Anushasana Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

कोई अन्तर नहीं है दुहितान्यत्र जातेन पुत्रेणापि विशिष्यते

English

Isana, endued with the effulgence of millions of Suns, disappeared there and then. It was even thus, O Krishna, that I beheld, with the aid of austere penances, that God of gods. I also obtained all that was said by the great Deity endued with supreme intelligence. Behold, O Krishna, before thy eyes, these Siddhas residing here and these Rishis and Vidyadharas and Yakshas and Gandharvas and Apsaras. Behold these trees and creepers and plants yielding all sorts of flowers and fruits. Behold them bearing the flowers of every season, with beautiful leaves, and shedding a sweet fragrance all around. O thou of mighty arms, all these are endued with a celestial nature through the grace of that god of gods, that Supreme Lord, that high-souled Deity.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदा चैतत् कुलं नास्ति यदा शोचन्ति जामय:

English

[Bhishma said:] Beyond all gifts the gift of land is spoken of; the earth is unmoving and imperishable, a milker of unsurpassed desires.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतदिच्छामि कथितं विभागस्तेषु य: स्मृत: विभाग नियत किया गया है, उसका वर्णन मैं आपके मुहँसे सुनना चाहता हूँ

English

She milks garments, jewels, animals, rice and barley; the giver of land prospers among all beings for everlasting years.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हरेच्च दशमं भागं शूद्रापुत्र: पितुर्धनात्

English

As long as the earth's life lasts here, so long the giver of land prospers; there is nothing higher than the gift of land, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यदा सर्वे त्रयो वर्णास्त्वियोक्ता ब्राह्मणा इति प्रोक्तेन चैव नाम्नायं विशेष: सुमहान् भवेत्

English

We have heard that earlier kings gave even a little of the earth; all those who enjoy land gave land.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इतरेषां तु वर्णानां कथं वै नियमो भवेत्

English

Men live on their own work here and hereafter; the earth, prosperity, the great goddess, makes the giver dear.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मरीचि-पुत्र महर्षि काश्यपने भी यही बात बतायी है अज्ञानाद् वापि वर्णानां जायते वर्णसंकर:

English

A king who would give this imperishable fee, having again attained manhood, would become lord of the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आनन्तर्यात् प्रजायन्ते तथा बाह्य: प्रधानत:

English

As the gift, so the enjoyment: so it is settled in the laws; one might give up the body in battle or give this earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

युञ्जन्तो वाप्यलंकारांसतथोपकरणानि च जीविका चलाते हुए प्रकटरूपसे निवास करें

English

This, they say, is the highest blessing of kshatriyas: we have heard that the earth given purifies the giver.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विक्रीतासु हि ये पुत्रा भवन्ति पितुरेव ते

English

" Vasudeva continued, 'Hearing these words of his and beholding, as it were, with my own eyes all that he had related to me, I became filled

हिन्दी अर्थ

आसुरादधिसम्भूता धर्माद् विषमवृत्तय: पराया धन हड़पनेवाले, शठ तथा धर्मके विपरीत बर्ताव करनेवाले होते हैं

English

with wonder. I then addressed the great ascetic Upamanyu and said unto him,— Deserving of great praise art thou, O foremost of learned Brahmanas, for what righteous man is there other than thou whose retreat enjoys the distinction of being honoured with the presence of that God of gods? Will the puissant Siva, will the great Sankara, O chief of ascetics, grant me also a sight of his person and show me favour.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

कन्यां वा जीवितार्थाय य: शुल्केन प्रयच्छति

English

"Upamanyu said, 'Without doubt, O thou of eyes like lotus-petals, thou wilt obtain a sight of Mahadeva very soon, even as, O sinless one, I succeeded in obtaining a sight of him. O thou of immeasurable prowess, I see with my spiritual eyes that thou wilt, in the sixth month from this, succeed in obtaining a sight of Mahadeva, O best of all persons. Thou, O foremost of the Yadus, wilt obtain from Maheswara and his spouse, four and twenty boons. I tell thee what is true. Through the grace of that Deity endued with supreme wisdom, the Past, the Future and the Present are known to me. The great Hara has favoured these Rishis numbering by thousands and others as numerous. Why will not the puissant Deity show favour to thee, O Mahadeva? The meeting of the gods is always commendable with one like thee, with one that is devoted to the Brahmanas, with one that is full of compassion and that is full of faith. I shall give thee certain Mantras. Recite them continuously. By this thou art certain to behold Sankara.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्येषामपि दृश्यन्ते लोकत: सम्प्रवृत्तय: एते पापस्य कर्तारस्तमस्यन्धे च शेरते

English

"The blessed Vishnu continued, 'I then said unto him, O regenerate one, through thy grace, O great ascetic. I shall behold the lord of the deities, that grinder of multitudes of Diti's sons. Eight days, O Bharata, passed there like an hour, all of us being thus occupied with talk on Mahadeva. On the eighth day, I underwent the Diksha (initiation) according to due rites, at the hands of that Brahmana and received the staff from his hands. I underwent the prescribed shave. I took up a quantity of Kusa blades in my hand. I wore rags for my vestments. I rubbed my person with ghee. I encircled a cord of Munja grass round my loins. For one month I lived on fruits. The second month I subsisted upon water. The third, the fourth and the fifth months I passed, living upon air alone. I stood all the while, supporting myself upon one foot and with my arms also raised upwards, and foregoing sleep all the while. I then beheld, O Bharata, in the firmament an effulgence that seemed to be as dazzling as that of a thousand Suns combined together. Towards the centre of that effulgence, O son of Pandu, I saw a cloud looking like a mass of blue hills, adorned with rows of cranes, embellished with many a grand rainbow, with flashes of lightning and the thunder-fire looking like eyes set on it. l Within that cloud was the puissant

हिन्दी अर्थ

अधर्ममूलैहि धनैस्तैर्न धर्मोडथ कश्नन

English

He who takes the land of a good man does not get land; but giving land to the good, he gets land indeed; and the righteous-souled one gains great fame here and after death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ही क्या? अधर्ममूलक धनसे किया हुआ कोई भी धर्म सफल नहीं होता यस्या: किंचिन्नाददते ज्ञातयो न स विक्रय:

English

The enemies of him whose land the brahmins always rule for the good man, king, do not rule the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्व च प्रतिदेयं स्थात् कन्यायै तदशेषत:

English

Whatever sin a man commits, wasted by livelihood, is purified even by a gift of land the size of a cow's hide.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पूज्या भूषयितव्याश्व॒ बहुकल्याणमीप्सुभि: नववधूका पूजन--वस्त्राभूषणोंद्वारा सत्कार करें

English

Even for kings of mixed deeds and terrible actions, the gift of land is told as the purifier, unsurpassed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अप्रमोदात् पुन: पुंस: प्रजनो न प्रवर्धते

English

The ancients thought this a small difference: one who sacrifices with the horse sacrifice, or one who gives land to a good man.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्त्रियों यत्र च पूज्यन्ते रमन्ते तत्र देवता: तथा जहाँ इनका अनादर होता है वहाँकी सारी क्रियाएँ निष्फल हो जाती हैं

English

Even having done good, the wise might doubt; this one thing is impossible: the unsurpassed gift of land.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नैव भान्ति न वर्धन्ते श्रिया हीनानि पार्थिव अबला: स्वल्पकौपीना: सुहृद: सत्यजिष्णव:

English

Gold, silver, garments, gems, pearls and wealth: all this, greatly wise one, he gives who gives the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परिचर्या नमस्कारास्तदायत्ता भवन्तु व:

English

Austerity, sacrifice, learning, conduct, freedom from greed, truthfulness, and honouring teachers and gods do not exceed the giver of land.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रीत्यर्थ लोकयात्राया: पश्यत स्त्रीनिबन्धनम् विदेहराजदुहिता चात्र श्लोकमगायत

English

Those who died in battle, devoted to their master's good, giving up themselves, the perfected who have gone to Brahma's world, do not surpass the giver of land.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्म: स्वभर्तशुश्रूषा तया स्वर्ग जयन्त्युत

English

As a mother always nourishes her son with milk, so the earth with all juices favours the giver.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुत्राश्न॒ स्थाविरे भावे न स्त्री स्वातन्त्रयमहति पालिता निगृहीता च श्री: स्त्री भवति भारत

English

Death's servant the rod, fire's most terrible heat, and the terrible nooses of Varuna do not approach the giver of land.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अतीव संशयच्छेत्ता भवान् वै प्रथित: क्षितौ

English

The peaceful-souled one who gives the earth satisfies the ancestors in the world of the ancestors and the gods in the world of the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जाते5स्मिन् संशये राजन् नान्यं पृच्छेम कंचन एतत् सर्व महाबाहो भवान् व्याख्यातुमरहति

English

Giving land that gives a livelihood to one lean, dying, wasted by livelihood and sinking, a man becomes Shri.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इस सबकी आप स्पष्टरूपसे व्याख्या करें

English

As a cow runs to her calf, releasing milk, so the earth becomes to the giver of land, greatly fortunate one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणी क्षत्रिया वैश्या शूद्रा च रतिमिच्छत: शूद्रा। इनमेंसे शूद्रा केवल रतिकी इच्छावाले कामी पुरुषके लिये विहित है

English

Giving land ploughed by the plough, with seed and fruitful, or a refuge, he becomes a granter of wishes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आनुपूर्व्येण कस्तेषां पित्रयं दायादमरहति

English

A man who gives land to a brahmana of conduct, a keeper of the fire, pure in vows, does not go to Yama's house; as the moon's increase arises day by day,

हिन्दी अर्थ

कहलाते हैं; अतः इन तीन वर्णोमें ही ब्राह्मणका विवाह धर्मतः विहित है

English

so the gift made of land increases with each crop.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणस्य भवेच्छूद्रा न तु दृष्टान्तत: स्मृता भार्या होती है; परंतु शास्त्रोंमें इसका कहीं विधान नहीं मिलता

English

Here are the verses sung by the Earth, recited by the knowers of old, by hearing which Jamadagni's son gave the earth to Kashyapa:

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रायश्षित्तीयते चापि विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा

English

"He took me alone; having given me, you will gain me, in this world and the next and then at birth again.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आपसट्यमानमृक्थं तु सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि भारत ब्राह्माण्यास्तद्धरेत् पुत्र एकांशं वै पितुर्धनात्

English

The brahmana who knows this utterance, relying on Brahman, goes to Brahman-hood at an offering at a funeral rite.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्र तेनैव हर्तव्याशक्ष॒त्वारों3शा: पितुर्धनात्

English

It is a great expiation for the cursed and for ill-sacrificed deeds; having done it I purify ten on both sides.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स तु मातुर्विशेषेण त्रीनंशान् हर्तुमहति विशिष्टताके कारण पैतृक धनका तीन भाग ले लेनेका अधिकारी है

English

He who knows this purifies, and I know it too; the earth is held to be the eternal nature of all beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्विरंशस्तेन हर्तव्यो ब्राह्मणस्वाद् युधिष्ठिर

English

Having consecrated a king, one should have him hear this tradition; hearing it, he should give the earth and not take it from the good."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अल्पं चापि प्रदातव्यं शूद्रापुत्राय भारत सवर्णासु तु जातानां समान् भागान् प्रकल्पयेत्

English

This is wholly for brahmanas and also for the king, without doubt; the king skilled in dharma is first the mark of prosperity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्पन्न हुए पुत्र हैं, उन सबके लिये बराबर भागोंकी कल्पना करनी चाहिए

English

Those whose king is ignorant of dharma and a non-believer do not awake in comfort or sleep in comfort.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रिषु वर्णेषु जातो हि ब्राह्मणाद् ब्राह्मणो भवेत् पुत्र उत्पन्न होता है, वह ब्राह्मण होता है

English

Men are always troubled by his misdeeds, and many winning-and-keeping do not enter his kingdom.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अवश्यं हि धन देयं शूद्रापुत्राय भारत है। भरतनन्दन! किंतु शूद्राके पुत्रको भी धनका भाग अवश्य दे देना चाहिए

English

But those whose king is wise and righteous awake in comfort and sleep very comfortably.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यत्र तत्र समुत्पन्नं गुणायैवोपपद्यते

English

Subjects, satisfied by that king's good and noble deeds, prosper by their own deeds, with winning and keeping and rain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भी उत्पन्न हो, वह गुणकारक ही होती है नाधिकं दशमादू दद्याच्छूद्रापुत्राय भारत

English

He is of good family, he is a man, he is a kinsman, he is a doer of merit, he is a giver and a hero, who gives the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यजेत तेन द्रव्येण न वृथा साधयेद् धनम्

English

Those who give the prosperous earth to a twice-born learned in the Veda blaze on earth with splendour like the Adityas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भर्त्रां तच्च धन दत्तं यथाहई भोक्तुमरहति धनको वह यथोचित रूपसे उपभोगमें ला सकती है

English

As seeds scattered on the ground grow, so desires earned by the gift of land grow.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नापहारं स्त्रिय: कुर्यु: पतिवित्तात् कथंचन

English

Aditya, Varuna, Vishnu, Brahma, Soma, Hutashana and the blessed trident-bearer welcome the giver of land.

हिन्दी अर्थ

माना गया है। पतिके दिये हुए स्त्रीधनसे पुत्र आदिको कुछ नहीं लेना चाहिए ब्राह्मण्यास्तद्धरेत् कन्या यथा पुत्रस्तथा हि सा

English

Men are born on earth and go to their end on earth; this world is fourfold, being of the earth's quality.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं धर्ममनुस्मृत्य न वृथा साधयेद् धनम्

English

She is mother and father of the world, lord of the earth; nothing is equal to her, lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दे--यज्ञ-यागादिके द्वारा सफल कर ले केन प्रतिविशेषेण दशमोप्यस्य दीयते

English

On this too they recite this ancient Itihasa, the conversation of Brihaspati and Indra, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षत्रियायां तथैव स्याद् वैश्यायामपि चैव हि

English

Having sacrificed with a great hundred sacrifices with ample fees, Maghavan asked Brihaspati, best of speakers:

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्पन्न हुए पुत्रोंमें महान् अन्तर हो जाता है-

English

"Blessed one, by what gift does one prosper in happiness in heaven, what is imperishable and most precious? Tell me, best of speakers."

हिन्दी अर्थ

सा ज्येष्ठा सा च पूज्या स्यात् सा च भार्या गरीयसी ब्राह्मणी त्वेव कुर्याद् वा ब्राह्मणस्य युधिष्ठिर

English

Thus addressed by the lord of the gods, Brihaspati, priest of the gods, of great splendour, replied to Shatakratu:

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मण्यैतानि देयानि भर्तु: सा हि गरीयसी

English

"Gifts of gold, cows and land, slayer of Vritra: the greatly wise one who gives these is freed from all sins.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करे; क्योंकि वही उसके लिये सब स्त्रियोंसे अधिक गौरवकी अधिकारिणी है यथा ब्राह्मण चाण्डाल: पूर्वदृष्टस्तथैव स:

English

There is nothing higher than the gift of land, lord of the gods; I think it distinguished, as the wise say.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करता है, वह ब्राह्मण चाण्डाल समझा जाता है जैसा कि पहले कहा गया है

English

Heroes who were slain in battle, going to heaven, longing to give, do not surpass the giver of land, best of the wise.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजन् विशेषो यस्त्वत्र वर्णयोरुभयोरपि तुल्य नहीं हो सकती

English

Heroes who died in battle devoted to their master's good, giving up themselves, and went to Brahma's world, do not surpass the giver of land.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजा दण्डधरो राजन रक्षा नान्यत्र क्षत्रियात्

English

A man who gives land here protects five ancestors before and six who went to earth, eleven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेषु राजन् प्रवर्तेत पूजया विधिपूर्वकम् लुप्यमान स्वधर्मेण क्षत्रियो होष रक्षति

English

He who gives the earth strewn with jewels, Purandara, is freed from all stain and is honoured in the world of heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मके अनुसार उसकी रक्षा करता है

English

A king giving the prosperous earth joined with all desires and qualities becomes king of kings; that gift is unsurpassed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वेषामेव वर्णानां त्राता भवति पार्थिव: युधिष्ठिर! इसलिये शेष पैतृक धनमेंसे उसको भी विशेष भाग लेना ही चाहिए

English

All beings think of him who gives Kashyapi joined with all desires, Vasava, "He gives me."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अष्टधा तु भवेत् कार्य क्षत्रियस्वं जनाधिप भागोंमें विभक्त करना चाहिए

English

The man who gives a cow that milks all desires and precedes all desires goes to heaven with the gods, thousand-eyed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

युद्धावहारिकं यच्च पितु: स्थात् स हरेत् तु तत्

English

Rivers flowing with honey and ghee, bearing milk and curds satisfy here the giver of land, lord of gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सोपि दत्तं हरेत् पित्रा नादत्तं हर्तुमहति द्वितीया तु भवेत् शूद्रा न तु दृष्टान्ततः स्मृता

English

By the gift of land a king is freed from the sin of kings; no other gift is distinguished by the gift of land.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तयोरपत्ये वक्ष्यामि विभागं च जनाधिप

English

He who gives the earth to the sea's edge, won by weapons, people speak of here as long as this earth bears the cow.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पञ्चमस्तु स्मृतो भाग: शूद्रापुत्राय भारत पाँचवाँ अंश शूद्राके पुत्रका भाग बताया गया है

English

He who gives the holy, rich-flavoured earth, Purandara, his worlds earned by the quality of a gift of land do not decline.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रिभिर्वर्ण: सदा जात: शूद्रोडदेयधनो भवेत्

English

In every way a king here, constantly wishing prosperity, should duly give land to a worthy one, Shakra, wishing for happiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समभागाश्र पुत्रा: स्युर्यदि पुत्रशतं भवेत् सर्वेषामेव वर्णानां समभागो धनात् स्मृत:

English

Even having done a sin, a man who has given land to a twice-born casts off that sin as a serpent its old skin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धनमें समान भाग माना गया है

English

Oceans, rivers, mountains and forests on every side: all this a man gives, Shakra, who gives the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विवाहवैशिष्ट्यकृत: पूर्वपूर्वो विशिष्यते ले सकता है। मध्यम पुत्रको मध्यम और कनिष्ठ पुत्रको कनिष्ठ भाग लेना चाहिए

English

Tanks, wells, streams and lakes, affections and all juices he gives who gives the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महर्षिरपि चैतद् वै मारीच: काश्यपोडब्रवीत्

English

Herbs rich in milk, trees with flowers and fruits, forests, rocks and mountains he gives who gives the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

को धर्म: कानि कर्माणि तन्‍मे ब्रूहि पितामह

English

Having sacrificed with the Agnishtoma and others with well-obtained fees, he does not gain that fruit which one gains from a gift of land.

हिन्दी अर्थ

असृजतू स हि यज्ञार्थे पूर्वमेव प्रजापति: उनके पृथक्-पृथक् कर्मोंकी ही रचना की थी

English

The giver favours ten and the taker kills ten; taking back land given earlier, one goes to hell.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आनुपूर्व्याद् द्वायोहीनौ मातृजात्यौ प्रसूयत:

English

One who does not give after promising, or takes back after giving, is bound with the nooses of Varuna and tormented at Death's command.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वचारित्रं नित्यमथो न जह्यात् अतः उसे त्रैवर्णिकोंकी सेवा करते हुए दानपरायण होना चाहिए

English

Those who support a best of the twice-born who keeps the fire, always sacrifices, has lean servants and is fond of guests do not go near Yama.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हीनव्णस्तृतीयायां शूद्रा उग्रा इति स्मृति:

English

A king is a debtor to brahmanas, Purandara; and for the other classes he should carry across the lean and weak.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शूद्रा शूद्रस्थ चाप्येका शूद्रमेव प्रजायते बाहं वर्ण जनयति चातुर्वर्ण्यविगर्हितम्

English

No one, even a god, should take away land given to a brahmana of lean servants, best of gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एते मतिमतां श्रेष्ठ वर्णसंकरजा: प्रभो

English

Then the tears fallen from those wretched and sinking brahmanas, when their field is taken, would destroy a family of three generations.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शूद्रान्निषादो मत्स्यध्न: क्षत्रियायां व्यतिक्रमात् जातिकी उत्पत्ति होती है

English

One who restores a king fallen from his kingdom, thousand-eyed, is honoured in the vault of heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणैरप्रतिग्राह्मुस्तक्षा स्व्धनजीवन:

English

Giving land filled with sugar cane, full of barley and wheat, with cows, horses and vehicles, won by strength of arm,

हिन्दी अर्थ

धनसे जीवन निर्वाह करता है। ब्राह्मणोंको उससे दान नहीं लेना चाहिए मातृजात्या: प्रसूयन्ते हवरा हीनयोनिषु

English

giving land with treasure in its womb and furnished with all jewels, he gains imperishable worlds, for that is his land-sacrifice.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परस्परस्य दारेषु जनयन्ति विगर्हितान् तो वे अपनी अपेक्षा भी निन्दनीय संतानोंको ही जन्म देते हैं

English

Shaking off all stain, free of dust and honoured by the good, he who gives the earth is honoured by the good in the world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मैरेयकं च वैदेह: सम्प्रसूतेडथ माधुकम्

English

As a drop of oil fallen on water spreads, Shakra, so a gift of land spreads with each crop.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मृतपं चापि चाण्डाल: श्वपाकमिति विश्रुतम् मांसं स्वादुकर क्षौद्रं सौगन्धमिति विश्रुतम्

English

Kings who at the head of battle, heroes, ornaments of assemblies, are killed facing the enemy, Shakra, go to Brahma's world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निषादान्मद्रनाथं च खरयानप्रयायिनम्

English

Women devoted to dance and song, adorned with divine garlands, always attend the giver of land in heaven, lord of gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मृतचैलप्रतिच्छन्न॑ भिन्नभाजनभोजिनम् करता है। इसलिये चर्मकार या चमार कहलाता है

English

He who duly gives land to a twice-born rejoices happily in heaven, honoured by gods and gandharvas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चण्डालेन तु सौपाकश्नण्डालसमतवृत्तिमान्

English

A hundred apsarases adorned with divine garlands always attend the man who gives land, lord of gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्मशानगोचरं सूते बाहौरपि बहिष्कृतम् प्रच्छन्ना वा प्रकाशा वा वेदितव्या: स्वकर्मभि:

English

Conch, throne, parasol, fine horses and elephants, flowers and heaps of gold come from the gift of land.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ही पहचानना चाहिए

English

His command is unobstructed and the cry of victory arises; flowers are the gift of land, heaven its fruit, Purandara.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वर्णानां धर्महीनेषु संख्या नास्तीह कस्यचित् प्रकारकी आजीविका तथा आश्रयको अपनाती हैं

English

Herbs with golden flowers, kusha grass and golden meadows, a man giving gains the land that bears nectar.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कार्ष्णायसमलंकारं परिगृह्य॒ च नित्यश:

English

There is no gift equal to land, no teacher equal to a mother, no dharma equal to truth, no treasure equal to giving."

हिन्दी अर्थ

भवन्ति मनुजव्याघ्र तत्र मे नास्ति संशय:

English

Hearing this from Angiras, Vasava then gave this earth, strewn with wealth and jewels, to Angiras.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तितीर्षमाणं हि यथोपलो जले नयन्ति हापथं नार्य: कामक्रोधवशानुगम्

English

He who has this praise of the gift of land recited at a funeral rite will have no share of rakshasas or asuras.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अत्यर्थ न प्रसज्जन्ते प्रमदासु विपक्चित:

English

And what is given to the ancestors becomes imperishable, without doubt; therefore at funeral rites one should make eating brahmanas hear this.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुरुषं व्यज्जयन्तीह लोके कलुषयोनिजम् कलुषित योनिसे उत्पन्न (वर्णसंकर) सिद्ध करते हैं

English

Thus the best of all gifts has been told to you, sinless one, by me, tiger of the Bharatas; what more do you wish to hear?