pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: आदित्या इव दीप्यन्ते तेजसा भुवि मानवाः। ददन्ति वसुधां स्फीतां ये वेदविदुषि द्विजे॥
English: Those men who make gifts of ample and fertile earth to Brahmanas knowing the Vedas, always shine in the world, on account of their energy, like so many suns.
Sanskrit: यथा सस्यानि रोहन्ति प्रकीर्णानि महीतले। तथा कामाः प्ररोहन्ति भूमिदानसमार्जिताः॥
English: As seeds scattered on the soil grow, and yield a goodly crop, so all one's wishes become successful on account of his making gifts of earth.
Sanskrit: आदित्यो वरुणो विष्णुर्ब्रह्मा सोमो हुताशनः। शूलपाणिश्च भगवान् प्रतिनन्दन्ति भूमिदम्॥
English: The Sun, Varuna, Vishnu, Brahmana, the Moon, the FireGod and the illustrious and tridentbearing Mahadeva, all praise the man who makes a gift of earth.
Sanskrit: भूमौ जायन्ति पुरुषा भूमौ निष्ठां व्रजन्ति च। चतुर्विधो हि लोकोऽयं योऽयं भूमिगुणात्मकः॥
English: Living creatures originate from Earth and it is to the Earth that they return when they disappear. Living creatures which are divided into four classes have Earth for their primordial essence.
Sanskrit: एषा माता पिता चैव जगतः पृथिवीयते। नानया सदृशं भूतं किंचिदस्ति जनाधिप।॥
English: The Earth is both the mother and father of the universe of creatures, O king. There is no element, O king, that can compare with Earth.
Sanskrit: अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्। बृहस्पतेश्च संवादमिन्द्रस्य च युधिष्ठिर॥
English: About it is cited the old discourse between the celestial preceptor Brihaspati and Indra the kung of Heaven, O Yudhishthira.
Sanskrit: इष्ट्वा क्रतुशतेनाथ महता दक्षिणावता। मघवा वाग्विदां श्रेष्ठं पप्रच्छेदं बृहस्पतिम्॥
English: Having worshipped Vishnu in a hundred sacrifices each of which was famous for plentiful gifts, Maghavat put this question to Brihaspati, that foremost of all orators.
Sanskrit: मघवा उवाच भगवन् केन दानेन स्वर्गत: सुखमेधते। यदक्षयं महाघु च तद् ब्रूहि वदतां वर॥
English: Maghavat said O illustrious one, by what gift does one succeed in coming to the celestial region and acquiring beatitude? O foremost of speakers, do you tell me of that gift which yields high and eternal merit.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच इत्युक्तः स सुरेन्द्रेण ततो देवपुरोहितः। बृहस्पतिवृहत्तेजाः प्रत्युवाच शतक्रतुम्॥
English: Bhishma said Thus addressed by the king of the celestials, the preceptor of the gods, viz., Brihaspati of great energy, said these words in reply to him of a hundred sacrifices.
Sanskrit: बृहस्पति उवाच सुवर्णदानं गोदानं भूमिदानं च वृत्रहन्। दददेतान् महाप्राज्ञः सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते॥
English: Brihaspati said Gift of gold, gift of kine, and gift of earth, by these, O destroyer of Vritra, one becomes cleansed, O you of great wisdom, of all sins.
Sanskrit: न भूमिदानाद् देवेन्द्र परं किंचिदिति प्रभो। विशिष्टमिति मन्यामि यथा प्राहुर्मनीषिणः॥
English: There is no gift, O king of the celestials, higher than the gift of earth, O powerful one. I consider this gift as the most superior, according to what has been declared by the wise.
Sanskrit: ये शूरा निहता युद्धे स्वर्याता रणगृद्धिनः। सर्वे ते विबुधश्रेष्ठ नातिक्रामन्ति भूमिदम्॥
English: Those heroes who, fearless of battle, give their lives in battle with enemies, come to Heaven. How high sover their end, none of them can get over the giver of earth.
Sanskrit: भर्तुनिःश्रेयसे युक्तास्त्यक्तात्मानो रणे हताः। ब्रह्मलोकगता मुक्ता नातिक्रामन्ति भूमिदम्॥
English: Those men who, disregarding their bodies, give their lives in battle while working for the behoof of their masters, ascend to the region of Brahman himself. But even they are unable to get over the giver of earth.
Sanskrit: पञ्च पूर्वा हि पुरुषाः षडन्ये वसुधां गताः। एकादश ददद्भूमि परित्रातीह मानवः॥
English: By making a gift of earth one rescues these eleven, viz., five generations of ancestors and six generations of descendants.
Sanskrit: रत्नोपकीर्णा वसुधां यो ददाति पुरंदर। स मुक्तः सर्वकलुषैः स्वर्गलोके महीयते॥
English: That person, O Purandara, who makes a gift of earth rich with jewels and gems becomes purged off of all his sins and is highly respected in the celestial region.
Sanskrit: महीं स्फीतां ददद् राजन् सर्वकामगुणान्विताम्। राजाधिराजो भवति तद्धि दानमनुत्तमम्॥
English: If a person, O king, makes a gift of rich and fertile earth that is capable of granting every wish he succeeds in attaining to the position of a king of kings (in his next life). A gift of earth, therefore, is the foremost of all gifts.
Sanskrit: सर्वकामसमायुक्तां काश्यपी यः प्रयच्छति। सर्वभूतानि मन्यन्ते मां ददातीति वासव॥
English: That person, O Vasava, who makes a gift of earth capable of satisfying every wish with fruition is considered as making a gift of every object in the world,
Sanskrit: सर्वकामदुधां धेनुं सर्वकामगुणान्विताम्। ददाति यः सहस्राक्ष स्वर्ग याति स मानवः॥
English: That man who gives away a cow endued with every accomplishment and granting the fruition of every desire, succeeds O you of a thousand eyes, in attaining the celestial region.
Sanskrit: मधुसर्पिःप्रवाहिण्यः पयोदधिवहास्तथा। सरितस्तर्पयन्तीह सुरेन्द्र वसुधाप्रदम्॥
English: The giver of earth, O king of the celestials, is pleased when he comes to Heaven by hundreds of rivers which run honey an i ghee and milk and curds,
Sanskrit: भूमिप्रदानान्नृपतिर्मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषात्। न हि भूमिप्रदानेन दानमत्यद् विशिष्यते॥
English: A king, by making gifts of earth, is purged off of all his sins. There is no gift, therefore, which is superior to the gift of earth.
Sanskrit: ददाति यः समुद्रान्तां पृथिवीं शस्त्रनिर्जिताम्। तं जनाः कथयन्तीह यावद् भवति गौरियम्॥
English: That king who gives away the Earth bounded by the ocean, after having conquered it with the help of his weapons, is talked of by all men and his memory lasts as long as the mountains last on the surface of Earth.
Sanskrit: पुण्यामृद्धिरसां भूमिं यो ददाति पुरंदर। न तम्य लोकाः क्षीयन्ते भूमिदानगुणान्विताः॥
English: Gifted as he is with merits that belong to the gift of earth, the region of happiness reserved for the person who makes gift of such earth as is auspicious and rich with every taste, never become exhausted.
Sanskrit: सर्वदा पार्थिवेनेह सततं भूतिमिच्छता। भूर्देया विधिवच्छक पात्रे सुखमभीप्सुना॥
English: That king, O Shakra, who wishes to have prosperity and who wishes to acquire happiness for himself, should always make gifts of earth, with due rites, to worthy persons.
Sanskrit: अपि कृत्वा नरः पापं भूमि दत्त्वा द्विजातये। समुत्सृजति तत् पापं जीर्णो त्वचमिवोरगः॥
English: If after committing numerous sins a person makes gifts of carth to the twiceborn class, he leaves off all those sins like a snake casting off its slough.
Sanskrit: सागरान् सरितः शैलान् काननानि च सर्वशः। सर्वमेतन्नरः शक्र वसुधां ददत्॥
English: The person who makes a gift of earth is said to make gifts of everything, that is, of seas and rivers and mountains and forests.
Sanskrit: तडागान्युदपानानि स्रोतांसि च सरांसि च। स्नेहान् सर्वरसांश्चैव ददाति वसुधां ददत्॥
English: By making a gift of earth, the person is said to give away lakes and tanks and wells and rivers. On account of the moisture of earth, one is said to give away articles of various tastes by making a gift of earth.
Sanskrit: ओषधीयम्सम्पन्ना नगान् पुष्पफलान्वितान्। काननोपलशैलांश्च ददाति वसुधां ददत्॥
English: The man who makes a gift of earth is considered as giving away herbs and plants possessed of high and efficacious virtues, trees adorned with flowers and fruit, charming forests, and hillocks.
Sanskrit: अग्निष्टोमप्रभृतिभिरिष्ट्वा च स्वाप्तदक्षिणैः। त तत्फलमवाप्नोति भूमिदानाद् यदश्नुते॥
English: The merit which a person acquires by making a gift of earth is incapable of being acquired by the performance of even such great sacrifices as the Agnishtoma and others with profuse gifts in the shape of Dakshina.
Sanskrit: दाता दशानुगृह्णाति दश हन्ति तथा क्षिपन्। पूर्वदत्तां हरन् भूमिं नरकायोपगच्छति॥
English: The giver of earth, it has been already said, rescues ten generations of both his paternal and maternal families. Likewise, by taking away earth that was given away, one sinks himself into hell and casts ten generations of both one's paternal and maternal lines into the same place of misery.
Sanskrit: न ददाति प्रतिश्रुत्य दत्त्वापि च हरेत् तु यः। स बद्धो वारुणैः पाशैस्तप्यते मृत्युशासनात्॥
English: That man who having promised to make a gift of earth does not actually make it, or who having made a gift resumes it, has to pass a long time, in great misery on account of being tied with the noose of Varuna at the command of Death.
Sanskrit: आहिताग्निं सदायज्ञं कृशवृत्तिं प्रियातिथिम्। ये भजन्ति द्विजश्रेष्ठं नोपसर्पन्ति ते यमम्॥
English: Those men have never to go to Yama who honour and adore those foremost of Brahmanas who pour libations every day on their domestic fire, who are always always engaged in the performance of sacrifices, who have scanty means of livelihood, and who receive with hospitality every guest seeking shelter in their houses.
Sanskrit: ब्राह्मणेष्वनृणीभूतः पार्थिवः स्यात् पुरंदर। इतरेषां तु वर्णानां तारयेत् कृशदुर्बलान्॥
English: The king, O Purandara, should free himself from the debt he owes to the Brahmanas and protect the helpless and the weak of the other castes.
Sanskrit: नाच्छिन्द्यात् स्पर्शितां भूमि परेण त्रिदशाधिप। ब्राह्मणस्य सुरश्रेष्ठ कृशवृत्तेः कदाचन॥
English: The king should never resume, O chief of gods, earth that has been given away by another to a Brahmana. O king, of the celestials, who is destitute of the means of life.
Sanskrit: यथाश्रु पतितं तेषां दीनानामथ सीदताम्। ब्राह्मणानां हृते क्षेत्रे हन्यात् त्रिपुरुषं कुलम्॥
English: The tears that would drop from the eyes of such cheerless and destitute Brahmaras on account of their lands being resumed, are capable of destroying the ancestors and descendants to the third generation of the resumer.
Sanskrit: भूमिपालं च्युतं राष्ट्राद् यस्तु संस्थापयेन्नरः। तस्य वासः सहस्राक्ष नाकपृष्ठे महीयते॥
English: That man who reinstates a king driven away from his kingdom, gets residence in Heaven and is much honoured by the denizens thereof.
Sanskrit: इक्षुभिः संततां भूमिं यवगोधूमशालिनीम्। गोऽश्ववाप्तनपूर्णां वा बाहुवीर्यादुपार्जिताम्॥ निधिगर्भो ददद् भूमिं सर्वरत्नपरिच्छदाम्। अक्षयाँल्लभते लोकान् भूमिसत्रं हि तस्य तत्॥
English: That king who succeeds in making gifts of earth with such crops standing thereon as sugarcane or barley or wheat, or with kine and horses and other draft cattle, earth that has been acquired with the might of the giver's arms, that has mineral in its bowels and that is covered with every kind of wealth on the surface, acquires unending regions of happiness in the next world, and such a king it is that is said to celebrate the earthsacrifice.
Sanskrit: विधूय कलुषं सर्वं विरजाः सम्मतः सताम्। लोके महीयते सद्भिर्यां ददाति वसुन्धराम्॥
English: That king who makes a gift of earth is purged off of every sin and, therefore, is pure and liked by the righteous. In this world he is highly honoured and praised by all righteous men.
Sanskrit: यथाप्सु पतितः शक्र तैलविन्दुर्विसर्पति। तथा भूमिकृतं दानं सस्ये सस्ये विवर्धते॥
English: The merit of a gift of earth increases every time the earth given away bears crops for the benefit of the owner, as a drop of oil, falling upon water, is seen to extend on every side, and cover the watery surface.
Sanskrit: ये रणाग्रे महीपालाः शूराः समितिशोभनाः। वध्यन्तेऽभिमुखाः शक्र ब्रह्मलोकं व्रजन्ति ते॥
English: Those heroic kings and ornaments of assemblies who give their lives in battle with faces towards the foe, attain, O Shakra, to the region of Brahman.
Sanskrit: नृत्यगीतपरा नार्यो दिव्यमाल्यविभूषिताः। उपतिष्ठन्ति देवेन्द्र तथा भूमिप्रदं दिवि॥
English: Beautiful ladies skilled in music and dancing and adorned with garlands of celestial flowers, approach, O king of the deities, the giver of earth as he comes to Heaven departing from the Earth.
Sanskrit: मोदते च सुखं स्वर्गे देवगन्धर्वपूजितः। यो ददाति महीं सम्यग् विधिनेह द्विजातये॥
English: That king who makes gifts of Earth with due rites to persons of the twiceborn order, sports in bliss in the celestial regions, worshipped all the while by the celestials and Gandharvas.
Sanskrit: शतमप्सरसश्चैव दिव्यमाल्यविभूषिताः। उपतिष्ठन्ति देवेन्द्र ब्रह्मलोके धराप्रदम्॥
English: One hundred Apsaras, adorned with celestial garlands, approach, O king of the deities, the giver of earth as he ascends to the region of Brahman.
Sanskrit: उपतिष्ठन्ति पुण्यानि सदा भूमिप्रदं नरम्। शङ्खभद्रासनं छत्रं वराश्वा वरवाहनम्॥
English: Sweetscented flowers, an excellent conch and excellent seat, an umbrella and excellent horses with good vehicles, are always ready for the person who makes gifts of earth.
Sanskrit: भूमिप्रदानात् पुष्पाणि हिरण्यनिचयास्तथा। आज्ञा सदाप्रतिहता जयशब्दा वसूनि च॥
English: By making gifts of earth a king can always command fragrant flowers and heaps of gold. Heaving all kinds of wealth, the commands of such a king can never be disobeyed anywhere and cries of victory welcome him wherever he may go.
Sanskrit: भूमिदानस्य पुण्यानि फलं स्वर्गः पुरंदर। हिरण्यपुष्पाश्चौषध्य: कुशकाञ्चनशाद्वलाः॥
English: The rewards of the gifts of earth consist of residence in the celestial region, O Purandara, and gold, and flowers, and plants and herbs of medicinal virtue, and Kusha and mineral wealth and verdant grass.
Sanskrit: अमृतप्रसवां भूमिं प्राप्नोति पुरुषो ददत्। नास्ति भूमिसमं दानं नास्ति मातृसमो गुरुः। नास्ति सत्यसमो धर्मो नास्ति दानसमो निधिः॥
English: A person by making a gift of earth wins in his next lifenectargiving earth. There is no gift equal to a gift of earth. There is none worthy of greater respect than the mother. There is no duty higher than truth. There is no riches more valuable than that which is given away.
Sanskrit: एतदाङ्गिरसाच्छ्रुत्वा वासवो वसुधामिमाम्। वसुरत्नसमाकीर्णां ददावाङ्गिरसे तदा॥
English: Bhishma said Hearing these words from the son of Angiras, Vasava made a gift to him of the whole Earth with all her jewels and gems and all her riches.
Sanskrit: य इदं श्रावयेच्छ्राद्धे भूमिदानस्य सम्भवम्। न तस्य रक्षसां भागो नासुराणां भवत्युत॥
English: If these verses describing the merit of the gifts of earth be recited on the occasion of a Shraddha, neither Rakshasas nor Asuras can succeed in getting any share of the offering made in it.
Sanskrit: अक्षयं च भवेद् दत्तं पितृभ्यस्तन्न संशयः। तस्माच्छ्राद्धेष्विदं विद्वान् भुञ्जतः श्रावयेद् द्विजान्।।
English: Forsooth, the offerings one makes to the departed manes at such a Shraddha become unending. Hence on occasions of Shraddhas, the learned man should recite these verses on the subject of the merits of the gifts of earth, in the presence and hearing of the invited Brahmanas when engaged in eating.
Sanskrit: इत्येतत् सर्वदानानां श्रेष्ठमुक्तं तवानघ। मया भरतशार्दूल किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि॥
English: I have thus, O chief of the Bharatas, described to you that gift which is the foremost of all gifts. What else do you wish to hear?
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच कानि दानानि लोकेऽस्मिन् दातुकामो महीपतिः। गुणाधिकेभ्यो विप्रेभ्यो दद्याद् भरतसत्तम॥ केन तुष्यन्ति ते सद्यः किं तुष्टाः प्रदिशन्ति च। शंस मे तन्महाबाहो फलं पुण्यकृतं महत्॥
English: Yudhishthira said When a king wishes to make gifts in this world, what, indeed, are those gifts which he should make, O best of the Bharatas, to such Brahmanas as are endued with superior accomplishments? What gift is that by which the Brahmanas become readily pleased? What fruits do they give in return? O you of powerful arms, tell me what is the high reward which can be won through the merit of gifts.
Sanskrit: दत्तं किं फलवद् राजनिह लोके परत्र च। भवत: श्रोतुमिच्छामि तन्मे विस्तरतो वद॥
English: What gifts, O king; yield rewards both in this world and in the next? I wish to hear all this from you. Do you describe to me all this in detail.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच इममर्थं पुरा पृष्टो नारदो देवदर्शनः। यदुक्तवानसौ वाक्यं तन्मे निगदतः शृणु॥
English: Bhishma said These very questions were formerly put by me to Narada. Hear me as I recite to you what that celestial sage had told me in reply.
Sanskrit: नारद उवाच अन्नमेव प्रशंसन्ति देवा ऋषिगणास्तथा। लोकतन्त्रं हि संज्ञाश्च सर्वमन्ने प्रतिष्ठितम्॥
English: Narada said The celestials and all the Rishis speak highly of food. The course of the world and the intellectual faculties have all been fixed on food.
Sanskrit: अन्नेन सदृशं दानं न भूतं न भविष्यति। तस्मादन्नं विशेषेण दातुमिच्छन्ति मानवाः॥
English: There has never been, nor will be, any gift equal to the gift of food. Hence, men always wish particularly to make gifts of food.
Sanskrit: अन्नमूर्जस्करं लोके प्राणाश्चान्ने प्रतिष्ठिताः। अन्नेन धार्यते सर्वं विश्वं जगदिदं प्रभो॥
English: In this world, food is the root of energy and strength. The vital airs are established on food. It is food that keeps up the wide universe, O powerful one.
Sanskrit: अन्नाद् गृहस्था लोकेऽस्मिन् भिक्षवस्तापसास्तथा। अन्नाद् भवन्ति वै प्राणा: प्रत्यक्षं नात्र संशयः॥
English: All classes of men, householders and mendicants and ascetics, live upon food. The vital airs depend upon food. There is no doubt in this.
Sanskrit: कुटुम्बिने सीदते च ब्राह्मणाय महात्मने। दातव्यं भिक्षवे चान्नमात्मनो भूतिमिच्छता॥
English: Afflicting one's relatives, one, if desirous of his own prosperity, should make gifts of food to a great Brahmana or a person of the mendicant order.
Sanskrit: ब्राह्मणायाभिरूपाय यो दद्यादन्नमर्थिने। विदधाति निधिं श्रेष्ठं पारलौकिकमात्मनः॥
English: That man who makes a gift of food to an accomplished Brahmana who begs the same, secures for himself in the next world wealth of great value.
Sanskrit: श्रान्तमध्वनि वर्तन्तं वृद्धपर्हमुपस्थितम्। अर्चयेद् भूतिमन्विच्छन् गृहस्थो गृहमागतम्॥
English: The householder who seeks his own prosperity should receive with respect a deserving old man who is worn out with toil while proceeding on his way far from home, when such a man come to the householder's house.
Sanskrit: क्रोधमुत्पतितं हित्वा सुशीलो वीतमत्सरः। अन्नदः प्राप्नुते राजन् दिवि चेह च यत्सुखम्॥
English: That man who, shorn of irrepressible anger and becoming righteous in nature and freed from malice, makes gifts of food, is sure to acquire happiness, O king, both in this world and in the next.
Sanskrit: नावमन्येदभिगतं न प्रणुद्यात् कदाचन। अपि वपाके शुनि वा न दानं विप्रणश्यति॥
English: The householder should never disregard the man who comes to his place, nor should he insult him by sending him away. A gift of food made to even a Chandala or a dog is never lost.
Sanskrit: यो दद्यादपरिक्लिष्टमन्नमध्वनि वर्तते। आर्तायादृष्टपूर्वाय स महद्धर्ममाप्नुयात्॥
English: That man who makes a gift of clean food to a person on the way who is fatigued and unknown to the giver, is sure to win great merit.
Sanskrit: पितॄन् देवानृषीन् विप्नानतिथींश्च जनाधिप। यो नरः प्रीणयत्यन्नस्तस्य पुण्यफलं महत्॥
English: The man who pleases with gifts of food the departed manes, the deities, the Rishis, the Brahmanas, and guests arrived at his house, wins great merit.
Sanskrit: कृत्वातिपातकं कर्म यो दद्यादन्नमर्थिने। ब्राह्मणाय विशेषेण न स पापेन मुह्यते॥
English: That person who having committed even a heinous crime makes a gift of food to one who solicits, or to a Brahmana in special, is never stupefied by that heinous sin.
Sanskrit: ब्राह्मणेष्वक्षयं दानमन्नं शूद्रे महाफलम्। अन्नदानं हि शूद्रे च ब्राह्मणे च विशिष्यते॥
English: A gift of food made to a Brahmana becoines eternal. One made to a Shudra yields great merit. This is the difference between the merits of the gifts of food made to Brahmanas and Shudras.
Sanskrit: न पृच्छेद् गोत्रचरणं स्वाध्यायं देशमेव च। भिक्षितो ब्राह्मणेनेह दद्यादन्नं प्रयाचितः॥
English: Solicited by a Brahmana, one should not enquire about his family or conduct or Vedic learning. Asked for food, one should give food to him who asks.
Sanskrit: अन्नदस्यान्नवृक्षाश्च सर्वकामफलप्रदाः। भवन्ति चेह चामुत्र नृपतेर्नात्र संशयः॥
English: There is no doubt in this, O king, that he who makes gifts of food gets both in this world and in the next many trees giving food and every other object of desire.
Sanskrit: आशंसन्ते हि पितरः सुवृष्टिमिव कर्षकाः। अस्माकमपि पुत्रो वा पौत्रे वान्नं प्रदास्यति॥
English: Like cultivators expecting auspicious showers of rain, the departed manes always expect that their sons and grandsons would present food to them.
Sanskrit: ब्राह्मणो हि महद्भूतं स्वयं देहीति याचति। अकायो वा सकामो वा दत्त्वा पुण्यमवाप्नुयात्॥
English: The Brahmana is a great being. When he comes into one's house and solicits, saying, Give me!the owner of the house, whether actuated or not by the desire of gaining merit, is sure to win great merit by listening to that prayer.
Sanskrit: ब्राह्मणः सर्वभूतानामतिथिः प्रसृताग्रभुक्। विप्रा यदधिगच्छन्ति भिक्षमाणा गृहं सदा॥ सत्कृताश्च निवर्तन्ते तदतीव प्रवर्धते। महाभागे कुले प्रेत्य जन्म चाप्नोति भारत॥
English: The Brahmana is the guest of all creatures in the universe. He is entitled to the first part of every food. That house increases in prosperity to which the Brahmanas go from desire of getting alms and from which they return honoured on account of their desires being satisfied. The owner of such a house is born in his next life in a family, O Bharata, that has all the comforts and luxuries of life.
Sanskrit: दत्त्वा त्वन्नं नरो लोके तथा स्थानमनुत्तमम्। नित्यं मिष्टान्नदायी तु स्वर्गे वसति सत्कृतः॥
English: A man, by making gifts of food in this world, is sure to acquire an excellent place hereafter. He who makes gifts of sweet meats and all food that is sweet, gains a residence in heaven where he is honoured of all the deities and other denizens. inan
Sanskrit: अन्नं प्राणा नराणां हि सर्वमन्ने प्रतिष्ठितम्। अन्नदः पशुमान् पुत्री धनवान् भोगवानपि॥
English: Food forms the life-breaths of men. Everything rests upon food. He who makes gifts of food gets many animals, many children, profuse riches (in other shape), and all articles of comfort and luxury in profusion.
Sanskrit: प्रणवांश्चापि भवति रूपवांश्च तथा नृप। अन्नदः प्राणदो लोके सर्वदः प्रोच्यते तु सः॥
English: The giver of food is said to be the giver of life. Indeed, he is said to be the giver of everything. Hence, O king, such a acquires both strength and personal grace in this world.
Sanskrit: अन्नं हि दत्त्वातिथये ब्राह्मणाय यथाविधि। प्रदाता सुखमाप्नोति दैवतैश्चापि पूज्यते॥
English: If food be given duly to a Brahmana come to one's house as a guest, the giver acquires great happiness, and is adored by the very celestials.
Sanskrit: ब्राह्मणो हि महद्भूतं क्षेत्रभूतं युधिष्ठिर। उप्यते तत्र तद् बीजं तद्धि पुण्यफलं महत्॥
English: The Brahmana, O Yudhishthira, is a great Being. He is also a fertile field. Whatever seed is sown on that field yields an abundant crop of merit.
Sanskrit: प्रत्यक्षं प्रीतिजननं भोक्तुनुर्भवत्युत। सर्वाण्यन्यानि दानानि परोक्षफलवन्त्युत॥
English: A gift of food readily yields the happiness of both the giver and the receiver. All other gifts produce unseen fruits.
Sanskrit: अन्नाद्धि प्रसवं यान्ति रतिरन्नाद्धि भारत। धर्मार्थावन्नतो विद्धि रोगनाशं तथान्नतः॥
English: From food originate creatures. From food springs happiness and joy, O Bharata, Know that virtue and wordly profit both spring from food. The cure of disease or health also comes from food.
Sanskrit: अन्नं ह्यमृतमित्याह पुराकल्पे प्रजापतिः। अन्नं भुवं दिवं खं च सर्वमन्ने प्रतिष्ठितम्॥
English: In a former Age, the Lord of all creatures said that food is ambrosia or the source of immortality. Food is Earth, Food is Heaven, Food is the Sky. Everything rests on food.
Sanskrit: अन्नप्रणाशे भिद्यन्ते शरीरे पञ्च धातवः। बलं बलवतोऽपीह प्रणश्यत्यन्नहानितः॥
English: In the absence of food, the five elements that form the body cease to exist in a state of unison. From want of food the strength of even the strongest man is seen to fail.
Sanskrit: आवाहाश्च विवाहाश्च यज्ञाश्चान्नमृते तथा। निवर्तन्ते नरश्रेष्ठ ब्रह्म चात्र प्रलीयते॥
English: Invitation and marriages and sacrifices all cease for want of food. The very Vedas disappear when there is no food.
Sanskrit: अन्नतः सर्वमेतद्धि यत् किंचित् स्थाणु जङ्गमम्। त्रिषु लोकेषु धर्मार्थमन्नं देयमतो वुधैः॥
English: All the mobile and iminobile creatures of the universe depend on food. Virtue and, worldly profit, in the three worlds, depend on food. Hence the wise should make gifts of food.
Sanskrit: अन्नदस्य मनुष्यस्य बलमोजो यशांसि च। कीर्तिश्च वर्धते शश्वत् त्रिषु लोकेषु पार्थिव॥
English: The strength, energy, fame and achievements of the man who makes gifts of food, always multiply themselves in the three worlds, O king.
Sanskrit: मेघेवूय संनिधत्ते प्राणानां पवनः पतिः। तच्च मेघगतं वारि शक्रो वर्षति भारत॥
English: The deity of wind, places above the clouds (the water drawn by the Sun). The water thus taken to the clouds is caused by Shakra to be poured upon the Earth, O Bharata.