pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: परस्परविरुद्धानां प्रियं नूनं चिकीर्षसि। सुहृदामुपरोधेन तेनासि हरिणः कृशः॥
English: Urged by them you seek to please all your friends even when they are quarrelling and opposing one another. It is for this that you are so pale and lean.
Sanskrit: श्रोत्रियांश्च विकर्मस्थान् प्राज्ञांश्चाप्यजितेन्द्रियान्। मन्येऽनुध्यायसि जनांस्तेनासि हरिणः कृशः॥
English: Seeing persons gifted with Vedic learning engaged in improper deeds, and learned persons unable to keep their senses under control, you are filled with grief. It is for this that you are so pale and lean.
Sanskrit: एवं सम्पूजितं रक्षो विप्रं तं प्रत्यपूजयत्। सखायमकरोच्चैनं संयोज्याधैर्मुमोच ह॥
English: Thus praised the Rakshasa adored that learned Brahmana in return, and making him his friend and bestowing sufficient riches upon himn in gift, sent him away. Seeing persons gifted with Vedic learning engaged in improper deeds, and learned persons unable to keep their senses under control, you are filled with grief. It is for this that you are so pale and lean.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच केन ते च भवेत् प्रीतिः कथं तुष्टिं तु गच्छसि। इति पृष्टः सुरेन्द्रेण प्रोवाच हरिरीश्वरः॥
English: Bhishma said The king of the celestials viz., Indra after the Pitris had ceased to speak addressed the powerful Hari, saying, O Lord what are those deeds which please you? How indeed do men succeed in pleasing you?
Sanskrit: विष्णु उवाच ब्राह्मणानां परीवादो मम विद्वेषणं महत्। ब्राह्मणैः पूजितैर्नित्यं पूजितोऽहं न संशयः॥
English: Vishnu said That which I greatly hate, is the detraction of Brahmanas. Forsooth, if the Brahmanas are adored I consider myself adored.
Sanskrit: नित्याभिवाद्या विप्रेन्द्रा भुक्त्वा पादौ तथात्मनः। तेषां तुष्यामि मानां यश्चक्रे च बलिं हरेत्॥
English: All superior Brahmanas should always be saluted with respect, after feeding them with hospitality. One should respect his own feet also (in the evening). I am pleased with men who act thus, as also with those who worship and make offerings to the whirl that is noticeable on cowdung.
Sanskrit: वामनं ब्राह्मणं दृष्ट्वा वराहं च जलोत्थिम्। उद्धृतां धरणीं चैव मूर्धा धारयते तु यः॥ न तेषामशुभं किंचित् कल्मषं चोपपद्यते। अश्वत्यं रोचनां गां च पूजयेद् यो नरः सदा॥ पूजितं च जगत् तेन सदेवासुरमानुषम्। तेन रूपेण तेषां च पूजां गृह्णामि तत्त्वतः॥
English: They who see a Brahmana that is a dwarf in stature, or a boar that has just risen from water and that bears on his head a quantity of mud taken up from the bank, have never to meet with any evil, They become freed from every sin. That man who adores every day the Ashvattha (Ficus religiosa) and the substance called Gorochana and the cow, is considered as adoring the whole universe with the celestials and Asuras and human beings. Indeed, staying within these, I accept in my own form the adoration that is offered to them.
Sanskrit: पूजा ममैषा नास्त्यन्या यावल्लोकाः प्रतिष्ठिताः। अन्यथा हि वृथा माः पूजयन्त्यल्पवुद्धयः॥ नाहं तत् प्रतिगृह्णामि न सा तुष्टिकरी मम॥
English: The worship that is offered to these is the adoration offered to me. This has been so as long as the worlds have been created. Those little witted men who adore me in a different way, worship me in vain, for the worship of that kind I never accept. Indeed, the worship of other kind is not at all pleasing to me.
Sanskrit: इन्द्र उवाच चक्रं पादौ वराहं च ब्राह्मणं चापि वामनम्। उद्धृतां धरणीं चैव किमर्थं त्वं प्रशंससि॥
English: Indra said Why do you speak highly of the circular marks on cowdung, the feet, the boar, the Brahmana that is a dwarf in stature and mud raised up from the soil?
Sanskrit: भवान् सृजति भूतानि भवान् संहरति प्रजाः। प्रकृतिः सर्वभूतानां समानां सनातनी॥
English: It is you who create all creatures and it is you who destroy them. You are the eternal nature of all transitory things.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच सम्प्रहस्य ततो विष्णुरिदं वचनमब्रवीत्। चक्रेण निहता दैत्याः पद्भ्यां क्रान्ता वसुन्धरा॥
English: Bhishma said Hearing these words of Indra, Vishnu smiled a little and then said, It was with my circular disc that the Daityas were killed. It was with my two feet that the world was covered.
Sanskrit: वाराहं रूपमास्थाय हिरण्याक्षो निपातितः। वामनं रूपमास्थाय जितो राजा मया बलिः॥
English: Assuming the forin of a boar I killed Hiranyaksha. Assuming the form of a dwarf I conquered king Bali.
Sanskrit: परितुष्टो भवाम्येवं मानुषाणां महात्मनाम्। तन्मां ये पूजयिष्यन्ति नास्ति तेषां पराभवः॥
English: Those great men who adore these, gratify me. Indeed, they who worship me in these forms never meet with dcfeat.
Sanskrit: अपि वा ब्राह्मणं दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मचारिणमागतम्। ब्राह्मणाग्र्याहुतिं दत्त्वा अमृतं तस्य भोजनम्॥
English: If one, seeing a celibate a Brahmana arrived at one's house, offers to him the first portion of his food that belongs as of right to a Brahmana, and eats the residue he is considered as eating Amrita.
Sanskrit: ऐन्द्रीं संध्यामुपासित्वा आदित्याभिमुखः स्थितः। सर्वतीर्थेषु स स्नातो मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषैः॥
English: If one, after worshipping the moon-twilight, stands with face directed towards the Sun, he reaps the merit that belongs to the performance of ablutions in all Tirthas and becomes purged off of all sins.
Sanskrit: एतद् वः कथितं गुह्यमखिलेन तपोधनाः। संशयं पृच्छमानानां किं भूयः कथयाम्यहम्॥
English: You Rishis having penances for wealth, I have told you in detail what forms a great mystery. On what else shall I discourse to you? Tell me your doubts!
Sanskrit: बलदेव उवाच श्रूयतां परमं गुह्यं मानुषाणां सुखावहम्। अजानन्तो यदबुधाः क्लिश्यन्ते भूतपीडिताः॥
English: Baladeva said Listen now to another great mystery that yields happiness to men. Unacquainted with it, ignorant persons suffer much distress from other creatures.
Sanskrit: कल्य उत्थाय यो मर्त्यः स्पृशेद् गां वै घृतं दधि। सर्षपं च प्रियर्थं च कल्मषात् प्रतिमुच्यते॥
English: That man who rising early dawn, touches a cow, clarified butter and curds, as also mustard seeds and the larger variety thereof called Priyangu, becomes purged off of all his sins.
Sanskrit: भूतानि चैव सर्वाणि अग्रतः पृष्ठतोऽपि वा। उच्छिष्टं वापि च्छिद्रेषु वर्जयन्ति तपोधनाः॥
English: As regards Rishis having penances for wealth they always avoid all creatures both before and behind, as also all that is impure, while performing Shraddhas.
Sanskrit: देवा ऊचुः प्रगृह्यौदुम्बरं पात्रं तोयपूर्णमुदङ्मुखः। उपवासं तु गृह्णीयाद् यद् वा संकल्पयेद् व्रतम्॥ देवतास्तस्य तुष्यन्ति कामिकं चापि सिध्यति। अन्यथा हि वृथा मर्त्याः कुर्वते स्वल्पबुद्धयः॥
English: The Deities said If a person, taking a vessel of copper filling it with water and facing the East determines upon a fast or the observance of a particular vow, the celestials become pleased with him and all his wishes become crowned with fortune. By observing fasts or vows in any other way, littlewitted man gain nothing.
Sanskrit: उपवासे बलौ चापि ताम्रपात्रं विशिष्यते। बलिर्भिक्षा तथाऱ्या च पितॄणां च तिलोदकम्॥ ताम्रपात्रेण दातव्यमन्यथाऽहल्पफलं भवेत्। गुह्यमेतत् समुद्दिष्टं यथा तुष्यन्ति देवताः॥
English: In uttering the resolution about the observance of fasts and in making offerings to the celestials, the use of a vessel of copper is preferable. In presenting the offerings to the celestials in (giving and accepting) alms, in presenting the ingredients of the Argha, and in offering oblations of water mixed with sesame seeds to the departed Manes, a vessel of copper should be used. By doing these acts in any other way, one acquires little merit. These mysteries have been laid down about how the deities are pleased.
Sanskrit: धर्म उवाच राजपौरुषिके विप्रे घाण्टिके परिचारिके। गोरक्षके वाणिजके तथा कारुकुशीलवे॥ मित्रदुह्यनधीयाने यश्च स्याद् वृषलीपतिः। एतेषु दैवं पित्र्यं वा न देयं स्यात् कथंचन॥
English: Dharma said The offerings made in all rites in honour of the celestials and in those in honour of the departed Manes, should never be given away to a Brahmana who has accepted service under the king or who rings the bell or attends to minor duties in acts of worship or at Shraddhas, or who keeps kine or who drives a trade, or who follows some art as a profession, or who is an actor, or who quarrels with friends or who is destitute of Vedic studies, or who marries a Shudra woman.
Sanskrit: पिण्डदास्तस्य हीयन्ते न च प्रीणाति वै पितॄन्। अतिथिर्यस्य भग्नाशो गृहात् प्रतिनिवर्तते॥
English: The performer of the Shraddha who gives away such offerings to such a Brahmana, losses prosperity and multiplies not his race. He fails, again to gratify his Pitris by doing such an act.
Sanskrit: पितरस्तस्य देवाश्च अग्नयश्च तथैव हि। निराशा: प्रतिगच्छन्ति अतिथेरप्रतिग्रहात्॥
English: From the house of that person whence a guest returns unsatisfied, the Pitris, the deities, and the sacred fires, all return disappointed on account of such treatment of the guest.
Sanskrit: स्त्रीनैर्गोनैः कृतघ्नैश्च ब्रह्मघ्नैर्गुरुतल्पगेः। तुल्यदोषो भवत्येभिर्यस्यातिथिरनर्चितः॥
English: That man who does not perform the duties of hospitality towards the guest arrived at his house comes to be considered as equally sinful with those who are slayers of women or of kine, who are ungrateful towards benefactors, who are slayers of Brahmanas, or who are violators of the beds of their preceptors.
Sanskrit: अग्नि रुवाच पादमुद्यम्य यो मर्त्यः स्पृशेद् गाश्च सुदुर्मतिः। ब्राह्मणं वा महाभागं दीप्यमानं तथानलम्॥ तस्य दोषान् वक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुध्वं समाहिताः। दिवं स्पृशत्यशब्दोऽस्य त्रस्यन्ति पितरश्च वै॥ वैमनस्यं च देवानां कृतं भवति पुष्कलम्। पावकश्च महातेजा हव्यं न प्रतिगृह्णति॥
English: Agni said Listen you with rapt attention. I shall describe the demerits of that man of wicked understanding who lifts up his feet for striking therewith a cow or a highly blessed Brahmana or a burning fire. The infamy of such man spreads throughout the world and reaches the boundary of Heaven itself. His Pítris become filled with fear. The deities also become highly dissatisfied with him. Gifted with great energy, Fire refuses to accept the libations poured by him.
Sanskrit: आजन्मनां शतं चैव नरके पच्यते तु सः। निष्कृतिं च न तस्यापि अनुमन्यन्ति कर्हिचित्॥
English: For a hundred lives he has to rot in Hell. He is never rescued at any time.
Sanskrit: तस्माद् गावो न पादेन स्प्रष्टव्या वै कदाचन। ब्राह्मणश्च महातेजा दीप्यमानस्तथानलः॥ श्रद्वधानेन मर्येन आत्मनो हितमिच्छता। एते दोषा मया प्रोक्तास्त्रिषु यः पादमुत्सृजेत्॥
English: One should, therefore, never touch a cow with his feet or a Brahmana of high energy or a burning fire, if he is gifted with faith and seeks his own behoof. These are the demerits declared by me of one who lifts up his feet towards these three.
Sanskrit: विश्वामित्र उवाच श्रूयतां परमं गुह्यं रहस्यं धर्मसंहितम्। परमान्नेन यो दद्यात् पितॄणामौपहारिकम्॥ गजच्छायायां पूर्वस्यां कुतपे दक्षिणामुखः। यदा भाद्रपदे मासि भवते बहुले मघा॥ श्रूयतां तस्य दानस्य यादृशो गुणविस्तरः। कृतं तेन महच्छ्राद्धं वर्षाणीह त्रयोदश॥
English: Vishwamitra said Listen to a great mystery that is unknown to most of men and which is connected with religion. He, who offers to the departed manes, rice boiled in milk and sugar, sitting with face directed to the south at noontide, in the shade caused by an elephant's body in the month of Bhadrapada, under the constellation Magha, acquires great merits. Hear of those merits. The man who makes such an offering to the Pitris under such circumstances, is considered as performing a great Shraddha each year for thirteen years successively.
Sanskrit: गाव: ऊचुः बहुले समंगे ह्यकुतोऽभये च क्षेमे च सख्येव हि भूयसी च। यथा पुरा ब्रह्मपुरे सवत्सा शतक्रतोर्वज्रधरस्य यज्ञे।॥ भूयश्च या विष्णुपदे स्थिता ता विभावसोश्चापि पथे स्थिता या। देवाश्च सर्वे सह नारदेन प्रकुर्वते सर्वसहेति नाम॥ मन्त्रेणैतेनाभिवन्देत यो वै विमुच्यते पापकृतेन कर्मणा। लोकानवाप्नोति पुरंदरस्य गवां फलं चन्द्रमसो द्युतिं च
English: The Kine said That man becomes purged off of all his sins who worships a cow with these Mantras. viz., O Bahula, O Samanga, O you who are fearless everywhere, O you who are forgiving and full of auspiciousness, O friend, O source of all plenty, in the region of Brahman, formerly you were present with your calf in the sacrifice of Indra the holder of the thunderbolt! You were stationed in the sky and in the path of Agni! The celestials with Narada among them worshipped you on that occasion by calling you Sarvamsaha! Such a man attains to the region of Purandara. He acquires, besides, the merits that belong to kine, and the splendour of the Moon also.
Sanskrit: एतं हि मन्त्रं त्रिदशभिजुष्टं पठेत यः पर्वसु गोष्ठमध्ये। न तस्य पापं न भयं न शोकः सहस्रनेत्रस्य च याति लोकम्॥
English: Such a man becomes freed from every sin, every fear, every grief. At the end, he acquires residence in the happy region of the Thousand eyed Indra.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच अथ सप्त महाभाग ऋषयो लोकविश्रुताः। वसिष्ठप्रमुखः सर्वे ब्रह्माणं पद्मसम्भवम्॥
English: Bhishma said After this, the highly blessed and illustrious seven Rishis headed by Vashishtha, rose and going round the Louts-born Brahman stood around him with hands joined in respect.
Sanskrit: प्रदक्षिणमभिक्रम्य सर्वे प्राञ्जलयः स्थिताः। उवाच वचनं तेषां वसिष्ठो ब्रह्मावित्तमः॥
English: Vashishtha, that foremost of all persons conversant with Brahma became their spokesman and put this question which conduces to the behoof of all creatures but especially to the Brahmanas and Kshatriyas.
Sanskrit: सर्वप्राणिहितं प्रश्न ब्रह्मक्षत्रे विशेषतः। द्रव्यहीनाः कथं मा दरिद्राः साधुवर्तिनः॥
English: By doing what acts may virtuous men who have no worldly belongings succeed in acquiring the merits of sacrifices?
Sanskrit: प्राप्नुवन्तीह यज्ञस्य फलं केन च कर्मणा। एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तेषां ब्रह्मा वचनमब्रवीत्॥
English: Hearing this question of theirs the Grandfather Brahman began to say what follows.
Sanskrit: ब्राह्मण उवाच अहो प्रश्नो महाभागा गूढार्थः परमः शुभः। सूक्ष्मः श्रेयांश्च मर्त्यानां भवद्भिः समुदाहृतः॥
English: Brahman said Excellent is this question, you highly blessed ones! It is at once auspicious and high and full of mystery. This question that you have put is subtile and conduces to the wellbeing of mankind.
Sanskrit: श्रूयतां सर्वमाख्यास्ये निखिलेन तपोधनाः। यथा यज्ञफलं मो लभते नात्र संशयः॥
English: You Rishis having penances for wealth, I shall recite everything to you in full. Do you listen with attention to what I say as to how men acquire the merits of sacrifices.
Sanskrit: पौषमासस्य शुक्ले वै यदा युज्येत रोहिणी। तेन नक्षत्रयोगेन आकाशशयनो भवेत्॥ एकवस्त्रः शुचिः स्नातः श्रद्दधानः समाहितः। सोमस्य रश्मयः पीत्वा महायज्ञफलं लभेत्॥
English: In the lighted fortnight of the month of Pausha, when the constellation Rohini is in conjunction, if one purifying himself by a bath lies, under the canopy of heaven clad in a single piece of cloth, with faith and rapt attention, and drinks the rays of the Moon, he wins the merits of great sacrifices,
Sanskrit: एतद् वः परमं गुह्यं कथितं द्विजसत्तमाः। यन्मां भवन्तः पृच्छन्ति सूक्ष्मतत्त्वार्थदर्शिनः॥
English: You foremost of twice born persons, this is a great mystery that I declare it to you in reply to your question, you who know the truths of all subjects. attention, and drinks the rays of the Moon, he wins the merits of great sacrifices,
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच ततस्त्वृषिगणाः सर्वे पितरश्च सदेवताः। अरुन्धतीं तपोवृद्धामपृच्छन्त समाहिताः॥
English: Bhishma said The diverse Rishis there assembled together with the departed Manes and the deities, then, with rapt attention, asked Arundhati who was gifted with great ascetic merit.
Sanskrit: समानशीला वीर्येण वसिष्ठस्य महात्मनः। त्वत्तो धर्मरहस्यानि श्रोतुमिच्छामहे वयम्। यत्ते गुह्यतमं भद्रे तत् प्रभाषितुमर्हसि॥
English: Having penances for wealth Arundhati was equal to her husband the highsouled Vasishtha in energy, for both in vows and conduct she was her husbands equal. Addressing her, they said, We wish to hear from you the mysteries of duty and religion. You should, O amiable lady, tell us what you consider as a great mystery.
Sanskrit: अरुन्धत्युवाच तपोवृद्धिर्मया प्राप्ता भवतां स्मरणेन वै। भवतां च प्रसादेन धर्मान् वक्ष्यामि शाश्वतान्॥ सगुह्यान् सरहस्यांश्च ताशृणुध्वमशेषतः। श्रद्दधाने प्रयोक्तव्या यस्य शुद्धं तथा मनः॥ अश्रद्दधानो मानी च ब्रह्महा गुरुतल्पगः। असम्भाष्या हि चत्वारो नैषां धर्मः प्रकाशयेत्॥
English: Arundhati said The great progress I have been able to make in penances is owing to your consideration for me in thus remembering my poor self. With your gracious permission I shall now describe duties that are eternal, and are great mysteries. I shall describe them with the causes on which they depend. Listen to me as I describe them to you in full. A knowledge of these should be communicated to him only who has faith or who has a pure heart. These four viz., he who is bereft of faith, he who is full of pride, he who is guilty of Brahmanicide, and he who violates the bed of his preceptor, should never be talked to. Religion and duty should never be communicated to them.
Sanskrit: अहन्यहनि यो दद्यात् कपिला द्वादशीः समाः। मासि मासि च सत्रेण यो यजेत सदा नरः॥ गवां शतसहस्रं च यो दद्याज्ज्येष्ठपुष्करे। न तद्धर्मफलं तुल्यमतिथिर्यस्य तुष्यति॥
English: The merits acquired by a person who gives way a Kapila cow every day for twelve years, or by a person who worships the deities every month in a sacrifice or by him who gives away hundreds of thousands o kine in the great Pushkara, do not equal those that are his with whom a guest is pleased. now
Sanskrit: श्रूयतां चापरो धर्मो मनुष्याणां सुखावहः। श्रद्दधानेन कर्तव्यः सहरस्यो महाफलः॥
English: Listen to another duty whose observance yields happiness to mankind. It should be observed its secret ritual by a person having faith. Its merits are certainly high.
Sanskrit: कल्यमुत्थाय गोमध्ये गृह्य दर्भान् सहोदकान्। निषिञ्चेत गवां शृङ्गे मस्तकेन च तज्जलम्॥ प्रताच्छेत निराहारस्तस्य धर्मफलं शृणु। श्रूयन्ते यानि तीर्थानि त्रिषु लोकेषु कानिचित्॥ सिद्धचारणजुष्टानि सेवितानि महर्षिभिः। अभिषेकः समस्तेषां गवां शृङ्गोदकस्य च॥
English: Listen to what they are. If a person rising at dawn and taking with him a quantity of water and a few blades of Kusha grass, goes to a cowpen and arrived there, washes a cow's horns by sprinkling thereon that water with those blades of Kusha grass and then causes the water to drip down on his own head, he is considered, on account of such a bath, as one who has performed his ablutions in all the sacred waters that the wise have heard to exist in the three worlds and that are honored and resorted to by the Shiddhas and Charanas.
Sanskrit: साधु साध्विति चोद्दिष्टं दैवतैः पितृभिस्तथा। भूतैश्चैव सुसंहष्टैः पूजिता साप्यरुन्धती॥
English: After Arundhati had said these words all the deities and ancestors applauded her saying, Excellent, Excellent, Indeed all the beings there were highly pleased and all of them adored Arundhati.
Sanskrit: पितामह उवाच अहो धर्मो महाभागे सरहस्य उदाहृतः। वरं ददामि ते धन्ये तपस्ते वर्धतां सदा॥
English: Brahman said O highly blessed one, excellent is the duty that you have described together with its secret ritual. Praise be to you! I grant you a boon, viz., that your penances always may increase.
Sanskrit: यम उवाच रमणीया कथा दिव्या युष्मत्तो या मया श्रुता। श्रूयतां चित्रगुप्तस्य भाषितं मम च प्रियम्॥
English: Yama said I have heard from you an excellent and agrecable subject. Listen to what Chitragupta has said and what is agreeable to now me.
Sanskrit: रहस्यं धर्मसंयुक्तं शक्यं श्रोतुं महर्षिभिः। श्रद्दधानेन मन आत्मनो हितमिच्छता॥
English: Those words touch on duty with its secret ritual and are worthy of being heard by the great Rishis as also by men having faith and desirous of achieving their own good.
Sanskrit: न हि पुण्यं तथा पापं किंचिद् विनश्यति। पर्वकाले च यत् किंचिदादित्यं चाधितिष्ठति॥
English: Nothing is lost of either virtue or sin that is committed by creatures. On days of the full moon and the new moon, those acts are taken to the Sun where they rest.
Sanskrit: प्रेतलोकं गते म] तत् तत् सर्वे विभावसुः। प्रतिजानाति पुण्यात्मा तच्च तत्रोपयुज्यते॥
English: When a mortal goes into the regions of the dead the Sun witnesses all his deeds. He who is virtuous, acquires the fruits of his virtue there.
Sanskrit: किंचिद् धर्मं प्रवक्ष्यामि चित्रगुप्तमतं शुभम्। पानीयं चैव दीपं च दातव्यं सतलं तथा॥ उपानहौ च च्छत्रं च कपिला च यथातथम्। पुष्करे कपिला देया ब्राह्मणे वेदपारगे॥
English: I shall now tell you of some auspicious duties that are approved of by Chitragupta. Water for drink, and lamps for lighting darkness, should always be given as also sandals and umbrellas and Kapila kine with due rites. In Pushkara especially, one should make the gift of a Kapila cow to a Brahmana conversant with the Vedas.
Sanskrit: अग्निहोत्रं च यत्नेन सर्वशः प्रतिपालयेत्। अयं चैवापरो धर्मचित्रगुप्तेन भाषितः॥
English: One should also always maintain his Agnihotra with great care. Here is another duty which was proclaimed by Chitragupta.
Sanskrit: फलमस्य पृथक्त्वेन श्रोतुमर्हन्ति सत्तमाः। प्रलयं सर्वभूतैस्तु गन्तव्यं कालपर्ययात्॥
English: The best of creatures should listen to what the merits are of that duty separately. In course of time every creature is destined to undergo dissolution.
Sanskrit: तत्र दुर्गमनुप्राप्ताः क्षुत्तृष्णापरिपीडिताः। दह्यमाना विपच्यन्ते न तत्रास्ति पलायनम्॥
English: The little witted meet with great distress in the regions of the dead, for they become stricken with hunger and thirst. Indeed, they have to rot there in pain. There is no escape for them from such a disaster.
Sanskrit: अन्धकारं तमो घोरं प्रविशन्त्यल्पबुद्धयः। तत्र धर्म प्रवक्ष्यामि येन दुर्गाणि संतरेत्॥
English: They have to enter into a thick darkness. I shall now tell you of those duties by discharging which one may succeed in getting Over such disasters.
Sanskrit: अल्पव्ययं महार्थं च प्रेत्य चैव सुखोदयम्। पानीयस्य गुणा दिव्याः प्रेतलोके विशेषतः॥
English: The performance of those duties costs every little but yields great merit. Indeed, such performance yields great happiness in the other world. The merits of the gift of water for drink, are excellent. In the next world, in especial, those merits are very great.
Sanskrit: तत्र पुण्योदका नाम नदी तेषां विधीयते। अक्षयं सलिलं तत्र शीतलं ह्यमृतोपमम्॥
English: A large river full of excellent water is ordained in the other world for them who make gifts of water for drink. Indeed, the water contained in that river is endless and cool and sweet as neetar.
Sanskrit: स तत्र गोयं पिबति पानीयं यः प्रयच्छति। प्रदीपस्य प्रदानेन श्रूयतां गुणविस्तरः॥
English: He who makes gifts of water in this world, drinks from that river in the next world when he goes there, listen now to the profuse merits accruing from the gift of lamps.
Sanskrit: तमोऽधकारं नियतं दीपदो न प्रपश्यति। प्रभां चास्य प्रयच्छन्ति सोमभास्करपावकाः॥
English: The man who gives lamps in this world has never to even see the thick darkness (of Hell). The Sun and the Moon and the God of Fire always give him their light when he goes to the other world.
Sanskrit: देवताश्चानुमन्यन्ते विमलाः सर्वतो दिशः। द्योतते च यथाऽऽदित्यः प्रेतलोकगतो नरः॥
English: The celestials ordain that on very side of such a person there should be burning light. Indeed, when the giver of lights goes to the world of the dead, he himself shines in pure effulgence like a second sun.
Sanskrit: तस्माद् दीपः प्रदातव्यः पानीयं च विशेषतः। कपिलां ये प्रयच्छन्ति ब्राह्मणे वेदपारगे॥ पुष्करे च विशेषेण श्रूयतां तस्य यत् फलम्। गोशतं सवृषं तेन दत्तं भवति शाश्वतम्॥
English: Hence, one should give lights while here and water for drink in especial. Listen now to what the merits are of the person who makes the gift of a Kapila cow to a Brahmana knowing the Vedas, especially if the gift be made in Pushkara. Such a man is considered as having made a gift of a hundred kine with a bull a gift that yields eternal merit.
Sanskrit: पापं कर्म च यत् किंचिद् ब्रह्महत्यासमं भवेत्। शोधयेत् कपिला ह्येका प्रदत्तं गोशतं यथा॥
English: The gift of a single Kapila cow is capable cleansing whatever sins the giver may be guilty of even if those sins be as grave as Brahmanicide, for the gift of a single Kapila cow is considered as equal in merit to that of a hundred kine.
Sanskrit: तस्मात्तु कपिला देया कौमुद्यां ज्येष्ठपुष्करे। न तेषां विषमं किंचिन्न दु:खं न च कण्टकाः॥
English: Hence, one should give away a Kapila cow at that Pushkara which is considered as the senior, on the day of the full moon in the month o. Kartika. Men who succeed in making such a gift have never to meet with distress of any kind, or sorrow, or thorns giving pain.
Sanskrit: उपानहो च यो दद्यात् पात्रभूते द्विजोत्तमे। छत्रदाने सुखां छायां लभते परलोकगः॥
English: That man who gives away a pair of sandals to a superior Brahmana who is worthy of the gift, acquires similar merits. By giving away an umbrella, a person gets comfortable shade in the next world.