Shloka 26
Viṣṇu-sahasranāma—Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Recitation (विष्णोर्नामसहस्रम्)
वहाँ पुण्योदका नामसे प्रसिद्ध नदी है, जो यमलोकनिवासियोंके लिये विहित है। उसमें अमृतके समान मधुर, शीतल एवं अक्षय जल भरा रहता है ।।
yama uvāca | tatra puṇyodakā nāma prasiddhā nadī yā yamalokanivāsibhyo vihitā | tasyāṃ amṛtasamaṃ madhuraṃ śītalam akṣayaṃ ca jalaṃ pūrṇaṃ tiṣṭhati || sa tatra toyaṃ pibati pānīyaṃ yaḥ prayacchati | pradīpasya pradānena śrūyatāṃ guṇavistaraḥ | yo hiha jaladānaṃ karoti sa paralokaṃ gatvā tasyā nadījalasya pānaṃ labhate | atha pradīpadānāt yaḥ atiriktataraḥ lābhaḥ sa śrūyatām ||
ພະຍົມກ່າວວ່າ: ທີ່ນັ້ນມີແມ່ນ້ຳທີ່ຮູ້ຈັກກັນດີຊື່ «ປຸນຍໂອດະກາ» ຖືກກຳນົດໄວ້ສຳລັບຜູ້ຢູ່ໃນໂລກຂອງພະຍົມ. ມັນເຕັມໄປດ້ວຍນ້ຳດັ່ງອະມຣິດ—ຫວານ, ເຢັນ, ແລະບໍ່ເຄີຍໝົດ. ຜູ້ໃດໃນໂລກນີ້ຖວາຍນ້ຳດື່ມ ເມື່ອໄປຮອດໂລກໜ້າ ຜູ້ນັ້ນຈະໄດ້ດື່ມນ້ຳແຫ່ງແມ່ນ້ຳນັ້ນ. ບັດນີ້ ຈົ່ງຟັງຄຸນຜົນອັນລະອຽດຂອງການຖວາຍປະທີບ (dīpa-dāna).
यम उवाच
Educational Q&A
Acts of practical charity—especially giving drinking water—generate lasting merit that returns to the giver in the afterlife; the passage also introduces the superior or expanded merits associated with gifting a lamp (dīpa-dāna).
Yama describes a sacred river in his realm, Puṇyodakā, whose nectar-like water is enjoyed by those who donated water while alive; he then transitions to explain, in greater detail, the fruits of lamp-giving.