Shloka 26
Tilā-Dāna, Dīpa-Dāna, and Nitya-Jalapradāna
Yama–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda) | तिलदान-दीपदान-नित्यजलप्रदान (यम-ब्राह्मण संवाद
पुरुषो जायते प्रेत्य कुले सुबहुगोधने । पूर्वाषाढ़ा नक्षत्रमें उपवास करके कुलीन, सदाचारी एवं वेदोंके पारंगत विद्वान् ब्राह्मणको दहीसे भरे हुए पात्रका दान करनेवाला मनुष्य मृत्युके पश्चात् ऐसे कुलमें जन्म लेता है, जहाँ गोधनकी अधिकता होती है ।।
puruṣo jāyate pretya kule subahugodhone | pūrvāṣāḍhā-nakṣatre upavāsaṃ kṛtvā kulīnaṃ sadācāriṇaṃ vedapāragaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ dadhipūrṇa-pātra-dānaṃ yaḥ karoti, sa mṛtyoḥ paścāt tādṛśe kule jāyate yatra godhanasya bahutvaṃ bhavati || udamanthaṃ sasarpīṣkaṃ prabhūtam adhiphāṇitam | dattvottarāsvāṣāḍhāsu sarvakāmān avāpnuyāt ||
Disse Nārada: Aquele que, após jejuar no dia regido pela mansão lunar Pūrvāṣāḍhā, doa um vaso cheio de coalhada a um brâmane de nobre linhagem, boa conduta e profundo saber dos Vedas, renasce após a morte numa família rica em riqueza de gado. Do mesmo modo, quem, nos dias de Uttarāṣāḍhā, oferece em dádiva uma preparação abundante de bebida batida, misturada com ghee e adoçada com grande quantidade de melaço, alcança a realização de todos os fins desejados.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
That disciplined giving (dāna), especially when paired with fasting and performed at auspicious calendrical times, and offered to a worthy, learned, and ethical recipient, is a powerful form of dharma that yields concrete fruits—prosperity (notably cattle-wealth) and the fulfillment of aims.
Nārada is enumerating specific charitable observances tied to nakṣatras: on Pūrvāṣāḍhā, fasting and gifting a vessel of curd to a qualified Brahmin leads to rebirth in a cattle-rich lineage; on Uttarāṣāḍhā, donating an abundant churned preparation mixed with ghee and sweetened with molasses is said to grant the attainment of all desired goals.