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.
सालंकृतां च भोग्यां च सवस्त्रां सुन्दरीं प्रियाम्
A beautiful beloved, adorned, enjoyable, and clothed,
महीयते चन्द्रलोके यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश
He is honored in the realm of the moon as long as the fourteen Indras exist.
ततो गन्धर्वलोके च वर्षाणामयुतं सति
Then, in the realm of the Gandharvas, for ten thousand years,
ततो जन्मसहस्रं च प्राप्नोति सुन्दरीं प्रियाम् 2.27.
After that, for a thousand births, he obtains a beautiful beloved.
ददाति सफलं वृक्षं ब्राह्मणाय च यो नरः
Whoever gives a fruitful tree to a Brahmin,
पुनः स्वयोनिं संप्राप्य लभते सुतमुत्तमम्
Again, attaining his own birth, he obtains an excellent son.
केवलं फलदानं च ब्राह्मणाय ददाति यः
Whoever gives only fruit as a gift to a brāhmaṇa,
नानाद्रव्यसमायुक्तं नानासस्यसमन्वितम्
Not accompanied by various other items, nor endowed with diverse grains,
कुबेरलोके वसति स च मन्वन्तरावधि
He dwells in the realm of Kubera until the end of a manvantara.
यो जनः सस्यसंयुक्तां भूमिं च रुचिरां सति
But the person who gives land, beautiful and rich with crops,