Shloka 15
Adhyāya 60: Dāna vs. Yajña—Royal Giving, Protection, and Karmic Share
“राजन! जो द्विज नित्य स्नान करके दोनों समय संध्योपासना और गायत्री-जप करता है वह चतुर होता है। मरुकी साधना-जलका परित्याग करनेवाले तथा निराहार रहनेवालेको स्वर्गलोककी प्राप्ति होती है ।। स्थण्डिले शयमानानां गृहाणि शयनानि च । चीरवल्कलवासोभिववसांस्थाभरणानि च,“'मिट्टीकी वेदी या चबूतरोंपर सोनेवालोंको घर और शब्याएँ प्राप्त होती हैं। चीर और वल्कलके वस्त्र पहननेसे उत्तमोत्तम वस्त्र और आभूषण प्राप्त होते हैं
vaiśampāyana uvāca | rājann yo dvijo nityaṃ snānaṃ kṛtvā ubhayataḥ-sandhyopāsanāṃ ca gāyatrī-japaṃ ca karoti sa caturaḥ bhavati | marukī-sādhana-jala-parityāginaḥ tathā nirāhārāṇāṃ svargaloka-prāptiḥ bhavati || sthaṇḍile śayamānānāṃ gṛhāṇi śayanāni ca | cīra-valkala-vāsobhiḥ vasāṃsi ābharaṇāni ca ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “O King, the twice-born man who bathes daily and performs the twilight worship at both times, along with the recitation of the Gāyatrī, becomes discerning and wise. Those who renounce the use of water for bodily comforts in austere practice, and those who live without food, attain the world of heaven. Those who sleep upon bare ground obtain houses and beds; and by wearing garments of bark and rags, one gains excellent clothing and ornaments.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच