pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच कल्यमर्थं निषेवेत ततो धर्ममनन्तरम्। पश्चात् कामं निषेवेत न च गच्छेत् प्रसङ्गिताम्॥
English: Bhishma said One should acquire riches the first part of his life. Then should one acquire virtue, and then enjoy pleasure. One should not, however, be addicted to any of these.
Sanskrit: ब्राह्मणांश्चैव मन्येत गुरूंश्चाप्यभिपूजयेत्। सर्वभूतानुलोमश्च मृदुशील: प्रियंवदः॥
English: One should respect the Brahmanas, worship his preceptor and seniors, show mercy to all creatures, be of mild disposition and sweet speech.
Sanskrit: अधिकारे यदनृतं यच्च राजसु पैशुनम्। गुरोचालीककरणं तुल्यं तद् ब्रह्महत्यया॥
English: To utter untruth in a court of justice to behave deceitfully towards the king, to act falsely towards preceptors and elders, are considered as equivalent to Brahmanicide.
Sanskrit: प्रहरेन्न नरेन्द्रेषु न हन्याद् गां तथैव च। भ्रूणहत्यासमं चैव उभयं यो निषेवते॥
English: One should never do an act of violence to the king's body. Nor should one ever strike a cow. Both these offences are equal to the sin of foeticide.
Sanskrit: नाग्निं परित्यजेज्जातु न च वेदान् परित्यजेत्। न च ब्राह्मणमाक्रोशेत् समं तद् ब्रह्महत्यया॥
English: One should never quit his (homa) fire. One should also renounce the study of the Vedas. One should never attack a Brahmana by words or decds. All these offences are equal to Brahmanicide.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच कीदृशाः साधवो विप्राः केभ्यो दत्तं महाफलम्। कीदृशानां च भोक्तव्यं तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह॥
English: Yudhishthira said What kind of Brahinanas should be considered as good? Who are those Brahmanas by making presents to whom one may win great merit? What kind of Brahmanas are they whom one should feed? Tell me all this, O grandfather.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच अक्रोधना धर्मपरा: सत्यनित्या दमे रताः। तादृशा: साधवो विप्रास्तेभ्यो दत्तं महाफलम्॥
English: Bhishma said Those Brahmanas who are freed from anger, who are devoted to acts of virtue, who are firm in Truth, and who practise self-control, are considered as good. By making gifts to them one acquires great merit.
Sanskrit: अमानिनः सर्वसहा दृढार्थी विजितेन्द्रियाः। सर्वभूतहिता मैत्रास्तेभ्यो दत्तं महाफलम्॥
English: One acquires great merit by making presents to such Brahmanas as are free from pride capable of bearing everything, firm in the pursuit of their objects, gifted with mastery over their senses, devoted, to the behoof of all creatures, and disposed to be friendly towards all.
Sanskrit: अलुब्धाः शुचयो वैद्या ह्रीमन्तः सत्यवादिनः। स्वकर्मनिरता ये च तेभ्यो दत्तं महाफलम्॥
English: One acquires great merit by making gifts to such Brahmanas as are free from avarice, as are pure of heart and conduct, gifted with learning and modesty, truthful in speech and observant of their own duties as sanctioned in the scriptures.
Sanskrit: साङ्गाश्च चतुरो वेदानधीते यो द्विजर्षभः। षड्भ्यः प्रवृत्तः कर्मभ्यस्तं पात्रमृषयो विदुः॥
English: The Rishis have declared that Brahmana to be a deserving object of gifts who studies the four Vedas with all their auxiliaries and is devoted to the six well known duties. One acquires great merit by making gifts to Brahmanas endued with such qualifications.
Sanskrit: ये त्वेवगुणजातीयास्तेभ्यो दत्तं महाफलम्। सहस्रगुणमाप्नोति गुणार्हाय प्रदायकः॥
English: The man who makes gifts to a worthy Brahmana multiplies his merit a thousand fold. A single pious Brahmana gifted with wisdom and Vedic lore, observant of the duties laid down in the scriptures, and marked out by purity of conduct is capablu to rescue a whole family.
Sanskrit: प्रज्ञाश्रुताभ्यां वृत्तेन शीलेन च समन्वितः। तारयेत कुलं सर्वमेकोऽपीह द्विजर्षभः॥ गामश्वं वित्तमन्नं व तद्विधे प्रतिपादयेत्। द्रव्याणि चान्यानि तथा प्रेत्यभावे न शोचति॥
English: One should make gifts of kine and horses and riches and food and other kinds of articles to Brahmana who is gifted with such qualifications. By making such gifts to such persons one acquires great happiness in the next world.
Sanskrit: तारयेत कुलं सर्वमेकोऽयीह द्विजोत्तमः। किमङ्ग पुनरेवैते तस्मात् पात्रं समाचरेत्॥
English: As I have already told you, even one such Brahman can save the entire family to which the giver belongs. What need I say, therefore, O dear son of the merit of making gifts to many Brahmanas of such qualifications? In making gifts, thercfore, one should always select the object to whom the gift is to be made.
Sanskrit: निशम्य च गुणोपेतं ब्राह्मणं साधुसम्मतम्। दूरादानाय्य सत्कृत्य सर्वतश्चापि पूजयेत्॥
English: Hearing of a Brahmana gifted with proper qualifications and respected by all good people, one should invite him even if he lives at a distance and welcoming him when he arrives one should adore him by all means in his power. making gifts, thercfore, one should always select the object to whom the gift is to be made.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच श्राद्धकाले च दैवे च पित्र्येऽपि च पितामह। इच्छामीह त्वयाऽऽख्यातं विहितं यत् सुरर्षिभिः॥
English: Yudhishthira said I wish you, O grandfather to tell me what the ordinances about the rites for the deities and the departed manes on occasions of Shraddhas.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच दैवं पौर्वाह्निकं कुर्यादपराह्वे तु पैतृकम्। मङ्गलाचारसम्पन्नः कृतशौचः प्रयत्नवान्॥
English: Bhishma said Having purified oneself and then performed the well known auspicious rites, one should carefully perform all acts relating to the Pitris in the afternoon.
Sanskrit: मनुष्याणां तु मध्याह्ने प्रदद्यादुपपत्तिभिः। कालहीनं तु यद् दानं तं भागं रक्षसां विदुः॥
English: What is given to men should be given in the midday with love and regard. That gifts which is made untimely is taken by Rakshasas.
Sanskrit: लचितं चावलीढं च कलिपूर्वं च यत् कृतम्। रजस्वलाभिदृष्टं च तं भागं रक्षसां विदुः॥
English: Gifts of articles that have been leapt over by any one, or been licked or sucked, or are not given peacefully, or have been seen by women who are impure for being in their season do not produce any merit. Such gifts are considered as the portions of Rakshasas.
Sanskrit: अवघुष्टं च यद् भुक्तमव्रतेन च भारत। परामृष्टं शुना चैव तं भागं रक्षसां विदुः॥
English: Gifts of articles that have been announced before many people or from which a part has been eaten by a Shudra or, that have been seen or licked by a dog, form portions of Rakshasas.
Sanskrit: केशकीटावपतितं क्षुतं श्वभिरवेक्षितम्। रुदितं चावधूतं च तं भागं रक्षसां विदुः॥
English: Food which is mixed with hair or in which there are worms, or which has been spoiled with spittle or saliva or which has been looked at by a dog or into which teardrops have fallen or which has been trodden upon, should be known as forming the part of Rakshasas.
Sanskrit: निरोङ्कारेण यद् भुक्तं सशस्त्रेण च भारत। दुरात्मना च यद् भुक्तं तं भागं रक्षसां विदुः॥
English: Food that has been eaten by a person incompetent to utter the syllable Om, or that has been eaten by a person bearing arms, O Bharata, or that has been caten by a wicked person, should be known as due to Rakshasas.
Sanskrit: परोच्छिष्टं च यद् भुक्तं परिभुक्तं च यद् भवेत्। दैवे पित्र्ये च सततं तं भागं रक्षसां विदुः॥
English: The food that is caten by a person from which a part has already been extent by another, or which is eaten without a part thereof having been offered to gods and guests and children, is appropriated by Rakshasas. Such impure food, if offered to the deities and Pitris is never accepted by them but is appropriated by Rakshasas.
Sanskrit: मन्त्रहीनं क्रियाहीनं यच्छ्राद्धं परिविष्यते। त्रिभिर्वर्णर्नरश्रेष्ठ तं भागं रक्षसां विदुः॥
English: The food that is offered by the three twice born classes in Shraddhas in which Mantras are either not uttered or uttered incorrectly and in which the ordinances laid down in the scriptures are not duly performed, if given to guests and other people, is appropriated by Rakshasas.
Sanskrit: आज्याहुतिं विना चैव यत्किञ्चित् परिविष्यते। दुराचारैश्च यद् भुक्तं तं भागं रक्षसां विदुः॥
English: The food that is given to guests without having been previously dedicated to the deities or the Pitris with the help of libations on the sacred fire, or which has been sullied on account of a part thereof having been eaten by a person who is wicked or of irreligious conduct, should be known as being due to Rakshasas.
Sanskrit: ये भागा रक्षसां प्राप्तास्त उक्ता भरतर्षभ। अत ऊर्ध्वं विसर्गस्य परीक्षां ब्राह्मणे शृणु॥
English: I have described to you the dues of the Rakshasas. Listen now to me as I put down the rules for determining the Brahmana who is worthy of gifts.
Sanskrit: यावन्तः पतिता विप्रा जडोन्मत्तास्तथैव च। दैवे वाप्यथ पित्र्ये वा राजन् नार्हन्ति केतनम्॥
English: All Brahmanas that have been outcasted, as also Brahmanas who are idiots and insane, do not deserve to be invited to Shraddhas in which offerings are made to either the deities or the departed manes.
Sanskrit: श्वित्री क्लीबश्च कुष्ठी च तथा यक्ष्महतश्च यः। अपस्मारी च यश्चान्धो राजन् नार्हन्ति केतनम्॥
English: That Brahmanas who is afflicted with leucoderina, or he who is shorn of generative power, or he who has got leprosy, or he who has got phthisis, or he who suffers from epilepsy, or he who is blind, should not O king, be invited.
Sanskrit: चिकित्सका देवलका वृथा नियमधारिणः। सोमविक्रयिणश्चैव राजन् नार्हन्ति केतनम्॥
English: Those Brahinana who practise as physicians, those who get regular pay for adoring the images of gods established by the rich or live upon the service of the gods, those who observe vows from pride or other false motives and those who sell Soma wine, do not deserve to be invited.
Sanskrit: गायना नर्तकाश्चैव प्लवका वादकास्तथा। कथका योधकाश्चैव राजन् नार्हन्ति केतनम्॥
English: Those Brahmanas who are by profession, vocalists, or dancers or players or instrumental musicians, or reciters of sacred books, or warriors and athletes, should not, O king be invited.
Sanskrit: होतारो वृषलानां च वृषलाध्यापकास्तथा। तथा वृषलशिष्याश्च राजन् नार्हन्ति केतनम्॥
English: Those Brahmanas who pour libations on the sacred fire for Shudras or who are preceptors of Shudras, or who are servant of Shudra masters, should not be invited.
Sanskrit: अनुयोक्ता च यो विप्रो अनुयुक्तश्च भारत। नाहतस्तावपि श्राद्धं ब्रह्मविक्रयिणौ हि तौ॥
English: That Brahmana who is paid for his services as a preceptor or who attends as a pupil upon the lectures of some preceptor for an allowance paid to him, does not deserve to be invited, for both of thein are considered as sellers of Vedic learning.
Sanskrit: अग्रणीर्यः कृतः पूर्वं वर्णावरपरिग्रहः। ब्राह्मणः सर्वविद्योऽपि राजन् नार्हति केतनम्॥
English: That Brahmana who has been once induced to accept the gift of food in a Shraddha at the very beginning, as also he who has married a Shudra wife, even if gifted with every sort of knowledge, should not be invited.
Sanskrit: अनग्नयश्च ये विप्रा मृतनिर्यातकाश्च ये। स्तेनाश्च पतिताश्चैव राजन् नार्हन्ति केतनम्॥
English: Those Brahmanas who have no domestic fire, and they who attend upon corpses, they who are thieves, and they who have otherwise degraded themselves, do not o king, deserve to be invited.
Sanskrit: अपरिज्ञातपूर्वाश्च गणपूर्वाश्च भारत। पुत्रिकापूर्वपुत्राश्च श्राद्धे नार्हन्ति केतनम्॥
English: Those Brahmanas whose antecedents are not known or are vile, and they who are Putrika-putras, should not, O king, be invited on occasions of Shraddhas.
Sanskrit: ऋणकर्ता च यो राजन् यश्च वाधुषिको नरः। प्राणिविक्रयवृत्तिश्च राजन् नार्हन्ति केतनम्॥
English: That Brahmana who gives loans of money, or he who lives upon the interest of the loans given by him, or he who lives by the sale of living creatures, should not, O king, be invited.
Sanskrit: स्त्रीपूर्वाः काण्डपृष्ठाश्च यावन्तो भरतर्षभ। अजपा ब्राह्मणाश्चैव श्राद्धे नाहन्ति केतनम्॥
English: Persons who are henpecked or they who live by becoming the paramours of unchaste women, or they who do not perform their morning and evening prayers, should not, O king, be invited to Shraddhas.
Sanskrit: श्राद्धे दैवे च निर्दिष्टो ब्राह्मणो भरतर्षभ। दातुः प्रतिग्रहीतुश्च शृणुष्वानुग्रहं पुनः॥
English: Listen now to me as I say who the Brahmava is who has been ordained for acts done in honour of the gods and the departed manes. Indeed, I shall tell you what those merits are on account of which one may become a giver or a recipient of gifts in Shraddhas.
Sanskrit: चीर्णव्रता गुणैर्युक्ता भवेयुर्येऽपि कर्षकाः। सावित्रीज्ञाः क्रियावन्तस्ते राजन् केतनक्षमाः॥
English: Those Brahmanas who perform the rites and ceremonies laid down in the scriptures, or they who are possessed of merit, or they who know well the Gayatri, or they who perform the ordinary duties of Brahmanas, even if they happen to take lo agriculture for a living, are capable, O king, of being invited to Shraddhas.
Sanskrit: क्षात्रधर्मिणमण्याजौ केतयेत् कुलजं द्विजम्। न त्वेव वणिजं तात श्राद्धे च परिकल्पयेत्॥
English: If a Brahmana happens to be well born, he should be invited to Shraddhas notwithstanding his taking up arms for fighting the battles of others. That Brahmana however O son, who happens lo drive a trade for a living should be discarded.
Sanskrit: अग्निहोत्री च यो विप्रो ग्रामवासी च यो भवेत्। अस्तेनश्चातिथिज्ञश्च स राजन् केतनक्षमः॥
English: That Brahmana who pours libations every day on the sacred fire, or who lives in a fixed habitation, who is not a thief and who performs the duties of hospitality to guests arrived at his house, should O king, be invited to Shraddhas.
Sanskrit: सावित्री जपते यस्तु त्रिकालं भरतर्षभ। भिक्षावृत्तिः क्रियावांश्च स राजन् केतनक्षमः॥
English: That Brahmana, O chief of Bharata's race, who recites the Savitri morning, noon and night or who lives upon charity begging as much as is necessary, who is observant of the rites and ceremonies laid down in the scriptures for persons of his order, should, O king, be invited to Shraddhas.
Sanskrit: उदितास्तमितो यश्च तथैवास्तमितोदितः। अहिंस्रश्चाल्पदोषश्च स राजन् केतनक्षमः॥
English: That Brahmana who having acquired riches in the morning becomes poor in the afternoon, or who poor in the morning becomes rich in the evening, or who is shorn of inalice or is stained by a minor faulty should, O king, be invited to Shraddhas.
Sanskrit: अकल्कको ह्यतर्कश्च ब्राह्मणो भरतर्षभ। संसर्गे भैक्ष्यवृत्तिश्च स राजन् केतनक्षमः॥
English: That Brahmana who is shorn of pride or sin, who is not given to dry disputation, or who lives upon alms got in his rounds of mendicancy from house to house; should, O king, be invited to sacrifices.
Sanskrit: अव्रती कितवः स्तेन: प्राणिविक्रयिको वणिक्। पश्चाच्च पीतवान् सोमं स राजन् केतनक्षमः॥
English: One who does not observe vows or who is given to untruth, who is a theif, or who lives by the sale of living creatures or by trade in general, should be invited to Shraddhas, ) king, if he happen to subsequently drink Soma in a sacrifice.
Sanskrit: अर्जयित्वा धनं पूर्वं दारुणैरपि कर्मभिः। भवेत् सर्वातिथिः पश्चात् स राजन् केतनक्षः॥
English: That man who having acquired riches by foul or cruel means subsequently spends it in worshipping the gods and performing the duties of hospitality, becomes worthy, O king, of being invited to Shraddhas.
Sanskrit: ब्रह्मविक्रयनिर्दिष्टं स्त्रिया यच्चार्जितं धनम्। अदेयं पितृविप्रेभ्यो यच्च क्लैब्यादुपार्जितम्॥
English: The riches that one has acquired by the sale of Vedic learning, or which has been acquired by a woman, or which has been gamed by meanness, should never be given to Brahmanas or spent in making offerings to the departed manes.
Sanskrit: क्रियमाणेऽपवर्गे च यो द्विजो भरतर्षभ। न व्याहरति यद्युक्तं तस्याधर्मो गवानृतम्॥
English: That Brahmana, O chief of Bharata's race, who upon the completion of a Shraddha that is performed with his help, refuses to utter the words yukta, commits the sin of swearing falsely in a suit for land.
Sanskrit: श्राद्धस्य ब्राह्मणः कालः प्राप्तं दधि घृतं तथा। सोमक्षयश्च मांसं च यदारण्यं युधिष्ठिर॥
English: The time for celebrating the Shraddha, O Yudhishthira, is that when one gets a good Brahmana and curds and clarified butter and the sacred day of the new moon and the meat of wild animals such as deer and others.
Sanskrit: श्राद्धापवर्गे विप्रस्य स्वधा वै मुदिता भवेत्। क्षत्रियस्यापि यो ब्रूयात् प्रीयन्तां पितरस्त्विति॥
English: Upon the termination of a Shraddha performed by a Brahmana the word Svadha should be uttered. If performed by a Kshatriya the words that should be uttered are Let your departed manes be pleased.
Sanskrit: अपवर्गे त वैश्यस्य श्राद्धकर्मणि भारत। अक्षय्यमभिधातव्यं स्वस्ति शूद्रस्य भारत॥ पुण्याहवाचनं दैवं ब्राह्मणस्य विधीयते। एतदेव निरोङ्कारं क्षत्रियस्य विधीयते॥ वैश्यस्य दैवे वक्तव्यं प्रीयन्तां देवता इति। कर्मणामानुपूर्वेण विधिपूर्वं कृतं शृणु॥
English: Upon the completion of Shraddha performed by a Vaishya, O Bharata, the word that should be uttered are; Let everything become endless! Likewise upon the completion of a Shraddha performed by a Shudra, the word that should be uttered is Svasti As regards a Brahmana, the Punyaham declaration should be accompanied with the utterance of the syllable Om. In the case of a Kshatriya, such declaration should be without the utterance of the syllable Om. In the acts performed by a Vaishya the words, instead of the syllable Om. should be Let the gods be pleased. Listen now to me as I tell you the rites that should be performed, one after another, as given in the ordinances.
Sanskrit: जातकर्मादिकाः सर्वास्त्रिषु वर्णेषु भारत। ब्रह्माक्षत्रे हि मन्त्रोक्ता वैश्यस्य च युधिष्ठिर॥
English: All the rites consequent upon birth, O Bharata, are necessary in the case of all the three castes. All these rites, O Yudhishthira, in the case of both Brahmanas and Kshatriyas as also in that of Vaishyas, are to be performed with the help of Mantras.
Sanskrit: विप्रस्य रशना मौजी मौर्वी राजन्यगामिनी। बाल्वजी ह्येव वैश्यस्य धर्म एष युधिष्ठिर।॥
English: The girdle of Brahmana should be made of Munja grass. That of a Kshatriya should be a bowstring. The Vaishya's girdle should be made of the Valvaji grass. This has been laid down in the scriptures.
Sanskrit: दातुः प्रतिग्रहीतुश्च धर्माधर्माविमौ शृणु। ब्राह्मणस्यानृतेऽधर्मः प्रोक्तः पातकसंज्ञितः। चतुर्गुणः क्षत्रियस्य वैश्यस्याष्टगुणः स्मृतः॥
English: Listen now to me as I explain to you what forms the merits and demerits of both givers and recipients of gifts. A Brahmana violates his duty by uttering an untruth. Such an act on his part is sinful. A Kshatriya perpetrates four fold and a Vaishya eightfold the sin that a Brahmana incurs by uttering an untruth.
Sanskrit: नान्यत्र ब्राह्मणोऽश्नीयात् पूर्वं विप्रेण केतितः। यवीयान् पशुहिंसायां तुल्यधर्मो भवेत् स हि॥
English: A Brahmana should not eat elsewhere, having been previously invited by a Brahmana. By eating at the house of the person by whom he has been invited afterwards, he becomes inferior and even incurs the sin of the slaughter of an animal on occasions other than those of sacrifices.
Sanskrit: तथा राजन्यवैश्याभ्यां यद्यश्नीयात्तु केतितः। यवीयान् पशुहिंसायां भागार्धं समवाप्नुयात्॥
English: So also, if he eats elsewhere after having been invited by a Kshatriya or a Vaishya, he falls away from his position and incurs half the sin of the slaughter of an animal on occasion other than those of sacrifices.
Sanskrit: दैवं वाप्यथवा पिव्यं योऽश्नीयाद् ब्राह्मणादिषु। अस्नातो ब्राह्मणो राजस्तस्याधर्मो गवानृतम्॥
English: That Brahmana, O king, who eats on occasions of such acts as are performed in honour of the gods or the departed manes by Brahmanas and Kshatriyas and Vaishyas, without having performed his ablutions, commits the sin of uttering an untruth for a COW.
Sanskrit: आशौचो ब्राह्मणो राजन् योऽश्नीयाद् ब्राह्मणादिषु। ज्ञानपूर्वमथो लोभात् तस्याधर्मो गवानृतम्॥
English: That Brahmana, O king, who eats on occasions of similar acts performed by persons belonging to three higher castes, at a time when he is impure on account of either a birth or a death among his cognates, and knowing that he is impure or through temptation, commits the same sin.
Sanskrit: अर्थेनान्येन यो लिप्सेत् कर्मार्थं चैव भारत। आमन्त्रयति राजेन्द्र तस्याधर्मोऽनृतं स्मृतम्॥
English: He who lives upon riches acquired under false pretences like that of sojourns to sacred places or who begs the giver for riches pretending that he would spend it in religious acts, commits, O king, the sin of uttering an untruth,
Sanskrit: अवेदव्रतचारित्रास्त्रिभिर्वर्णयुधिष्ठिर। मन्त्रवत्परिविष्यन्ते तस्याधर्मो गवानृतम्॥
English: That person, belonging to any of the three higher castes, O Yudhishthira, Yudhishthira, who at Shraddhas and on other occasions distributes food with the help of Mantras, to such Brahmanas as do not study the Vedas or who do not observe vows or who have not purified their conduct, forsooth, commits sin.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच पित्र्यं वाप्यथवा दैवं दीयते यत् पितामह। एतदिच्छाम्यहं ज्ञातुं दत्तं केषु महाफलम्॥
English: Yudhishthira said I wish O grandfather, to know who those persons are by giving to whom the things dedicated to the gods and the departed manes, one may acquire sufficient rewards.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच येषां दाराः प्रतीक्षन्ते सुवृष्टिमिव कर्षकाः। उच्छेषपरिशेषं हि तान् भोजय युधिष्ठिर॥
English: Bhishma said Do you, O Yudhishthira, feed those Brahmanas whose wives respectfully wait for the residue of the dishes of their husbands like tillers of the soil waiting respectfully for timely showers of rain.
Sanskrit: चारित्रनिरता राजन् ये कृशाः कृशवृत्तयः। अर्थिनश्चोपगच्छन्ति तेषु दत्तं महाफलम्॥
English: By making gifts to those Brahmanas who are always of pure conduct, О king, who are liberated by abstaining from all luxuries and even full meals who are given to the observance of such vows as lead to the emaciation of the body, and who approach givers with the object of getting gifts, one acquires great merit.
Sanskrit: तद्भक्तास्तद्गृहा राजस्तद्वलास्तदपाश्रयाः। अर्थिनश्च भवन्त्यर्थे तेषु दत्तं महाफलम्॥
English: By making gifts to Brahmanas who considers conduct in the light of food, who considers conduct in the light of wives and children, who considers conduct in the light of strength, who considers conduct in the light of their refuge for crossing this world and acquiring happiness in the next, and who beg for riches only when wealth is absolutely needed, one acquires great merit.
Sanskrit: तस्करेभ्यः परेभ्यो वा ये भयार्ता युधिष्ठिर। अर्थिनो भोक्तुमिच्छन्ति तेषु दत्तं महाफलम्॥
English: By making gifts to those persons, O Yudhishthira, who having lost everything through thieves or oppressors, approach the giver one gains great merit.
Sanskrit: अकल्ककस्य विप्रस्य रौक्ष्यात् करकृतात्मनः। वटवो यस्य भिक्षन्ति तेभ्यो दत्तं महाफलम्॥
English: By making gifts to such Brahmanas as beg food from the hands of even a poor person of their caste who has just got something from others, one acquires great merit.
Sanskrit: हृतस्वा हृतदाराश्च ये विप्रा देशसम्लवे। अर्थार्थमभिगच्छन्ति तेभ्यो दत्तं महाफलम्॥
English: By making gifts to such Brahmanas as have lost everything in times of universal distress and as have been deprived of their wives on such occasions, and as come to givers with solicitations for alms one acquires great merit.
Sanskrit: व्रतिनो नियमस्थाश्च ये विप्राः श्रुतसम्मताः। तत्समाप्त्यर्थमिच्छन्ति तेभ्यो दत्तं महाफलम्॥
English: By making gifts to such Brahmanas as observe vows and as place themselves voluntarily under painful rules and regulations, according to the Vedic injunctions, and as come to solicit riches for spending it upon the rites necessary to complete their vows and other observances one acquires great merit.
Sanskrit: अत्युत्क्रान्ताश्च धर्मेषु पाषण्डसमयेषु च। कृशप्राणाः कृशधनास्तेभ्यो दत्तं महाफलम्॥
English: By making gifts to such Brahmanas as live at a great distance from the practices followed by the sinful and the wicked, as are shorn of strength for want of adequate support, and as are very poor in earthly possessions, one acquires great merit.
Sanskrit: कृतसर्वस्वहरणा निर्दोषाः प्रभविष्णुभिः। स्पृहयन्ति च भुक्त्वान्नं तेषु दत्तं महाफलम्॥
English: By making gifts to such Brahmanas as have been deprived of all their possessions by powerful men but as are perfectly innocent and as desire to fill their stomachs with any and every sort of food, one acquires great merit.
Sanskrit: तपस्विनस्तपोनिष्ठास्तेषां भैक्षचराश्च ये। अर्थिनः किञ्चिदिच्छन्ति तेषु दत्तं महाफलम्॥
English: By making gifts to such Brahmanas as beg on behalf of others performing penances and devoted to them, and as are satisfied with even small gifts one acquires great merit.
Sanskrit: महाफलविधिने श्रुतस्ते भरतर्षभ। निरयं येन गच्छन्ति स्वर्गे चैव हि तच्छृणु॥
English: You have now, O foremost of Bharata's race, heard what the scriptural declarations are about the acquisition of great merit by the making of gifts. Hear from me now, of those acts that lead to hell or heaven.