Shloka 22
Tilā-Dāna, Dīpa-Dāna, and Nitya-Jalapradāna
Yama–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda) | तिलदान-दीपदान-नित्यजलप्रदान (यम-ब्राह्मण संवाद
पूर्वोक्त वस्तुओंका ब्राह्मणोंको दान करके मनुष्य इच्छित जीविका-वृत्ति पा लेता है और नरक आदिके कष्ट भी कभी नहीं भोगता। ऐसा शास्त्रोंका निश्चय है ।।
nārada uvāca | pūrvokta-vastūni brāhmaṇebhyo dātvā manuṣyaḥ iṣṭāṃ jīvikā-vṛttiṃ prāpnoti na ca narakādi-duḥkhāni kadācid anubhavati—iti śāstra-niścayaḥ || anurādhāsu prāvāraṃ varānnaṃ samupoṣitaḥ | dattvā yuga-śataṃ cāpi naraḥ svarge mahīyate ||
ナーラダは言った。「先に述べた品々をブラーフマナに施すなら、人は望む生計を得て、地獄などの苦患を決して味わわない—これが聖典の確定した結論である。さらに、アヌラーダー（Anurādhā）の月宿の日に断食を行い、その後、外套（身を覆う衣）と最上の食を施す者は、百ユガのあいだ天界で尊ばれる。」
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that charity (dāna), especially to Brahmins and performed with observances like fasting on an auspicious nakṣatra (Anurādhā), yields tangible worldly stability (desired livelihood) and powerful otherworldly merit (freedom from hellish suffering and honor in heaven).
Narada is instructing about the fruits of specific gifts and vows. He summarizes a śāstric conclusion: donating the earlier-listed items brings desired livelihood and protects from infernal suffering, and he adds a concrete example—fasting under Anurādhā and gifting a cloak and fine food leads to prolonged honor in heaven.