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Vayupurana 2.18: adhyāyaḥ 18

Vāyupurāṇa 2.18

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adhyāyaḥ 18

2.18.1

bṛhaspatiruvāca..

2.18.2

ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi dānāni ca phalāni ca.
tāraṇaṃ sarvvabhūtānāṃ svargamārgaṃ sukhāvaham .. 18.1 ..

2.18.3

loke śreṣṭhatamaṃ svargyamātman ścāpi yat priyam.
sarvvaṃ pitṝṇāṃ dātavyaṃ teṣāmevākṣayārthinā .. 18.2 ..

2.18.4

jāmbūnadamayaṃ divyaṃ vimānaṃ sūryyasannibham.
divyāpsarobhiḥ saṅkīrṇamannado labhate phalam .. 18.3 ..

2.18.5

ācchādanantu yo dadyādāhataṃ śrāddhakarmmaṇi.
āyuḥ prakāmamaiśvaryyaṃ rūpañca labhate sutam .. 18.4 ..

2.18.6

upavītantu yo dadyācchrāddhakāleṣu dharmavit .
pānañca sarvaviprāṇāṃ brahmadānasya yat phalam .. 18.5 ..

2.18.7

kṛtaṃ vipreṣu yo dadyāchrāddhakāle kamaṇḍalum.
madhukṣīrasravā dhenurdātāramupatiṣṭhati .. 18.6 ..

2.18.8

cakrāviddhaṃ tu yo dadyācchrāddhakāle kamaṇḍalum.
dhenuṃ sa labhate divyāṃ payodāṃ kāmyadohinīm .. 18.7 ..

2.18.9

pūrṇasayyāṃ tu yo dadyāt puṣpamālāvibhūṣitām.
prāsādo hyuttamo bhūtvā gacchantamanugacchati .. 18.8 ..

2.18.10

bhavanaṃ ratnasampūrṇaṃ saśayyāsanabhojanam.
śrāddhe dattvā yatibhyastu nākapṛṣṭhe sa modate .. 18.9 ..

2.18.11

muktā vaiḍhūryyavāsāṃsi ratnāni vividhāni ca.
vāhanāni ca divyāni ayutānyarbbudāni ca .. 18.10 ..

2.18.12

sumahajjvalanaprakhyaṃ ratnakāmasamanvitam .
sūryyacandra prabhaṃ divyaṃ vimānaṃ labhate'kṣayam .. 18.11 ..

2.18.13

apsarobhiḥ parivṛtaṃ kāmagaṃ tu manojavam.
vasate sa vimānāgre stūyamānaḥ samantataḥ .. 18.12 ..

2.18.14

divyairgandhaiḥ prasiñcanti puṣpavṛṣṭibhireva ca.
gandharvāpsarasastatra gāyante vādayanti ca .. 18.13 ..

2.18.15

kanyā yuvatayo mukhyāḥ sahitāścāpsarogaṇaiḥ.
susvaraistaṃ vibudhyante satataṃ hi manoramaiḥ .. 18.14 ..

2.18.16

aśvadānasahasreṇa rathadānaśatena ca.
dantināṃ ca sahasreṇa yoginyā vasate naraḥ .. 18.15 ..

2.18.17

dadyāt pitṛbhyo yogibhyo yastūjjvalanamambhasi.
atha niṣkasahasrāṇāṃ phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ .. 18.16 ..

2.18.18

jīvitasya pradānāddhi nānyaddānaṃ viśiṣyate.
tasmāt sarvaprayatnena deyaṃ prāṇābhirakṣaṇam .. 18.17 ..

2.18.19

ahiṃsā sarvvadevebhyaḥ pavitrā sarvvadāyinī.
dānaṃ hi jīvitasyāhuḥ prāṇināṃ paramaṃ budhāḥ .. 18.18 ..

2.18.20

lakṣaṇāni suvarṇāni śrāddhe pātrāṇi dāpayet.
rasāstamupatiṣṭhanti gavāṃ puṣṭistathaiva ca .. 18.19 ..

2.18.21

pātraṃ vai taijasaṃ dadyānmanojñaṃ śrāddhabhojane.
pātraṃ bhavati kāmānāṃ rūpasya ca dhanasya ca .. 18.20 ..

2.18.22

rājataṃ kāñcanaṃ vāpi dadyācchrāddhe tu karmmaṇi.
dattvā tu labhate dātā prakāmaṃ dharmmameva ca .. 18.21 ..

2.18.23

dhenuṃ śrāddhe tu yo dadyāt vṛṣṭi kumbhopadohanām.
gāvastamupatiṣṭhanti gavāṃ puṣṭistathaiva ca .. 18.22 ..

2.18.24

śiśireṣu tathā tvagniṃ bahukāṣṭhaṃ tathaiva ca.
indhanāni tu yo dadyāddvijebhyaḥ śiśi rāgame .. 18.23 ..

2.18.25

nityaṃ jayati saṃgrāme śriyā yuktaścadīpyate.
surabhīṇi ca mālyāni gandhavanti tathaiva ca .. 18.24 ..

2.18.26

pūjayitvā tu pātrāṇi śrāddhe satkṛtya dāpayet.
gandhavāhā mahānadyaḥ sukhāni vividhāni ca .. 18.25 ..

2.18.27

dātāramupatiṣṭhanti yuvatyaśca manoramāḥ.
śayanāsanāni ramyāṇi bhūmayo vāhanāni ca .. 18.26 ..

2.18.28

śrāddhe'pyetāni yo dadyādaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet.
śrāddhakālenivedyaṃ ca darśaśrāddha upasthite .. 18.27 ..

2.18.29

viprāṇāṃ guṇayuktānāṃ smṛtiṃ medhāṃ ca vindati.
sarpiṣpūrṇāni pātrāṇi śrāddhe satkṛtya dāpayet .. 18.28 ..

2.18.30

kumbhadohanadhenūnāṃ bahvīnāṃ ca phalaṃ labhet.
asmistu modate loke syandanaiśca suvāhanaiḥ .. 18.29 ..

2.18.31

śrāddhe yathepsitaṃ dattvā puṇḍarīkasya yatphalam.
ramyamāvasathaṃ dattvā rājasūyaphalaṃ labhet .. 18.30 ..

2.18.32

vanaṃ puṣpaphalopetaṃ dattvā saurabhamaśnute.
kūpārāmataḍāgāni kṣetraghoṣagṛhāṇi ca .. 18.31 ..

2.18.33

dattvaitān modate svarge nityamācandratārakam.
āstīrṇaśayanaṃ dattvā śrāddhe ratnavibhūṣitam .. 18.32 ..

2.18.34

pitarastasya tuṣyanti svargaṃ cānantyamaśnute.
rājabhiḥ pūjyate cāpi dhanadhānyaiśca varddhate .. 18.33 ..

2.18.35

ūrṇākauśeyavastrāṇi tathā pravarakambalau.
ajinaṃ kāñcanaṃ paṭṭaṃ praveṇī mṛgalomakam .. 18.34 ..

2.18.36

dānānyatāni viprebhyo bhojayitvā yathāvidhi.
prāpnoti śraddadhānastu vājapeyaśataṃ phalam .. 18.35 ..

2.18.37

bahvayo nāryyaḥ surūpāstu putrā bhṛtyāśca kiṅkarāḥ.
vaśe tiṣṭhanti bhūtāni asmim̐lloke tvanāmayam .. 18.36 ..

2.18.38

kauśeyaṃ kṣaumakārpāsaṃ dukūlasahitaṃ tathā.
śrāddheṣvetāni yo dadyāt kāmānāpnoti puṣkalān .. 18.37 ..

2.18.39

alakṣmīṃ vinudatyāśu tamaḥ sūryyodaye yathā.
bhrājate sa vimānāgre nakṣatreṣviva candramāḥ .. 18.38 ..

2.18.40

vāso hi sarvadaivatyaṃ sarvadevaistvabhiṣṭutam.
vastrābhāve kriyā nāsti yajñā vedāstapāṃsi ca .. 18.39 ..

2.18.41

tasmādvastrāṇi deyāni śrāddhakāle viśeṣataḥ.
tāni sarvāṇyavāpnāpnoti yajñavedatapāṃsi ca .. 18.40 ..

2.18.42

nityaṃ śrāddheṣu yo dadyāt prayatastatparāyaṇaḥ .
sarvān kāmānavāpnoti sarvaṃ rājyaṃ tathaiva ca .. 18.41 ..

2.18.43

sarvakāmasamṛddhasya yajñasya phalamaśnute.
bhakṣyān dhānāḥ karambhāṃśca piṣṭakān ghṛtaśarkarāḥ .. 18.42 ..

2.18.44

kṛśarānmadhu karkañca payaḥ pāyasameva ca.
snigdhāṃśca pūpān yo dadyādagniṣṭomasya yat phalam .. 18.43 ..

2.18.45

dadhi gavyamasaṃsṛṣṭaṃ bhakṣyā nānāvidhāstathā.
tadannaṃ śocati śrāddhe varṣāsu ca maghāsu ca .. 18.44 ..

2.18.46

ghṛtena bhojayedviprān ghṛtaṃ bhūmau samutsṛjet.
gayāyāṃ hastinaścaiva dattvā śrāddhe na śocati .. 18.45 ..

2.18.47

odanaṃ pāyasaṃ sarpirmadhumūlaphalāni ca.
bhakṣyāṃśca vividhāndattvā pretya ceha ca modate .. 18.46 ..

2.18.48

śarkarākṣīrasaṃyuktaṃ pṛthukaṃ nityamakṣayam.
yaśca saṃvatsaraṃ prītyā kṛsarairmasureṇa ca .. 18.47 ..

2.18.49

saktulājāstathā pūpāḥ kulmāṣavyañjanaistathā.
sārpeḥsnigdhāni hṛdyāni dadhnā saktūṃstu bhojayet.
śrāddheṣvetāni yo dadyāt pajhāni labhate nidhim .. 18.48 ..

2.18.50

navasasyāni yo dadyācchrāddhe satkṛtya yatnataḥ.
sarvabhogānavāpnoti pūjyate ca divaṃ gataḥ .. 18.49 ..

2.18.51

bhakṣyabhojyāni coṣyāṇi peyalehyavarāṇi ca.
sarvaśreṣṭhāni yo dadyāt sarvvaśreṣṭho bhavennaraḥ .. 18.50 ..

2.18.52

vaiśvadevaṃ ca saumyaṃ ca khāḍgamāṃsaṃ paraṃ haviḥ.
viṣāṇaṃ varjjayet khāḍgamasūyāṃ nāśayāmahe .. 18.51 ..

2.18.53

bhojane'grāsanaṃ dadyādatithibhyaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ .
sarvayajñakriyāṇāṃ sa phalaṃ prāpnotyanuttamam .. 18.52 ..

2.18.54

kṣipramatyuṣṇa makliṣṭaṃ dadyāccānnaṃ bubhukṣate.
vayañjanaṃ ca tathā snigdhaṃ bhaktyā satkṛtya yatnataḥ .. 18.53 ..

2.18.55

taruṇādityasaṅkāśaṃ vimānaṃ haṃsavāhanam.
annado labhate tisraḥ kalpakoṭīstathaiva ca .. 18.54 ..

2.18.56

annadānātparaṃ dānaṃ vidyate neha kiñcana.
annādbhūtāni jāyante jīvanti ca na saṃśayaḥ .. 18.55 ..

2.18.57

jīvadānāt paraṃ dānaṃ na kiñcidiha vidyate.
annairjīvati trailokyamannasyaiva hi tatphalam .. 18.56 ..

2.18.58

anne lokāḥ pratiṣṭhanti lokadānasya tatphalam .
annaṃ prajāpatiḥ sākṣāttena sarvvamidaṃ tatam.
tasmādannasamaṃ dānaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati .. 18.57 ..

2.18.59

yāni ratnāni medinyāṃ vāhanāni striyastathā.
kṣipraṃ prāpnoti tat sarvaṃ pitṛbhakto hi mānavaḥ .. 18.58 ..

2.18.60

pratiśrayaṃ sadā dadyādatithibhyaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ.
devāste saṃpratīkṣante divyātithyaiḥ sahasraśaḥ .. 18.59 ..

2.18.61

sarvāṇyetāni yo dadyāt pṛthivyāmekarāḍ bhavet.
tribhirdvābhyāmathaikena dānena tu sukhī bhavet .. 18.60 ..

2.18.62

dānāni paramo dharmmaḥ sadbhiḥ satkṛtya pūjitaḥ.
trailokyasyādhipatyaṃ hi dānādeva vyavasthitam .. 18.61 ..

2.18.63

rājā tu labhate rājyamadhanaścottamaṃ dhanam.
kṣīṇāyurlabhate cāyuḥ pitṛbhaktaḥ sadā naraḥ.
yān kāmān manasā'rtheta tāṃstasya pitaro viduḥ .. 18.62 ..

2.18.64

iti śrīmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte śrāddhakalpe dānaphalaṃ nāmāṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 18 .. *

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