विप्राय दद्याच्च गुणान्विताय तपोयुताय प्रजितेंद्रियाय । यावन्मही तिष्ठति सागरांता तावत्फलं तस्य भवेदनंतम्
"One should give to a Brahmin who is virtuous, austere, and self-controlled; for as long as the earth endures, bounded by the oceans, so long is the giver's reward endless."
यथाप्सु पतितः शक्र तैलबिंदुः प्रसर्पति । एवंभूमिकृतं दानं सस्ये सस्ये प्रसर्पति
"Just as an oil drop spreads when it falls on water, so too does the merit of land-giving spread with every crop that grows."
यथाबीजानि रोहंति प्रचीर्णानि महीतले । एवं कामान्प्ररोहंति भूमिदानसमन्विताः
"Just as seeds sown in the earth sprout and grow, so too do desires flourish for one endowed with the gift of land."
अन्नदाः सुखिनो नित्यं वस्त्रदो रूपवान्भवेत् । स नरः सर्वदो भूयो यो ददाति वसुंधराम्
"Those who give food are always happy; those who give cloth become beautiful; but the man who gives the earth becomes the giver of all things."
यथा गौर्भरते वत्सं क्षीरमुत्सृज्य क्षीरिणी । एवं दत्ता सहस्राक्ष भूमिर्भरति भूमिदम्
"Just as a cow, having given milk, nourishes her calf, so too, O thousand-eyed one, does the earth given in charity nourish the giver of land."
शंखो भद्रासनं छत्रं वराश्ववरवारणाः । भूमिदानस्य पुण्यस्य फलं स्वर्गः पुरंदर
"A conch, a noble seat, an umbrella, excellent horses, and elephants—these are the rewards of the merit of giving land, O Purandara, and heaven is its fruit."
आदित्यो वरुणो वह्निर्ब्रह्मा सोमो हुताशनः । शूलपाणिश्च भगवानभिनंदंति भूमिदम्
"The Sun, Varuna, Fire, Brahma, Soma, Agni, and the Lord with the trident—all delight in the giver of land."
आस्फोटयंति पितरो वर्णयंति पितामहाः । भूमिदाता कुले जातः स नस्त्राता भविष्यति
"The ancestors rejoice and the grandfathers praise him, saying: 'One born in our line has given land—he will be our savior.'"
त्रीण्याहुरतिदानानि गावः पृथ्वी सरस्वती । नरकादुद्धरंत्येते जपवापनदोहनात्
They declare three supreme gifts: cows, the earth, and Sarasvati; these deliver one from hell through recitation, offering, and milking.
दुर्गतिं तारयंत्येते विद्वद्भिर्विप्रधारणैः । प्रावृता वस्त्रदा यांति नग्ना यान्तित्ववस्त्रदाः
These save from misfortune, when worn by the learned Brahmins; those who give clothes go clothed in the rains, those who do not give go naked.
तृप्ता यांत्यन्नदातारः क्षुधिता यांत्यनन्नदाः । कांक्षंति पितरः सर्वे नरकाद्भयभीरवः
Those who give food depart satisfied; those who do not give food depart hungry. All the ancestors, fearful of hell, desire (these offerings).
गयां यास्यति यः पुत्रः स नस्त्राता भविष्यति । एष्टव्या बहवः पुत्रा यद्येकोऽपि गयां व्रजेत्
A son who will go to Gaya will become our savior; many sons should be desired, if even one might go to Gaya.
यजेत वाश्वमेधेन नीलं वा वृषमुत्सृजेत् । लोहितो यस्तु वर्णेन पुच्छाग्रे यस्तु पांडुरः
One may perform the Ashvamedha sacrifice, or release a blue bull; one that is red in color, or one with a white tail-tip.
श्वेतः खुरविषाणाभ्यां स नीलो वृष उच्यते । नीलः पांडुरलांगूलस्तोयमुद्धरते तु यः
A bull is called blue if it is white in hooves and horns; the blue one with a pale tail, who draws water, is praised.
षष्टिं वर्षसहस्राणि पितरस्तेन तर्पिताः । यच्च शृंगगतं पंकं कुलं तिष्ठति चोद्धृतम्
By that, the ancestors are satisfied for sixty thousand years; and as for the mud on the horn, the family is also uplifted.
पितरस्तस्य चाश्नंति सोमलोकं महाद्युतिम् । आसीद्राज्ञो दिलीपस्य नृगस्य नहुषस्य च
His ancestors partake of the radiant Soma world; such was the case for kings Dilipa, Nriga, and Nahusha.
अन्येषां तु नरेंद्राणां पुनरन्यो न गच्छति । बहुभिर्वसुधा दत्ता राजभिः सगरादिभिः
But for other kings, no one else attains this; the earth has been given by many kings, including Sagara and others.
यस्य यस्य यदा भूमिस्तस्यतस्य तदा फलम् । ब्रह्मघ्नो वाथ स्त्रीहंता बालघ्नः पतितोऽथवा
Whenever land belongs to someone, at that time, the fruit is theirs; whether a Brahmin-slayer, a woman-killer, a child-killer, or one fallen.
गवां शतसहस्राणि हंता तत्तस्यदुःष्कृतम् । स्वदत्तां परदत्तां वा यो हरेत्तु वसुंधराम्
The slayer of a hundred thousand cows—his sin is as great as one who seizes land, whether given by oneself or by another.
स च विष्ठाकृमिर्भूत्वा पितृभिः सह पच्यते । षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गे तिष्ठति भूमिदः
He, becoming a worm in excrement, is cooked together with his ancestors; but the giver of land dwells in heaven for sixty thousand years.
प्रहर्ता चानुमंता च तावद्वै नरकं व्रजेत् । भूमिदाद्भूमिहर्तुश्च नापरः पुण्यपापवान्
Both the one who strikes and the one who consents will go to hell for that time; there is no one else, whether virtuous or sinful, besides the giver and the taker of land.
उर्द्ध्वाधस्तौ च तिष्ठेते यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
They remain above and below until the dissolution of creation.
अग्नेरपत्यं प्रथमं सुवर्णं भूर्वैष्णवी सूर्यसुतास्तु गावः । तेषांमनंतं फलमश्नुवीत यः कांचनं गां च महीं च दद्यात्
Gold is the first offspring of Agni, the earth is Vishnu's, and cows are the daughters of the Sun; whoever gives gold, a cow, and land attains endless reward.
भूमिं यः प्रतिगृह्णाति यश्च भूमिं प्रयच्छति । उभौ तौ पुण्यकर्माणौ नियतौ स्वर्गगामिनौ
He who receives land and he who gives land—both are doers of meritorious deeds, both destined for heaven.
अन्यायेन हृता भूमिर्यैर्नरैरपहारिता । हरंतो हारयंतश्च हन्युस्ते सप्तमं कुलम्
Land taken unjustly, or seized by men, destroys the seventh generation of both takers and those who cause it to be taken.
हरेद्धारयते यस्तु मंदबुद्धिस्तमोवृतः । स बद्धो वारुणैः पाशैस्तिर्यग्योनिषु जायते
He who seizes or holds land, whose mind is dull and covered in darkness, is bound by Varuna's nooses and is born among animals.
अश्रुभिः पतितैस्तेषां दानानामवकीर्त्तनम् । ब्राह्मणस्य हृते क्षेत्रे हतं त्रिपुरुषं कुलम्
When the tears of those whose gifts are taken fall, and a Brahmin's land is seized, the lineage of three generations is destroyed.
वापीकूपसहस्रेण अश्वमेधशतेन च । गवांकोटिप्रदानेन भूमिहर्ता न शुद्ध्यति
Not even by giving a thousand wells and ponds, a hundred horse sacrifices, or ten million cows does the taker of land become purified.
कृतं दत्तं तपोऽधीतं यत्किंचिद्धर्मसंस्थितम् । अर्द्धांगुलस्य सीमाया हरणेन प्रणश्यति
All acts of sacrifice, charity, austerity, study, or any righteous deed are lost by the theft of even half a finger's breadth of land.
गोतीर्थं ग्रामरथ्यां च श्मशानग्राममेव च । संपीड्य नरकं याति यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
Whoever encroaches upon a cow-path, a village road, or a cremation ground goes to hell until the end of creation.