तत्प्रतिग्राहकं विप्रं वेदवेदांगपारगम्
Let the recipient be a Brahmin who has mastered the Veda and its branches.
प्रतिग्रहश्च तस्योक्तः पुच्छ देशे स्वयंभुवा
The acceptance is prescribed by the Self-born at the tail end.
न पश्येद्वदनं पश्चान्न चैनमभिभाषयेत्
He should not look at the recipient's face nor speak to him afterwards.
समग्रं भूमिदानस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः
A man attains the full fruit of gifting land.
ये प्रयच्छंति विप्राय न ते शोच्या भवंति वै
Those who give to a Brahmin are never to be mourned.
आभूतसंप्लवं यावत्स्वर्गं प्राप्ता न संशयः
They attain heaven up to the cosmic dissolution—there is no doubt.
प्रतिग्रहोपि पापीयानिति वेदविदो विदुः
Even so, the knowers of the Veda say that accepting is more sinful.
तत्सर्वं नाशमायाति दत्त्वा कृष्णाजिनं क्षणात् ।। 4.188.
All that is destroyed instantly by giving a Krishna skin.
कृष्णेक्षणं कृष्णमृगस्य चर्म दत्त्वा द्विजेद्राय समाहितात्मा
Having given the black antelope skin to a twice-born, with mind composed, one beholds Krishna.
हेमहस्तिदानविधिवर्णनम् यस्य प्रदानाद्भवनं वैष्णवं याति मानवः
By whose gift a person’s house becomes Vaishnava—
पर्वकालं समासाद्य संक्रांतौ ग्रहणेऽपि वा
At the time of a festival, or during a solstice, or even at an eclipse—
वलभीभिर्विचित्राभिश्चतुश्चक्रसमन्वितम्
With splendid canopies and adorned with four wheels—
ध्वजे च गरुडं कुर्यात्कूबराग्रे विनायकम्
On the banner one should make Garuda, and at the front of the yoke, Vinayaka.
मध्ये नारायणोपेतं लक्ष्मीपुष्टिसमन्वितम्
In the center, with Narayana present, endowed with Lakshmi and prosperity—
नानाफलसमायुक्तमुपरिष्टाद्वितानकम्
Furnished with various fruits, and above, a canopy—
कुर्यात्पंचपलादूर्ध्वमाशताच्च नरोत्तम
One should make it weighing at least five palas, and up to a hundred, O best of men.
त्रिःप्रदक्षिणमावृत्य गृहीतकुसुमांजलिः
Having circumambulated it three times, holding a handful of flowers—
नमोनमः शंकरपद्मजार्कलोकेशविद्याधरवासुदेवैः
Salutations again and again to Shankara, Padmaja, Arka, Lokesha, Vidyadhara, and Vasudeva.
यत्तत्पदं परमगुह्यतमं पुराणमानंदहेतुगणरूपविमुक्तबन्धाः 4.189.
That supreme, most secret, ancient abode, the cause of bliss, whose forms are free from bondage—
यस्मात्त्वमेव भवसागरसंप्लुतानामानंदभांडचितमध्यगपानपात्रम्
Because you alone are the vessel in the midst of the ocean of existence, filled with the treasure of bliss, for those submerged therein—
इत्थं प्रणम्य कनकेभरथप्रदानं यः कारयेत्सकलपापविमुक्तदेहः
Thus, having bowed, whoever causes the gift of a golden elephant chariot, his body is freed from all sins.
कृतदुरितवितानातुष्टिसद्वह्निपालव्यतिकरकृतदेहोद्वेगभानोऽपि बंधून्
Even one whose body is afflicted by the consequences of evil deeds, by the fire of dissatisfaction, or by the misfortunes of guardianship, brings satisfaction to his relatives.
विश्वचक्रदानविधिवर्णनम् विश्वचक्रमिति ख्यातं सर्वपापविनाशनम्
The procedure for the gift of the universal wheel is described; it is known as the destroyer of all sins.
तपनीयस्य शुद्धस्य विशुद्धात्माथ कारयेत्
Of pure gold, purified in mind, one should have it made.
तस्याप्यर्द्धं कनिष्ठं स्याद्विश्वचक्रमुदाहृतम्
Its half, the lesser portion, is called the universal wheel.
षोडशारं ततश्चक्रं भ्रमन्नेम्यष्टकावृतम्
Then the wheel should have sixteen spokes, with a rim encircled by eight segments, revolving.
शंखचक्रेऽस्य पार्श्वस्थे देव्यष्टकसमावृतम्
The conch and discus are at his sides, surrounded by eight goddesses.
अत्रिर्भृगुर्वशिष्ठश्च ब्रह्मा कश्यप एव च
Atri, Bhrigu, Vashishtha, Brahma, and also Kashyapa are present.
रामो रामश्च कृष्णश्च बुद्धः कल्की च ते दश
Rama, another Rama, Krishna, Buddha, and Kalki—these ten.
चतुर्थे द्वादशादित्या वेदाश्चत्वार एव च
In the fourth, the twelve Adityas and the four Vedas as well.