स्वधर्मरहिता विप्रा नानायोनिं व्रजन्ति च
Brahmins who are devoid of their own duty are born into various wombs.
नाभुक्तं क्षीयते कर्म्म कल्पकोटिशतैरपि 2.26.
An action not yet experienced does not perish, even in hundreds of millions of aeons.
अवश्यमेव भोक्तव्यं कृतं कर्म शुभाशुभम्
Indeed, whatever action is done, whether good or bad, must certainly be experienced.
एतत्ते कथितं सर्वं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि
All this has been explained to you; what more do you wish to hear?
सावित्र्युवाच मानवाः पुण्यवन्तश्च तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि
Savitri said: You should explain to me about men who are virtuous.
यम उवाच अन्नप्रमाणवर्ष च शक्रलोके महीयते
Yama said: The measure of food and rain is honored in the world of Indra.
अन्नदानात्परं दानं न भूतं न भविष्यति
There has never been, nor will there be, a gift greater than the gift of food.
देवेभ्यो ब्राह्मणेभ्यो वा ददाति चासनं यदि
If one gives a seat to the gods or to Brahmins,
यो ददाति च विप्राय दिव्यां धेनुं पयस्विनीम्
Whoever gives to a Brahmin a divine cow that yields milk,
चतुर्गुणं पुण्यदिने तीर्थे शतगुणं फलम्
On an auspicious day, the fruit is fourfold; at a sacred place, it is a hundredfold.
गां यो ददाति विप्राय भारते भक्तिपूर्वकम्
Whoever gives a cow to a Brahmin in Bharat with devotion,
यश्चोभयमुखीदानं करोति ब्राह्मणाय च
And whoever makes a gift that benefits both sides to a Brahmin,
यो ददाति ब्राह्मणाय शालिग्रामं सवस्त्रकम्
Whoever gives a Shaligrama stone with cloth to a Brahmin,
यो ददाति ब्राह्मणाय छत्रं च सुमनोहरम् 2.27.
Whoever gives a most delightful umbrella to a Brahmin,
विप्राय पादुकायुग्मं यो ददाति च भारते
Whoever gives a pair of sandals to a Brahmin in Bharat,
यो ददाति ब्राह्मणाय शय्यां दिव्यां मनोहराम्
Whoever gives a divine and charming bed to a Brahmin,
यो ददाति प्रदीपं च देवाय ब्राह्मणाय च
Whoever gives a lamp to a god or to a Brahmin,
सम्प्राप्य मानवीं योनिं चक्षुष्मांश्च भवेद्ध्रुवम्
Having attained a human birth, he certainly becomes one who possesses sight.
करोति गजदानं च यो हि विप्राय भारते
Whoever gives an elephant as a gift to a Brahmin in the land of Bharata,
भारते योऽश्वदानं च करोति ब्राह्मणाय च
Whoever gives a horse as a gift to a Brahmin in Bharata,
प्रकृष्टां शिबिकां यो हि ददाति ब्राह्मणाय च
Whoever gives a fine palanquin to a Brahmin,
यो ददाति च विप्राय व्यजनं श्वेतचामरम्
Whoever gives a white chamara fan to a Brahmin,
धान्याचलं यो ददाति ब्राह्मणाय च भारते
Whoever gives a heap of grain to a Brahmin in Bharata,
ततः स्वयोनिं संप्राप्य चिरजीवी भवेत्सुखी 2.27.
Afterwards, attaining his own birth, he becomes long-lived and happy.
सततं श्रीहरेर्नाम भारते यो जपेन्नरः
Whoever constantly recites the name of Shri Hari in Bharata,
यो नरो भारते वर्षे दोलनं कारयेद्धरेः
Whoever, in the land of Bharata, arranges the swinging of Hari,
इह लोके सुखं भुक्त्वा यात्यन्ते विष्णुमन्दिरम्
Enjoying happiness in this world, at the end he goes to the abode of Vishnu.
फलमुत्तरफाल्गुन्यां ततोऽपि द्विगुणं भवेत्
The fruit of this is twice as great during Uttaraphalguni.
तिलदानं ब्राह्मणाय यः करोति च भारते
Whoever gives sesame seeds to a Brahmin in Bharata,
ततः स्वयोनिं संप्राप्य चिरजीवी भवेत्सुखी
Afterwards, attaining his own birth, he becomes long-lived and happy.