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,
महीयते स वैकुण्ठे मन्वन्तरशतं ध्रुवम्
He is honored in Vaikuṇṭha for a hundred manvantaras, certainly.
तं न त्यजति भूमिश्च जन्मनां शतकं परम्
The earth does not abandon him for a hundred excellent births.
सप्रजं च प्रकृष्टं च ग्रामं दद्याद्द्विजातये
Whoever gives a village, complete with people and prosperity, to a twice-born,
पुनः स्वयोनिं संप्राप्य ग्रामलक्षं लभेद्ध्रुवम् 2.27.
After attaining his own birth again, he surely obtains a hundred thousand villages.
सप्रजं सुप्रकृष्टं च पञ्चसस्यसमन्वितम्
Who gives a village, complete with people, very prosperous, and endowed with five kinds of crops,
नगरं यश्च विप्राय ददाति भारते भुवि
And whoever gives a city to a brāhmaṇa on the land of Bhārata,
पुनः स्वयोनिं संप्राप्य राजेन्द्रो भारते भवेत्
After attaining his own birth again, he becomes a king in Bhārata.
धरा तं न जहात्येव जन्मनां नियुतं ध्रुवम्
The earth certainly does not abandon him for ten million births.
नगराणां च शतकं देशं यो हि द्विजातये
Whoever gives a hundred cities or a country to a twice-born,
वापीतडागसंयुक्तं नानावृक्षसमन्वितम्
Endowed with ponds, tanks, and various kinds of trees,