pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: दमस्त्यागो धृतिः सत्यं भवत्यवभृथायते। एष ते विततो यज्ञः श्रद्धापूतः सदक्षिणः॥
English: This is the sacrifice that is spread out for you-a sacrifice which is sanctified by devotion and faith, and who has a large sacrificial gift attached to it. This sacrifice which is formed by gift is superior to all other sacrifices. O son, let this sacrifice be always celebrated by you.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच दानं यज्ञः क्रिया चेह किंस्वित् प्रेत्य महाफलम् कस्य ज्यायः फलं प्रोक्तं कीदृशेभ्यः कथं कदा॥ एतदिच्छामि विज्ञातुं याथातथ्येन भारत। विद्वन् जिज्ञासमानाय दानधर्मान् प्रचक्ष्व मे॥
English: Yudhishthira said I wish to know fully, O Bharata, where one get the high reward of gifts and sacrifices. Are those rewards acquired here or hereafter? Which amongst these two (viz., Gift and Sacrifice) yields superior merit? To whom should gifts be made? In what manner are gifts and sacrifices to be made? When also are they to be made? I ask you this, O learned sire? Do you discourse to me on the duty of gifts!
Sanskrit: अन्तर्वेद्यां च यद् दत्तं श्रद्धया चानृशंस्यतः। किंस्विन्नैःश्रेयसं तात तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह॥
English: Do you tell me, O grandfather, what brings on the highest reward, viz., gifts made from the sacrificial platform or those made out of that place?
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच रौद्रं कर्म क्षत्रियस्य सततं तात वर्तते। तस्य वैतानिकं कर्म दानं चैवेह पावनम्॥
English: Bhishma said O son, a Kshatriya is generally engaged in decds of fierceness. In his case, sacrifices and gifts, are considered as cleansing or sanctifying him.
Sanskrit: न तु पापकृतां राज्ञां प्रतिगृह्णन्ति साधवः। एतस्मात् कारणाद् यज्ञैर्यजेद् राजाऽऽप्तदक्षिणैः॥
English: The good and righteous, do not accept the gifts of persons of the royal order, who perpetrate sinful deeds. Therefore, the king should celebrate sacrifices with profuse gifts in the form of Dakshina.
Sanskrit: अथ चेत् प्रतिगृह्वीयुर्दद्यादहरहर्नृपः। श्रद्धामास्थाय परमां पावनं ह्येतदुत्तमम्॥
English: If the good and righteous would accept the gifts made to them, the Kshatriya, O king, should continually make gifts with devotion and faith to them. Gifts yield great merit, and are highly cleansing.
Sanskrit: ब्राह्मणांस्तर्पयन् द्रव्यस्ततो यज्ञे यतव्रतः। मैत्रान् साधून् वेदविदः शीलवृत्ततपोर्जितान्॥
English: Observing vows, one should celebrate sacrifices and please with wealth, such Brahmanas as are friends of all creatures, endued with righteousness, conversant of the Vedas, and pre-eminent for acts, conduct and penances.
Sanskrit: यत् ते ते न करिष्यन्ति कृतं ते न भविष्यति। यज्ञान् साधय साधुभ्यः स्वाद्वन्नान् दक्षिणावतः॥
English: If such Brahmanas do not accept your gifts, no merit will become yours. Do you celebrate sacrifices with profuse Dakshina, and make gifts of good and agreeable food to the righteous.
Sanskrit: इष्टं दत्तं च मन्येथा आत्मानं दानकर्मणा। पूजयेथा याजयूकांस्तवाप्यंशो भवेद् यथा॥
English: By making an act of gift you should consider yourself as performing a sacrifice. You should, with gifts, worship those Brahmanas who perform sacrifices. By doing this you will acquire a share in the merits of those sacrifices of theirs.
Sanskrit: प्रजावतो भरेथाश्च ब्राह्मणान् बहुकारिणः। प्रजावांस्तेन भवति यथा जनयिता तथा॥
English: You should support such Brahmanas as have children and as are capable of sending people to heaven. By acting thus, you are sure to get a large progeny-in fact, as large a progeny as the Prajapati himself.
Sanskrit: यावतः साधुधर्मान् वै सन्तः संवर्धयन्त्युत। सर्वस्वैश्चापि भर्तव्या नरा ये बहुकारिणः॥
English: The righteous support and advance the cause of virtue. One should, by giving up his all, support such men as also those who do good to all creatures.
Sanskrit: समृद्धः सम्प्रयच्छ त्वं ब्राह्मणेभ्यो युधिष्ठिर। धेनूरनडूहोऽन्नानि च्छत्रं वासांस्युपानहौ॥
English: Yourself being rich, do you, Yudhishthira, make gifts to Brahmans of kine and bullocks and food and umbrellas and robes and sandals or shoes.
Sanskrit: आज्यानि यजमानेभ्यस्तथानानि च भारत। अश्ववन्ति च यानानि वेश्मानि शयनानि च॥
English: Do you give to sacrificing Brahmanas clarified butter as also food, and cars and vehicles with horses harnessed thereto, and dwelling houses and mansions and beds.
Sanskrit: एते देया व्युष्टिमन्तो लघूपायाश्च भारत। अजुगुप्सांश्च विज्ञाय ब्राह्मणान् वृत्तिकर्शितान्॥
English: Such gifts yield prosperity and affluence to the giver, and are considered as pure, O Bharata. Those Brahmanas who are not censurable for anything they do, and who have no means of support assigned to them, should be found out.
Sanskrit: उपच्छन्नं प्रकाशं वा वृत्त्या प्रतिपालयेत् राजसूयाश्वमेधाभ्यां श्रेयस्तत् क्षत्रियान् प्रति॥
English: Covertly or publicly, do you maintain such Brahmanas by giving to them the means of support. Such conduct always gives higher benefit to Kshatriyas than the Rajasuya and the Horse-Sacrifices.
Sanskrit: एवं पापैर्विनिर्मुक्तस्त्वं पूतः स्वर्गमाप्स्यसि। संचयित्वा पुनः कोशं यद् राष्ट्र पालयिष्यसि॥
English: Purged off of sin, you are sure of attaining to Heaven. Filling your treasury, you should do good to your kingdom.
Sanskrit: तेन त्वं ब्रह्मभूयत्वमवाप्स्यसि धनानि च। आत्मनश्च परेषां च वृत्तिं संरक्ष भारत॥
English: By such conduct you are sure to acquire immense riches, and become a Brahman (in your next life). Do you, O Bharata, protect your own means as also the means of others people's livelihood.
Sanskrit: पुत्रवच्चापि भृत्यान् स्वान् प्रजाश्च परिपालय। योगः क्षेमश्च ते नित्यं ब्राह्मणेष्वस्तु भारत॥
English: Do you support your servants as your own children. Do you, O Bharata, protect the Brahmanas in the enjoyment of what they have and make gifts, to them of such articles as they have not.
Sanskrit: तदर्थं जीवितं तेऽस्तु मा तेभ्योऽप्रतिपालनम्। अनर्थो ब्राह्मणस्यैष यद् वित्तनिचयो महान्॥
English: Let your life be devoted to the Brahmanas. Let it never be said that you do not grant protection to the Brahmanas. Much wealth, when possessed by a Brahmana; becomes a source of evil to himn.
Sanskrit: श्रिया ह्यभीक्ष्णं संवासो दर्पयेत् सम्प्रमोहयेत्। ब्राह्मणेषु प्रमूढेषु धर्मो विप्रणशेद् ध्रुवम्। धर्मप्रणाशे भूतानामभावः स्यान्न संशयः॥
English: Constant association with riches and prosperity is sure to fill him with pride and cause him to be stupefied. If the Brahmanas become stupefied and steeped in folly., virtue and duties are sure to suffer destruction. Forsooth, if virtue and duty come to an end, it will lead to the destruction of all creatures.
Sanskrit: यो रक्षिभ्यः सम्प्रदाय राजा राष्ट्रं विलुम्पति। यज्ञे राष्ट्राद् धनं तस्मादानयध्वमिति ब्रुवन्॥
English: That king who having amassed riches makes it over to his treasury officers and guards, and then begins to again plunder his kingdom, saying to his officers-Do you bring me as much riches as you can extort from the kingdom.
Sanskrit: यच्चादाय तदाज्ञप्तं भीतं दत्तं सुदारुणम्। यजेद् राजा न तं यज्ञं प्रशंसन्त्यस्य साधवः॥
English: And who spends the riches that is thus collected at his behest under circumstances of fear and cruelty, in the performance of sacrifices, should know that those sacrifices of his, are never highly spoken of by the pious.
Sanskrit: अपीडिताः सुसंवृद्धा ये ददत्यनुकूलतः। तादृशेनाप्युपायेन यष्टव्यं नोद्यमाहृतैः॥
English: The king should celebrate scarifices with such money as is willingly paid to his treasury by prosperous and unpersecuted subjects. Sacrifices should never be celebrated with money got with severity and extortion.
Sanskrit: यदा परिनिषिच्येत निहितो वै यथाविधि। तदा राजा महायज्ञैर्यजेत बहुदक्षिणैः॥
English: The king should then celebrate great sacrifices with large presents in the shape of Dakshina, when on account of his being devoted to the behoof of his subjects the latter bathe him with copious showers of riches brought willingly by them for the purpose.
Sanskrit: वृद्धबालधनं रक्ष्यमन्धस्य कृपणस्य च। न खातपूर्वं कुर्वीत न रुदन्ती धनं हरेत्॥
English: The king should protect the riches of those that are old, of those that are minors, of those that are blind, and of those that are otherwise disqualified. The king should never take any money from his people, if they, in a season of drought, succeed in growing any corn with the help of water obtained from wells. Nor should he take any wealth from weeping women.
Sanskrit: हतं कृपणवित्तं हि राष्ट्र हन्ति नृपश्रियम्। दद्याच्च महतो भोगान् क्षुद्भयं प्रणुदेत् सताम्॥
English: The riches taken from the poor and the helpless is sure to destroy the kingdom and prosperity of the king. The king should always present to the righteous all enjoyable articles in abundance. He should certainly remove the fear of famishing which those men may have.
Sanskrit: येषां स्वादूनि भोज्यानि समवेक्ष्यन्ति बालकाः। नाश्नन्ति विधिवत् तानि किं तु पापतरं ततः॥
English: There are no men more sinful than those upon whose food children look wistfully without being able to eat them duly,
Sanskrit: यदि ते तादृशो राष्ट्रे विद्वान् सीदेत् क्षुधा द्विजः। भ्रूणहत्यां च गच्छेथाः कृत्वा पापमिवोत्तमम्॥
English: If within your kingdom any learned Brahinana dies with hunger like any of those children, you shall then incur the sin of focticide for having allowed such an act.
Sanskrit: धिक् तस्य जीवितं राज्ञो राष्ट्रे यस्यावसीदति। द्विजोऽन्योवा मनुष्योऽपि शिबिराह वचो यथा॥
English: King Shivi himself had said this, viz.-Fie on that king in whose kingdom a Brahmana or even any other man starves.
Sanskrit: यस्य स्म विषये राज्ञः स्नातकः सीदति क्षुधा। अवृद्धिमेति तद्राष्ट्रं विन्दते सहराजकम्॥
English: That kingdom in which a Brahmana of the Snataka class starves, becomes overwhelmed with adversity. Such a kingdom with its king also incurs reproach.
Sanskrit: क्रोशन्त्यो यस्य वै राष्ट्राधियन्ते तरसा स्त्रियः। क्रोशतां पतिपुत्राणां मृतोऽसौ न च जीवति॥
English: That king is more dead than alive in whose kingdom women are easily abducted from their husbands and sons uttering cries and groans of indignation and grief.
Sanskrit: अरक्षितारं हर्तारं विलोप्तारमनायकम्। तं वै राजकलिं हन्युः प्रजाः सन्ना निघृणम्॥
English: The subjects should arm themselves for killing that king who does not protect them who simply plunders their riches, who confounds all distinctions who is incapable of taking their lead, who is without mercy, and who is considered as the most sinful of kings.
Sanskrit: अहं वो रक्षितेत्युक्त्वा यो न रक्षति भूमिपः। स संहत्य निहन्तव्यः श्वेव सोन्माद आतुरः॥
English: That king who tells his people that he is their protector but who does not or is unable to protect them, should be killed by his subjects in a body like a dog that is affected with the rabies and has become mad.
Sanskrit: पापं कुर्वन्ति यत् किंचित् प्रजा राज्ञा हरक्षिताः। चतुर्थं तस्य पापस्य राजा विन्दति भारत॥
English: A fourth part of whatever sins are committed by the subjects visits that king who does not protect, О Bharata.
Sanskrit: अथाहुः सर्वमेवैति भूयोऽमिति निश्चयः। चतुर्थे मतमस्माकं मनोः श्रुत्वानुशासनम्॥
English: Some authorities say that the whole of those sins visits such a king. Others are of opinion that a half thereof visits him. Bearing in mind, However, the saying of Manu, it is our opinion that a fourth part of such sins visits the unprotecting king.
Sanskrit: शुभं वा यच्च कुर्वन्ति प्रजा राज्ञा सुरक्षिताः। चतुर्थं तस्य पुण्यस्य राजा चाप्नोति भारत॥
English: That king, O Bharata, O Bharata, who affords protection to his subjects gets fourth part of whatever merits his subjects win by living under his protection.
Sanskrit: जीवन्तं त्वानुजीवन्तु प्रजाः सर्वा युधिष्ठिर। पर्जन्यमिव भूतानि महादुममिवाण्डजाः॥
English: Do you, O Yudhishthira, act in such a way that all your subjects, may seek refuge with you as long as you are alive, as all creatures seek the refuge, of the god of rain or as the birds seek the refuge of a large tree.
Sanskrit: कुबेरमिव रक्षांसि शतक्रतुमिवामराः। ज्ञातयस्त्वानुजीवन्तु सुहृदश्च परंतप॥
English: Let all your kinsmen and all your friends and well-wishers, O scorcher of enemies, seek refuge with you as the Rakshasas seek Kubera or the gods seek Indra as theirs.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच इदं देयमिदं देयमितीयं श्रुतिरादरात्। बहुदेयाश्च राजानः किंस्विद् दानमनुत्तमम्॥
English: Yudhishthira said People accept with respect the sayings of the Shrutis which say-This is to be given. This other thing is to be given! As regards kings, again, they make gifts of various things to various men. What, however, O grandfather is the best or foremost of all gifts?
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच अतिदानानि सर्वाणि पृथिवीदानमुच्यते। अचला ह्यक्षया भूमिर्दोग्ध्री कामानिहोत्तमान्॥
English: Bhishma said Of all kinds of gifts, the gift of earth is said to be the first. earth is immovable and indestructible. It is capable of giving to him who possesses it all the best things upon which he may like to have.
Sanskrit: दोग्ध्री वासांसि रत्नानि पशून् व्रीहियवांस्तथा। भूमिदः सर्वभूतेषु शाश्वतीरेधते समाः॥
English: It gives dresses and vestments, jewels and gems, animals, paddy, and barley. Amongst all creatures, the giver of earth grows rich for ever and ever.
Sanskrit: यावद् भूमेरायुरिह तावद् भूमिद एधते। न भूमिदानादस्तीह परं किंचिद् युधिष्ठिर॥
English: As long as the earth lasts, so long does the giver thereof grow rich. There is no gift that is higher, O Yudhishthira, than the gift of earth.
Sanskrit: अप्यल्पं प्रददुः सर्वे पृथिव्या इति नः श्रुतम्। भूमिमेव ददुःसर्वे भूमि ते भुञ्जते जनाः॥
English: we have heard that all men have given a little quantity of earth. All men have made gifts of earth, hence all men enjoy a little of earth.
Sanskrit: स्वकर्मैवोपजीवन्ति नरा इह परत्र च। भूमिभूतिर्महादेवी दातारं कुरुते प्रियम्॥
English: Whether in this or in the next world, all creatures live subject to their own deeds. Earth is Prosperity's self. She is a powerful goddess. She makes him her lord who makes gifts of her in this life to her people.
Sanskrit: य एतां दक्षिणां दद्यादक्षयां राजसत्तम। पुनर्नरत्वं सम्प्राप्य भवेत् स पृथिवीपतिः॥
English: That person, O best of kings, who gives away earth, which is indestructible, as gift, is born in next life as a man and becomes also a lord of Earth.
Sanskrit: यथा दानं तथा भोग इति धर्मेषु निश्चयः। संग्रामे वा तनुं जह्याद् दद्याच्च पृथिवीमिमाम्॥
English: The quantity of one's enjoyment in this life is equal to one's gifts in a pristine life. This is the conclusion pointed out by the scriptures. For a Kshatriya should either give away the Earth in gift or renounce his life in battle.
Sanskrit: इत्येतत् क्षत्रबन्धूनां वदन्ति परमां श्रियम्। पुनाति दत्ता पृथिवी दातारमिति शुश्रुम॥
English: This is the highest source of prosperity to Kshatriyas. We have heard that earth, when given away, cleanses and sanctifies the giver.
Sanskrit: अपि पापसमाचारं ब्रह्मघ्नमपि चानृतम्। सैव पापं प्लावयति सैव पापात् प्रमोचयेत्॥
English: The man who is of sinful conduct who is guilty of Brahmanicide and of falsehood, is purified by a gift of earth. Indeed, such a gift rescues even such a sinner from all his sins.
Sanskrit: अपि पापकृतां राज्ञां प्रतिगृह्णन्ति साधवः। पृथिवीं नान्यदिच्छन्ति पावनं जननी यथा॥
English: The virtuous accept gifts of earth only and no other thing from sinful kings. Like one's mother, earth, when given away, purifies the giver and the taker.
Sanskrit: नामास्याः प्रियदत्तेति गृह्यं देव्याः सनातनम्। दानं वाप्यथवाऽऽदानं नामास्याः प्रथमं प्रियम्॥
English: This is an eternal and secret name of earth. viz., Priyadatta. Given away or accepted in gift, the name that is dear to her is Priyadatta.
Sanskrit: य एतां विदुषे दद्यात् पृथिवीं पृथिवीपतिः। पृथिव्यामेतदिष्टं स राजा राज्यमितो व्रजेत्॥
English: The gift of earth is desirable. That king who makes a gift of earth to a learned Brahmana, gets from that gift a kingdom.
Sanskrit: पुनश्चासौ जनिं प्राप्य राजवत् स्यान्न संशयः। तस्मात् प्राप्यैव पृथिवीं दद्याद् विप्राय पार्थिवः॥
English: Upon being born again in this world, such a man, forsooth, attains to a position equal to that of a king. Hence, a king, as soon as he gets carth, should make gifts of earth to the Brahmanas.
Sanskrit: नाभूमिपतिना भूमिरधिष्ठेया कथंचन। न चापात्रेण वा ग्राह्या दत्तेदाने न चाचरेत्॥
English: None but a lord of Earth can make gifts of carth. Nor should one who is not a worthy person accept a gift of earth.
Sanskrit: ये चान्ये भूमिमिच्छेयुः कुर्युरेवं न संशयः। यः साधोभूमिमादत्ते न भूमि विन्दते तु सः॥
English: They who desire carth should act thus. That person who takes away earth belonging to a pious person never gets any earth.
Sanskrit: भूमिं दत्त्वा तु साधुभ्यो विन्दते भूमिमुत्तमाम्। प्रेत्य चेह च धर्मात्मा सम्प्राप्नोति महद् यशः॥
English: By making gifts of earth to the righteous, one gets good carth. Of virtuous soul, such a giver acquires great fame both in this world and in the next.
Sanskrit: यस्य विप्रास्तु शंसन्ति साधोभूमि सदैव हि। न तस्य शत्रवो राजन् प्रशंसन्ति वसुन्धराम्॥
English: That pious king about whom the Brahmanas say——We live on earth given to us by him, is such that his very enemies cannot utter the least reproach about his kingdom.
Sanskrit: यत् किंचित् पुरुषः पापं कुरुते वृत्तिकर्शितः। अपि गोचर्ममात्रेण भूमिदानेन पूयते॥
English: Whatever sins a man commits from want of the means of livelihood, are all washed off by gift of only so much earth as is covered by a cowhide.
Sanskrit: येऽपि संकीर्णकर्माणो राजानो रौद्रकर्मिणः। तेभ्यः पवित्रमाख्येयं भूमिदानमनुत्तमम्॥
English: Those kings who are mean in their acts or are of fierce deeds, should be taught that gift of earth is highly purifying and is at the same time the highest gift.
Sanskrit: अल्पान्तरमिदं शश्वत् पुराणा मेनिरे जनाः। यो यजेताश्वमेधेन दद्याद् वा साधवे महीम्॥
English: The ancients thought that there is always very little difference between the man who celebrates a Horse-Sacrifice and him who makes a gift of earth to one who is righteous.
Sanskrit: अपि चेत्सुकृतं कृत्वा शङ्करन्नपि पण्डिताः। अशक्यमेकमेवैतद् भूमिदानमनुत्तमम्॥
English: The learned doubt the acquision of merit which all other pious acts yield. The only act about which they are dead certain, is the of earth which, indeed, is the foremost of all gifts.
Sanskrit: सुवर्ण रजतं वस्त्रं मणिमुक्तावसूनि च। सर्वमेतन्महाप्राज्ञो ददाति वसुधां ददत्।॥
English: The wise man who makes gifts of earth, gives away all these, viz, gold, silver cloth, gems and pearls and precious stones.
Sanskrit: तपो यज्ञः श्रुतं शीलमलोभः सत्यसंधता। गुरुदैवतपूजा च एता वर्तन्ति भूमिदम्॥
English: Penances, sacrifice, Vedic learning, good conduct, absence of cupidity, firmness in truth, adoration of elders, preceptors, and the deities, all these live in him who makes a gift of earth.
Sanskrit: भूर्तृनिःश्रेयसे युक्तास्त्यक्तात्मानो रणे हताः। ब्रह्मलोकगताः सिद्धा नातिक्रामन्ति भूमिदम्॥
English: They who ascend to the region of Brahman by renouncing their lives in battle after having fought without any consideration for themselves for securing the behoof of their masters, even they are unable to go above the merit of those who make gifts of earth.
Sanskrit: यथा जनित्री स्वं पुत्रं क्षीरेण भरते सदा। अनुगृह्णाति दातारं तथा सर्वरसैर्मही॥
English: As the mother always nourishes her own child with milk from her breast, so does earth please with all the tastes the person that makes a gift of earth.
Sanskrit: मृत्युर्वैकिङ्करो दण्डस्तमो वह्निः सुदारुणः। घोराश्च दारुणा: पाशा नोपसर्पन्ति भूमिदम्॥
English: Mrityu, Vaikinkara, Danda, Tama, Fire, who is highly fierce, and all heinous and terrible sins are incapable of touching the person who makes a gift of earth.
Sanskrit: पितूंश्च पितृलोकस्थान् देवलोकाच्च देवताः। संतर्पयति शान्तात्मा यो ददाति वसुन्धराम्॥
English: That man of tranquil soul who makes a gift of earth pleases (by that act) the Departed Manes living in their region and the deities also hailing from the region that is theirs.
Sanskrit: कृशाय म्रियमाणाय वृत्तिग्लानाय सीदते। भूमि वृत्तिकरी दत्त्वा सत्री भवति मानवः॥
English: The man who makes a gift of earth to one who is weak and cheerless and destitute of the mcans of life and famishing with weakness, and who thereby supplies one with the means of sustenance, deserves the honour and merit of celebrating a sacrifice.
Sanskrit: यथा धावति गौर्वत्सं सवन्ती वत्सला पयः। एवमेव महाभाग भूमिर्भवति भूमिदम्॥
English: As an affectionate cow runs towards her half, with full udders dropping milk, similarly the highly blessed Earth, runs towards the person who makes a gift of earth.
Sanskrit: फालकृष्टां महीं दत्त्वा सबीजां सफलामपि। उदीर्णं वापि शरणं यथा भवति कामदः॥
English: That man who makes to a Brahmana a gift of earth which has been titled, or sown with seeds, or which contains standing crops, or a palace well furnished with every necessary article, succeeds in becoming the accomplisher of the wishes of everybody.
Sanskrit: ब्राह्मणं वृत्तिसम्पन्नमाहिताग्निं शुचिव्रतम्। नरः प्रतिग्राह्य महीं न याति परमापदम्॥
English: The man who makes a Brahmana having the means of life, possessing a domestic fire and of pure vows and practices, accept a gift of earth, never falls into any danger or distress.
Sanskrit: यथा चन्द्रमसो वृद्धिरहन्यहनि जायते। तथा भूमिकृतं दानं सस्ये सस्ये विवर्धते॥
English: As the moon increases day by day, so the merit of a gift of earth increases every time such earth produces crops.
Sanskrit: अत्र गाथा भूमिगीताः कीर्तयन्ति पुराविदः। याः श्रुत्वा जामदग्त्येन दत्ता भूः काश्यपाय वै॥
English: Those persons conversant with ancient history sing this verse regarding the gift of earth. Heaving that verse Jamadagni's son (Rama) gave away the whole Earth to Kashyapa.
Sanskrit: मामेवादत्त मां दत्त मां दत्त्वा मामवाप्स्यथ। अस्मिल्लोके परे चैव तद् दत्तं जायते पुनः॥
English: The verse to which I refer is this. Receive me in gift. Give me away. By giving me away, you (O giver) will obtain me again! That which is given away in this life is reacquired in the next.
Sanskrit: य इमां व्याहृतिं वेद ब्राह्मणो वेदसम्मिताम्। श्राद्धस्य क्रियमाणस्य ब्रह्मभूयं स गच्छति॥
English: That Brahmana who recites this great saying of the Vedas at the time of a Shraddha get the highest reward.
Sanskrit: कृत्यानामधिशस्तानामरिष्टशमनं महत्। प्रायश्चित्तं महीं दत्त्वा पुनात्युभयतो दश॥
English: A gift of earth is a great expiation for the sin of those powerful men who perform Atharvan rites for injuring others. Indeed, by making a gift of earth one rescues ten generations of his paternal and maternal families.
Sanskrit: पुनाति य इदं वेद वेदवादं तथैव च। प्रकृतिः सर्वभूतानां भूमिर्वैश्वानरी मता॥
English: That person who knows this Vedic saying about the merits of a gift of earth, succeeds in rescuing ten generations of both his paternal and maternal families. Earth is the original source of all creatures. It has been said that the god of fire is the presiding genius of earth.
Sanskrit: अभिषिच्यैव नृपति श्रावयेदिममागमम्। यथा श्रुत्वा महीं दद्यान्नादद्यात् साधुतश्च ताम्॥
English: After the coronation ceremony has been performed of a king, this Vedic saying should be recited to him, so that he may make gifts of earth and may never take away earth from a pious person.
Sanskrit: सोऽयं कृत्स्नो ब्राह्मणार्थो राजार्थचाप्यसंशयः। राजा हि धर्मकुशलः प्रथमं भूतिलक्षणम्॥
English: Forsooth, the entire wealth owned by the king belongs to the Brahmanas. A king knowing well the science of duty and morality the first requisite of the kingdom's prosperity.
Sanskrit: अथ येषामधर्मज्ञो राजा भवति नास्तिकः। न ते सुखं प्रबुध्यन्ति न सुखं प्रस्वपन्ति च॥
English: Those people whose king is unrighteous and atheistic in conduct and belief, can never be happy. Such people can never sleep or wake in peace.
Sanskrit: सदा भवन्ति चोद्विग्नास्तस्य दुश्चरितैर्नराः। योगक्षेमा हि बहवो राष्ट्र नास्याविशन्ति तत्॥ अथ येषां पुन: प्राज्ञो राजा भवति धार्मिकः। सुखं ते प्रतिबुध्यन्ते सुसुखं प्रस्वपन्ति च॥
English: On account of his deeds of wickedness his subjects become always filled with anxiety. Protection of what the subjects already have and new acquisitions by fair means are events that are not seen in the kingdom of such a king. Those people, again, who have a wise and righteous king, sleep happily and wake up in happiness.
Sanskrit: तस्य राज्ञः शुभै राज्यैः कर्मभिर्निर्वृता नराः। योगक्षेमेण वृष्ट्या च विवर्धन्ते स्वकर्मभिः॥
English: By the blessed and righteous acts of such a king, his subjects, become shorn of anxiety. The subjects, restrained from wicked deeds, grow in prosperity through their own conduct. Capable of keeping what they have, they go on making new acquisitions.
Sanskrit: स कुलीन: स पुरुषः स बन्धुः स च पुण्यकृत्। स दाता स च विक्रान्तो यो ददाति वसुन्धराम्॥
English: That king who makes gifts of earth, is considered as wellborn. He is considered as a man. He is a friend. He is righteous in his acts. le is a giver. He is considered as possessing prowess.