to them are those dedicated to rituals; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.98.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.98.2) brahmavettā ca tebhyo 'pi pātraṃ vidyāttapo 'nvitāḥ (tam) / gobhūdhānyahiraṇyādi pātre dātavyamarcitam // > and superior even to them is the knower of Brahman; one endowed with austerity is a worthy recipient. > A cow, land, grains, gold, and the like, duly honored, should be given to a worthy recipient. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.98.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.98.3) vidyātapobhyāṃ hīnena na tu grāhyaḥ pratigrahaḥ / gṛhṇanpradātāramadho nayatyātmānameva ca // > A gift should not be accepted by one lacking learning and austerity; > by accepting, he leads both the donor and himself down \[to hell\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.98.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.98.4) dātavyaṃ pratyahaṃ pātre nimitteṣu viśeṣataḥ / yācitenāpi dātavyaṃ śraddhāpūtaṃ tu śaktitaḥ // > A gift should be given every day to a worthy recipient, especially on special occasions; > it should be given even when requested, purified by faith and according to one's capacity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.98.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.98.5) hemaśṛṅgī śaphaiḥ raupyaiḥ śuśīlā vastrasaṃyutā / sakāṃsyāpātrā dātavya kṣīriṇī gauḥ sadakṣiṇā // > A docile, milch cow with golden horns, silver hooves, clothed in garments, > accompanied by a bell-metal vessel and accompanied by a sacrificial fee, should be given. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.98.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.98.6) daśasauvarṇikaṃ śṛṅgaṃ śaphaṃ saptapalaiḥ kṛtam / pañcāśatpalikaṃ pātraṃ kāṃsyaṃ vatsasya kīrtyate // > The horns are made of ten suvarṇas \[of gold\], the hooves made of seven palas \[of silver\], > and the bell-metal vessel for the calf is stated to be fifty palas \[in weight\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.98.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.98.7) svarṇapippalapātreṇa vatso vā vatsikāpi vā / asyā api ca dātavyamapatyaṃ rogavarjitam // > With a gold pippala-leaf vessel, a bull-calf or a heifer, > her disease-free offspring, should also be given. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.98.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.98.8) dātā svargamavāpnoti vatsarānromasaṃmitān / kaṣilā cetārayet bhūyaścāsaptamaṃ kulam // > The donor attains heaven for as many years as there are hairs \[on the cow\]; > if she is a tawny cow, she also delivers his family up to the seventh generation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.98.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.98.9) yāvadvatsasya dvau pādau mukhaṃ yonyāṃ pradṛśyate / tāvadgauḥ pṛthivī jñeyā yāvadgarbhaṃ na muñcati // > As long as the two feet and face of the calf are seen in the vulva, > so long the cow is to be regarded as the earth, until she releases the embryo. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.98.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.98.10) yathā kathañciddattvā gāndhenuṃ vādhenumeva vā / arogāmaparikliṣṭāṃ dātā svarge mahīyate // > Having given a cow in any manner whatsoever, whether a milch cow or a non-milch cow, > free from disease and not distressed, the donor is glorified in heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.98.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.98.11) śrāntasaṃvāhanaṃ rogiparicaryā surārcanam / pādaśaucaṃ dvijocchiṣṭamārjanaṃ gāpradānavat // > Massaging the weary, attendance on the sick, worship of the gods, > washing the feet \[of guests\], and sweeping away the leftovers of a twice-born equal the gift of a cow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.98.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.98.12) dvijāya yadabhīṣṭaṃ tu dattvā svargamavāpnuyāt / bhūdīpāṃścānnavastrāṇi sarpirdattvā vrajecchiyam // > By giving to a twice-born whatever he desires, one attains heaven; > having given land, lamps, food, garments, and clarified butter, one attains prosperity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.98.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.98.13) gṛhadhānyacchatramālyavṛkṣayā naghṛtaṃ jalam / śayyānulepanaṃ dattvā svargaloke mahīyate // > Having given a house, grain, a parasol, a garland, trees, a vehicle, ghee, water, > a bed, and ointment, one is glorified in the world of heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.98.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.98.14) brahmadātā brahmalokaṃ prāpnoti suradurlabham / vedārthayajñaśāstrāṇi dharmaśāstrāṇi caiva hi // > The giver of sacred knowledge attains the world of Brahmā, which is difficult for even gods to attain. > Having copied the meaning of the Vedas, sacrificial texts, and treatises on dharma, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.98.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.98.15) mūlyenāpi likhitvāpi brahmalokamavāpnuyāt / etanmūlaṃ jagadyasmādasṛjatpūrvamīśvaraḥ // > even by paying a price, one attains the world of Brahmā; > because the Lord originally created this world with these as its root. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.98.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.98.16) tasmātsarvaprayatnena kāryo vedārthasaṃgrahaḥ / itihāsapurāṇaṃ vā likhitvā yaḥ prayacchati // > Therefore, by every effort, the compilation of the meaning of the Vedas should be made. > Whoever copies and gives an Itihāsa or a Purāṇa > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.98.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.98.17) brahmadānasamaṃ puṇyaṃ prāpnoti dviguṇonnatim / lokāyataṃ kutarkaśca prākṛtamlecchabhāṣitam // > attains merit equal to the gift of the Veda and twofold elevation. > Materialist philosophy, fallacious logic, and speech in vulgar or barbarian tongues— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.98.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.98.18) na śrotavyaṃ dvijenaitadadho nayati taṃ dvijam / samartho yo na gṛhṇīyāddātṛlokānavāpnuyāt // > this should not be listened to by a twice-born; it leads that twice-born downward. > One who, being capable, does not accept \[gifts\] attains the worlds of donors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.98.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.98.19) kuśāḥ śākaṃ payo gandhāḥ pratyākhyeyā na vāri ca / ayacitāhṛtaṃ grāhyamapi duṣkṛtakarmaṇaḥ // > Kuśa grass, vegetables, milk, perfumes, and water should not be refused; > what is brought unasked should be accepted, even from a wrongdoer, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.98.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.98.20) anyatra kulaṭāṣaṇḍhapatitebhyo dviṣastathā / devātithyarcanakṛte pitṛtṛptyarthameva ca / sarvataḥ pratigṛhṇīyādātmatṛpsarthameva ca // > except from unchaste women, eunuchs, outcasts, and enemies. > For the sake of worshipping gods and guests, and for the satisfaction of ancestors, > and for the sustenance of oneself, one may accept \[gifts\] from everywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.98.20.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.98.20.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe yājñavalkyoktadānadharmanirūpaṇaṃ nāmāṣṭanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the ninety-eighth chapter, entitled "Exposition of the Dharma of Gifts Declared by Yājñavalkya," in the section on conduct, in the first part called the pūrvakhaṇḍa of the auspicious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.98.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.1.204) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Caturvargacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.caturvargacintamani.1.p315) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Ṣoḍaśamahādānavidhi (Hemādri)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.mahadana.sodasamahadanavidhi-hemadri.1.p315) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Dānakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.hemadri.danakhanda.1.p306) — Hemādri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.98) · Pramāṇa