pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: देवा ऊचुः भगवंस्त्वं प्रभुर्भूमेः सर्वस्य त्रिदिवस्य च। यजेमहि महाभाग यज्ञं भवदनुज्ञया॥
English: The deities said O illustrious one, you are the lord of all the Earth as also of all the gods! With your permission, O highly blessed one, we wish to perform a sacrifice.
Sanskrit: नाननुज्ञातभूमिर्हि यज्ञस्य फलमश्नुते। त्वं हि सर्वस्य जगतः स्थावरस्य चरस्य च॥
English: The person who has not got by lawful means the earth whereon to make the sacrificial altar, acquires not the merit of the sacrifice he performs.
Sanskrit: प्रभुर्भवसि तस्मात्त्वं समनुज्ञातुमर्हसि। ददानि मेदिनीभागं भवद्भ्योऽहं सुरर्षभाः॥
English: You are the Lord of all the universe consisting of its mobile and immobile objects. Therefore, you should grant us a piece of earth for the sacrifice we wish to make.
Sanskrit: ब्रह्मोवाच यस्मिन् देशे करिष्यध्वं यज्ञान् काश्यपनन्दनाः।
English: Brahman said You foremost of gods, I shall give you a piece of earth whereon, you sons of Kashyapa, you shall celebrate your intended sacrifice.
Sanskrit: देवा ऊचुः भगवन् कृतकार्याः स्म यक्ष्महे स्वाप्तदक्षिणैः॥ इमं तु देशं मुनयः पर्युपासन्ति नित्यदा।
English: The gods said Our wishes, O holy one, have become successful. We shall celebrate our sacrifice even here with large gifts. Let, however, the ascetics always worship this piece of Earth.
Sanskrit: ततोऽगस्त्यश्च कण्वश्च भृगुरत्रिर्वृषाकपिः॥ असितो देवलश्चैव देवयज्ञमुपागमन्।
English: Then there came to that place Agastya, Kanva, Bhrigu, Atri, and Vrishakapi, Asita and Devala.
Sanskrit: ततो देवा महात्मान ईजिरे यज्ञमच्युतम्॥ तथा समापयामासुर्यथाकालं सुरर्षभाः।
English: The great deities then. O you of unfading glory, celebrated their sacrifice. Those foremost of gods finished it in due time.
Sanskrit: त इष्टयज्ञस्त्रिदशा हिमवत्यचलोत्तमे॥ पष्ठमंशं क्रतोस्तस्य भूमिदानं प्रचक्रिरे।
English: Having completed that sacrifice of theirs on the breast of that foremost of mountains, viz., Himavat, the celestials attached to the gift of earth a sixth part of the merit originating from their sacrifice.
Sanskrit: प्रादेशमात्रं भूमेस्तु यो दद्यादनुपस्कृतम्॥ न सीदति स कृच्छ्रेषु न च दुर्गाण्यवाप्नुते।
English: The man who makes a gift of even a span of carth with reverence and faith, has never to suffer from any difficulty and has never to meet with any calamity.
Sanskrit: शीतवातातपसहां गृहभूमि सुसंस्कृताम्॥ प्रदाय सुरलोकस्थः पुण्यान्तेऽपि न चाल्यते।
English: By making a gift of a house that prevents cold, wind, and sun, and that stands upon a piece of clean land, the giver attains to the region of the celestials and does not fall down cven when his merit becomes exhausted.
Sanskrit: मुदितो वसति प्राज्ञः शक्रेण सह पार्थिव॥ प्रतिश्रयप्रदानाच्च सोऽपि स्वर्गे महीयते।
English: By making a gift of a house to live in, the giver, cndued with wisdom, lives, O king, happily in the company of Shakra, Such a person receives great honours in the celestial region.
Sanskrit: अध्यापककुले जातः श्रोत्रियो नियतेन्द्रियः॥ गृहे यस्य वसेत् तुष्टः प्रधानं लोकमश्नुते।
English: That person in whose house a Brahmana of controlled senses, wellread in the Vedas, and belonging by birth to a family of preceptors, lives in contentment, succeeds in attaining to and enjoying a region of great happiness.
Sanskrit: तथा गवार्थे शरणं शीतवर्षसहं दृढम्॥ आसप्तमं तारयति कुलं भरतसत्तम।
English: Likewise, O best of the Bharatas, by giving away a shed for the shelter of kine that can prevent cold and rain and that is substantial in structure, the giver rescues seven generations of his race.
Sanskrit: क्षेत्रभूमिं ददल्लोके शुभां श्रियमवाप्नुयात्॥ रत्नभूमिं प्रदद्यात् तु कुलवंशं प्रवर्धयेत्।
English: By giving away a piece of earth fit for cultivation the giver acquires great prosperity. By giving a piece of earth containing mineral riches, the giver advances his family.
Sanskrit: न चोषरां न निर्दग्धां महीं दद्यात् कथंचन॥ न श्मशानपरीतां च न च पापनिषेविताम्।
English: One should never give away carth that is barren or that is burnt; nor should one give away any earth that is near a crematorium, or that has been possessed and enjoyed by a sinful person before such gift.
Sanskrit: पारक्ये भूमिदेशे तु पितॄणां निर्वपेत् तु यः॥ तद्भूमिं वापि पितृभिः श्राद्धकर्म विहन्यते।
English: When a man performs a Shraddha in honour of the departed manes on earth belonging to another person, the departed manes render both the gift of that earth and the Shraddha itself fruitless.
Sanskrit: तस्मात् क्रीत्वा महीं दद्यात् स्वल्पामपि विचक्षणः॥ पिण्डः पितृभ्यो दत्तो वै तस्यां भवति शाश्वतः।
English: Hence, a wise man should buy even a small piece of earth and make a gift of it, The funeral cake that is offered to one's ancestors on earth that has been duly purchased, becomes endless.
Sanskrit: अटवीपर्वताश्चैव नद्यस्तीर्थानि यानि च॥ सर्वाण्यस्वामिकान्याहुन हि तत्र परिग्रहः।
English: Forests, mountains, rivers, and Tirthas, are considered as having no owners. No earth need be bought here for performing Shraddhas.
Sanskrit: इत्येतद् भूमिदानस्य फलमुक्तं विशाम्पते॥ अतः परं तु गोदानं कीर्तयिष्यामि तेऽनघ।
English: This has been said, O king, on the subject of the merits of making gifts of earth. After this, O sinless one, I shall describe to you the। subject of the gift of kine.
Sanskrit: गावोऽधिकास्तपस्विभ्यो यस्मात् सर्वेभ्य एव च।।३७ तस्मान्महेश्वरो देवस्तपस्ताभिः सहास्थितः।
English: Kine are considered as superior to all the ascetics. And therefore, the divine Mahadeva practised penances in their company.
Sanskrit: ब्राह्मे लोके वसन्त्येताः सोमेन सह भारत॥ यां तो ब्रह्मर्षयः सिद्धाः प्रार्थयन्ति परां गतिम्।
English: Kine, O Bharata, live in the region of Brahman, in the company of Soma. Forming, as it does the highest end, the twiceborn Rishis, crowned with success, try to attain to that very region.
Sanskrit: पयसा हविषा दना शकृता चाथ चर्मणा॥ अस्थिभिश्चोपकुर्वन्ति शृङ्गैर्वालैश्च भारत।
English: Kine benefit human beings with milk, clarified butter, curd, dung, skin, bones, horns, and hair, O Bharata.
Sanskrit: नासां शीतातपौ स्यातां सदैताः कर्म कुर्वते॥ न वर्षविषयं वापि दुःखमासां भवत्युत।
English: Kine do not feel cold or heat. They always work. Even the rainy season cannot affect them at all.
Sanskrit: ब्राह्मणैः सहिता यान्ति तस्मात् पारमकं पदम्॥ एकं गोब्राह्मणं तस्मात् प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः।
English: And since kine attain to the highest end, in the company of Brahmanas, therefore do the wise say that kine and Brahmanas are equal.
Sanskrit: रन्तिदेवस्य यज्ञे ता: पशुत्वेनोपकल्पिताः॥ अतश्चर्मण्वती राजन् गोचर्मभ्यः प्रवर्तिता।
English: Formerly king Rantideva celebrated a grand sacrifice in which an immense number of kine were offered up and killed. From the juice that was secreted by the skins of the slain animals, a river was formed that passed by the name of Charmanvati.
Sanskrit: पशुत्वाच्च विनिर्मुक्ताः प्रदानायोपकल्पिता:॥ ता इमा विप्रमुख्येभ्यो यो ददाति महीपते। निस्तरेदापदं कृच्छ्रां विषमस्थोऽपि पार्थिव॥ गवां सहस्रदः प्रेत्य नरकं न प्रपद्यते।
English: Kine no longer are animals fit for sacrifice. They now are animals fit for gift. That king who presents kine to foremost of Brahmanas, O king, is sure to get over every danger even if he falls into it. The man who presents a thousand kine has not to go to hell,
Sanskrit: सर्वत्र विजयं चापि लभते मनुजाधिप॥ अमृतं वै गवां क्षीरमित्याह त्रिदशाधिपः।
English: Such a person, O king, wins victory everywhere. The very king of the celestials had said that the milk of kine is nectar.
Sanskrit: तस्माद् ददाति यो धेनुममृतं स प्रयच्छति॥ अग्नीनामव्ययं ह्येतद्धौम्यं वेदविदो विदुः।
English: Therefore, one who presents a cow is considered as making a gift of nectar. Persons, wellread in the Vedas, have declared that the clarified butter manufactured from cow's milk, is the very best of all libations poured upon the sacrificial fire.
Sanskrit: तस्माद् ददाति यो धेनुं स हौम्यं सम्प्रयच्छति॥ स्वर्गो वै मूर्तिमानेष वृषभं यो गवां पतिम्। विप्रे गुणयुते दद्यात् स वै स्वर्गे महीयते॥ प्राणा वै प्राणिनामेते प्रोच्यन्ते भरतर्षभ।
English: Therefore, the man, who presents a cow, is considered as making a gift of a libation for sacrifice. A bull is the embodiment of Heaven. He who makes the gift of a bull to a qualified Brahmana, receives great honours in the celestial region. Kine, O chief of Bharata's race, are said to be the vital airs of living creatures.
Sanskrit: तस्माद् ददाति यो धेनुं प्राणानेष प्रयच्छति॥ गावः शरण्या भूतानामिति वेदविदो विदुः।
English: Therefore, the man who makes the gift of a cow, is said to make the gift of vital airs. Persons, conversant with the Vedas, have said that kine are the great refuge of living creatures.
Sanskrit: तस्माद् ददाति यो धेनुं शरणं सम्प्रयच्छति॥ न वधार्थं प्रदातव्या न कीनाशे न नास्तिके। गोजीविने न दातव्या तथा गौर्भरतर्षभ॥
English: The man, who makes the gift of a cow, is considered as making the gifts of what is the high refuge of all creatures. The cow should never be given away for slaughter; nor should the cow be given to a tiller of the soil; nor should the cow be given away to an atheist. The cow should not also, chief of the Bharatas, be given to one who se occupations is the keep of kine.
Sanskrit: ददत् स तादृशानां वै नरो गां पापकर्मणाम्। अक्षयं नरकं यातीत्येवमाहुर्महर्षयः॥
English: The wise have said that the person, who gives away the cow to any of such sinful persons, has to sink in eternal Heli.
Sanskrit: न कृशां नापवत्सां वा वथ्यां रोगान्वितां तथा। न व्यङ्गां न परिश्रान्तां दद्याद् गां ब्राह्मणाय वै॥
English: One should never give to a Brahmana a cow that is lean, or that produces dead calves, or that is barren, or that is diseased, or that is defective of limb, or that is worn out with toil.
Sanskrit: दशगोसहस्रदो हि शक्रेण सह मोदते। अक्षयाँल्लभते लोकान् नरः शतसहस्रशः॥
English: The man, who gives away ten thousand kine, attains to Heaven and sports in bliss in the company of Indra. The man, who makes gifts of kine by hundred thousands, wins many regions of eternal happiness.
Sanskrit: इत्येतद् गोप्रदानं च तिलदानं च कीर्तितम्। तथा भूमिप्रदानं च शृणुष्वाने च भारत॥
English: Thus have I recited to you the merits of the gift of kine and of sesame, as also of the gift of earth. Listen now to me as I describe to you the gift of food, O Bharata.
Sanskrit: अन्नदानं प्रधानं हि कौन्तेय परिचक्षते। अन्नस्य हि प्रदानेन रन्तिदेवो दिवं गतः॥
English: The gift of food, O son of Kunti, is considered as a very superior gift. Formerly king Rantideva ascended to the celestial region by having made gifts of food.
Sanskrit: श्रान्ताय क्षुधितायानं यः प्रयच्छति भूमिपः। स्वायम्भुवं महत् स्थानं स गच्छति नराधिप॥
English: That king, who makes a gift of food to one who is toil-worn and hungry, acquires the regions of supreme happiness belonging to the Self-create.
Sanskrit: न हिरण्यैर्न वासोभिर्नान्यदानेन भारत। प्राप्नुवन्ति नराः श्रेयो यथा ह्यन्नप्रदाः प्रभो॥
English: Men cannot, by gifts of gold and dresses and of other things, win that happiness which givers of food succeed in wining, O you of great power.
Sanskrit: अन्नं वै प्रथमं द्रव्यमन्नं श्रीश्च परा मता। अन्नात् प्राणः प्रभवति तेजो वीर्यं बलं तथा॥
English: Food is, indeed, the first article. Food is considered as the highest prosperity. It is from food that life originates as also energy and prowess and strength.
Sanskrit: सद्यो ददाति यश्चान्नं सदैकाग्रमना नरः। न स दुर्गाण्यवाप्नोतीत्येवमाह पराशरः॥
English: He, who always makes gifts of food, with attention, to the righteous, never suffers any distress. This has been said by Parashara.
Sanskrit: अर्चयित्वा यथान्यायं देवेभ्योऽन्नं निवेदयेत्। यदन्ना हि नरा राजंस्तदन्नास्तस्य देवताः॥
English: Having adored the deities duly food should be first dedicated to them. It has been said, O king that the kind of food that is taken by particular men is taken also by the gods those men worship.
Sanskrit: कौमुदे शुक्लपक्षे तु योऽन्नदानं करोत्युत। स संतरति दुर्गाणि प्रेत्य चानन्त्यमश्नुते॥
English: That man, who makes gifts of food in light half of the month of Kartika, succeeds in getting over every difficulty here and acquires endless happiness hereafter.
Sanskrit: अभुक्त्वातिथये चान्नं प्रयच्छेद् यः समाहितः। स वै ब्रह्मविदां लोकान् प्राप्नुयाद् भरतर्षभ॥
English: That man, who makes a gift of food to a hungry guest arrived at his house, acquires all those regions, O chief of Bharata's race, that are reserved for persons acquainted with Brahman.
Sanskrit: सुकृच्छ्रामापदं प्राश्चानदः पुरुषस्तरेत्। पापं तरति चैवेह दुष्कृतं चापकर्षति॥
English: The man, who makes gifts of food, is sure to get over every difficulty and distress. Such a person gets over every sin and purges himself of every evil act.
Sanskrit: इत्येदन्नदानस्य तिलदानस्य चैव ह। भूमिदानस्य च फलं गोदानस्य च कीर्तितम्॥
English: I have thus described to you the merits of making gifts of food, of sesame, of earth, and of kine. person gets over every sin and purges himself of every evil act.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच श्रुतं दानफलं तात यत् त्वया परिकीर्तितम्। अन्नदानं विशेषेण प्रशस्तमिह भारत॥
English: Yudhishthira said I have heard, O sire, of the merits of the different kinds of gift which you have described to me. I understand, O Bharata, that the gift of food is especially praiseworthy and superior.
Sanskrit: पानीयदानमेवैतत् कथं चेह महाफलम्। इत्येतच्छ्रोतुमिच्छामि विस्तरेण पितामह॥
English: What, however, are the great merits of making gifts of drink. I wish to hear of this in full, O grandfather.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच हन्त ते वर्तयिष्यामि यथावद् भरतर्षभ। गदतस्तन्ममाघेह शृणु सत्यपराक्रम॥
English: Bhishma said I shall, O chief of Bharata's race. relate to you this subject. Listen to ine, O you of unbaffled prowess, as I speak to you.
Sanskrit: पानीयदानात् प्रभृति सर्वं वक्ष्यामि तेऽनघ। यदन्नं यच्च पानीयं सम्प्रदायाश्नुते नरः॥ न तस्मात् परमं दानं किंचिदस्तीति मे मनः। अन्नात् प्राणभृतस्तात प्रवर्तन्ते हि सर्वशः॥
English: I shall, O sinless one, describe to you gifts beginning with that of drink. The merit that a man wins by making gifts of food and of drink is such that the like of it, I think, is incapable of being acquired by any other gift. There is no gift, superior to that of either food or drink. It is from food that all living creatures are able to exist.
Sanskrit: तस्मादन्नं परं लोके सर्वलोकेषु कथ्यते। अन्नाद् बलं च तेजश्च प्राणिनां वर्धते सदा॥
English: Therefore, food is considered as a very superior object in all the worlds. From food the strength and energy of living creatures continually increase.
Sanskrit: अन्नदानमतस्तस्माच्छ्रेष्ठमाह प्रजापतिः। सावित्र्या ह्यपि कौन्तेय श्रुतं ते वचनं शुभम्॥
English: Hence, the master of all creatures has himself said that the gift of food is a very superior gift. You have heard, O son of Kunti, what the auspicious words are of Savitri herself.
Sanskrit: यतश्च यद् यथा चैव देवसत्रे महामते। अन्ने दत्ते नरेणेह प्राणा दत्ता भवन्त्युत॥
English: You know why those words were said what those words were, and how they were said in course of the sacred Mantras, O you of great intelligence. A man, by making a gift of food, really makes a gift of life itself.
Sanskrit: प्राणदानाद्धि परमं न दानमिह विद्यते। श्रुतं हि ते महाबाहो लोमशस्यापि तद्वचः॥
English: There is no gift in this world which is superior to the gift of life. You are not unacquainted with this saying of Lomasha, O you of mighty arms.
Sanskrit: प्राणान् दत्त्वा कपोताय यत् प्राप्तं शिबिना पुरा। तां गतिं लभते दत्त्वा द्विजस्यान्न विशाम्पते॥
English: The end that was attained to formerly by king Shivi on account of his having granted life to the pigeon is acquired by him, O king, who makes a gift of food to a Brahmana.
Sanskrit: तस्माद् विशिष्टां गच्छन्ति प्राणदा इति नः श्रुतम्। अन्नं वापि प्रभवति पानीयात् कुरुसत्तम।
English: Hence, we have heard that they who give life attain to very superior regions of happiness in after life. Food, O best of the Kurus, may or may not be superior to drink.
Sanskrit: नीरजातेन हि बिना न किंचित् सम्प्रवर्तते॥ नीरजातश्च भगवान् सोमो ग्रहगणेश्वरः।
English: Nothing can exist without the help of what comes from water. The very lord of all the planets, viz., the illustrious Soma, has originated from water.
Sanskrit: अमृतं च सुधा चैव स्वाहा चैव स्वधा तथा॥ अन्नौषध्यो महाराज वीरुधश्च जलोद्भवाः।
English: Ambrosia and Suddha and Svadha and milk, as also every sort of food, the deciduous herbs, O king, and creepers originate from water.
Sanskrit: यतः प्राणभृतां प्राणा: सम्भवन्ति विशाम्पते॥ देवानाममृतं ह्यन्नं नागानां च सुधा तथा।
English: From these, O king, the vital airs of all living creatures flow. The deities have nectar for their food. The Nagas have Sudha.
Sanskrit: पितॄणां च स्वधा प्रोक्ता पशूनां चापि वीरुधः॥ अन्नमेव मनुष्याणां प्राणानाहुर्मनीषिणः।
English: The departed manes have Svadha for their. The animals have herbs and plants for their food. The wise have said that rice, etc., form the food of human beings.
Sanskrit: तच्च सर्वं नरव्याघ्र पानीयात् सम्प्रवर्तते॥ तस्मात् पानीयदानाद् वै न परं विद्यते क्वचित्।
English: All these, O king originate from water. Hence, there is nothing superior to the gift of water or drink.
Sanskrit: तच्च दद्यान्नरो नित्यं यदीच्छेद् भूतिमात्मनः॥ धन्यं यशस्यमायुष्यं जलदानमिहोच्यते।
English: If a person wishes to get prosperity for himself, he should always make gifts of drink. The gift of water is considered as very laudable. It brings on great fame and bestows long life on the giver.
Sanskrit: शत्रूश्चाप्यधि कौन्तेय सदा तिष्ठति तोयदः॥ सर्वकामानवाप्नोति कीर्तिं चैव हि शाश्वतीम्।
English: The giver of water, O son of Kunti, always stands over the heads of his enemies. Such a person obtains the fruition of all his desires and acquires everlasting fame.
Sanskrit: तोयदो मनुजव्याघ्र प्रेत्य चानन्त्यमश्चाति पापेभ्यश्च प्रमुच्यते॥ स्वर्ग गत्वा महाद्युते। अक्षयान् समवाप्नोति लोकानित्यब्रवीन्मनुः॥
English: The giver, O king, becomes purged of every sin and obtains unending happiness hereafter as he proceeds to the celestial region. O you of great splendour. Manu himself has said that such a person acquires regions of endless bliss in the other world.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच तिलानां कीदृशं दानमथ दीपस्य चैव हि। अन्नानां वाससां चैव भूय एव ब्रवीहि मे॥
English: Yudhishthira said Do you describe to me once again. O grandfather, the merit's of the gifts of sesame and of lamps for lighting darkness, as also of food and clothes.
Sanskrit: अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्। ब्राह्मणस्य च संवादं यमस्य च युधिष्ठिर॥
English: Bhishma Said : Regarding it, O Yudhishthira, is recited the discourse that took place forinerly between a Brahmana and Yama.
Sanskrit: मध्यदेशे महान् ग्रामो ब्राह्मणानां बभूव ह। गङ्गायमुनयोर्मध्ये यामुनस्य गिरेरधः॥
English: In the region lying between the rivers Gangs and Yamuna, at the foot of the hills called Yamuna, there was a large town peopled by Brahmanas.
Sanskrit: पर्णशालेति विख्यातो रमणीयो नराधिप। विद्वांसस्तत्र भूयिष्ठा ब्राह्मणाश्चावसंस्तथा।॥
English: The town was known by the name of Parnashala and was very charming, O king. A large number of learned Bralımanas lived in it.
Sanskrit: अथ प्राह यम: कंचित् पुरुषं कृष्णवाससम्। रक्ताक्षमूर्ध्वरोमाणं काकजङ्घाक्षिनासिकम्॥ गच्छ त्वं ब्राह्मणग्रामं ततो गत्वा तमानय। अगस्त्यं गोत्रतश्चापि नामतश्चापि शर्मिणम्॥
English: One day, Yama, the king of the dead, commanded a messenger of his, who was clad in black, having bloodred eyes and hair standing erect, and possessed of feet, eyes, and nose all of which resembled those of a crow, saying, Go you to the town inhabited by Brahmanas and bring here the person known by the name of Sharmin and born in the race of Agastya.
Sanskrit: शमे निविष्टं विद्वांसमध्यापकमनावृतम्। मा चान्यमानयेथास्त्वं सगोत्रं तस्य पार्श्वतः॥
English: He is intent on mental tranquillity and gifted with learning. He teaches the Vedas and his practices are wellknown. Do not bring me another person belonging to the same race and living in the same neighbourhood.
Sanskrit: स हि तादृग्गुणस्तेन तुल्योऽध्ययनजन्मना। अपत्येषु तथा वृत्ते समस्तेनैव धीमता॥
English: This other man I want is equal to him in virtues, study and birth. As for children and conduct, this other reassembles the intelligent Sharmin.
Sanskrit: तमानय यथोद्दिष्टं पूजा कार्या हि तस्य वै। स गत्वा प्रतिकूलं तच्चकार यमशासनम्॥
English: Do you bring the individual I want. He should be adored with respect. The messenger, doing there, did the very reverse of what he had been ordered to do.
Sanskrit: तमाक्रम्यानयामास प्रतिषिद्धो यमेन यः। तस्मै यमः समुत्थाय पूजां कृत्वा च वीर्यवान्॥
English: Attacking that person, he brought him who had been forbidden by Yama to be brought. Endued with great energy, Yama rose up on seeing the Brahmana and adored him duly.
Sanskrit: प्रोवाच नीयतामेष सोऽन्य आनीयतामिति। एवमुक्ते तु वचने धर्मराजेन स द्विजः॥ उवाच धर्मराजानं निर्विण्णोऽध्ययनेन वै। यो मे कालो भवेच्छेषस्तं वसेयमिहाच्युत॥
English: The king of the dead then ordered him messenger, saying Let this one be taken back, and let the other one be brought to me.When the great judge of the dead said these words, that Brahmana addressed him and said I have finished my study of the Vedas and am no longer attached to the world. Whatever period may yet remain of my life, I wish to pass, living here, O you of unfading glory.
Sanskrit: यम उवाच नाहं कालस्य विहितं प्राप्नोमीह कथंचन। यो हि धर्मं चरति वै तं तु जानामि केवलम्॥
English: Yama said I cannot determine the exact period, ordained by Time, of one's life, and hence, unurged by Time, I cannot allow one to live here. I take note of the acts of virtue (or otherwise) that one does in the world.
Sanskrit: गच्छ विप्र त्वमद्यैव आलयं स्व महाद्युते। ब्रूहि सर्वं यथा स्वैरं करवाणि किमच्युत॥
English: Do you, O learned Brahmana of great splendour, return forthwith to your house. Tell me what also is in your mind and what I can do for you, O you of unfading glory.
Sanskrit: ब्राह्मण उवाच यत् तत्र कृत्वा सुमहत् पुण्यं स्यात् तद् ब्रवीहि मे। सर्वस्य हि प्रमाणं त्वं त्रैलोक्यस्यापि सत्तम॥
English: Brahmana said Do you tell me what those acts are by doing which one may acquire great merit. O best of all beings, you are the foremost of authorities in the three worlds.
Sanskrit: यम उवाच शृणु तत्त्वेन विप्रर्षे प्रदानविधिमुत्तमम्। तिलाः परमकं दानं पुण्यं चैवेह शाश्वतम्॥
English: Yama said Do you hear, O twiceborm Rishi, the excellent ordinances about gifts. The gift of sesame seeds is a very superior gift. It yields everlasting merit.
Sanskrit: तिलाश्च सम्प्रदातव्या यथाशक्ति द्विजर्षभ। नित्यदानात् सर्वकामांस्तिला निवर्तयन्त्युत॥
English: O foremost of twiceborn ones, one should make gifts of as much sesame as one can. By making gifts of sesame every day, one is sure to acquire the fruition of his desires.
Sanskrit: तिलान् श्राद्धे प्रशंसन्ति दानमेतद्ध्यनुत्तमम्। तान् प्रयच्छस्व विप्रेभ्यो विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा॥
English: The gift of sesame at Shraddhas is highly spoken of. The gift of sesame is a very superior gift. Do you make gifts of sesame to the Brahmanas according to the rites laid down in the scriptures.
Sanskrit: वैशाख्यां पौर्णमास्यां तु तिलान् दद्याद् द्विजातिषु। तिला भक्षयितव्याश्च सदा त्वालम्भनं च तैः॥
English: One should, on the day of the full moon of the month of Vaishakha, make gifts of sesame to the Brahmanas. They should also be made to cat and to touch sesame on every occasion that one can afford.
Sanskrit: कार्यं सततमिच्छद्भिः श्रेयः सर्वात्मना गृहे। तथाऽऽपः सर्वदा देयाः पेयाश्चैव न संशयः॥
English: They, who are desirous of seeing their wellbeing, should with their whole minds do this in their houses. Forsooth, men should likewise make gifts of water and set up resting places for the distribution of drinking water.
Sanskrit: पुष्करिण्यस्तडागानि कूपांश्चैवात्र खानयेत्। एतत् सुदुर्लभतरमिहलोके द्विजोत्तम॥
English: One should make tanks and lakes and wells to be excavated. Such acts are rare in the world, O best of twice born persons.
Sanskrit: आपो नित्यं प्रदेयास्ते पुण्यं ह्येतदनुत्तमम्। प्रपाश्च कार्या दानार्थं नित्यं ते द्विजसत्तम। भुक्तेऽप्यन्नं प्रदेयं तु पानीयं वै विशेषतः॥
English: Do you always make gifts of water. This act is full great merit, О best of twice born persons, for making such gifts you should put up resting places along the roads for the distribution of water. After one has eaten, the gift to one should especially be made of water for drink.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच इत्युक्ते स तदा तेन यमदूतेन वै गृहान्। नीतश्च कारयामास सर्वं तद् यमशासनम्॥
English: Bhishma said After Yama had said these words to him, the messenger who had borne him from his house conveyed him back to it. The Brahmana, on his return, obeyed the instructions he had received.