Shloka 33
Tilā-Dāna, Dīpa-Dāna, and Nitya-Jalapradāna
Yama–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda) | तिलदान-दीपदान-नित्यजलप्रदान (यम-ब्राह्मण संवाद
कांस्योपदोहनां धेनुं रेवत्यां यः प्रयच्छति । सा प्रेत्य कामानादाय दातारमुपतिष्ठति,जो रेवती नक्षत्रमें कांसके दुग्धपात्रसे युक्त धेनुका दान करता है वह धेनु परलोकमें सम्पूर्ण भोगोंको लेकर उस दाताकी सेवामें उपस्थित होती है
nārada uvāca |
kāṁsyopadohanāṁ dhenuṁ revatyāṁ yaḥ prayacchati |
sā pretya kāmān ādāya dātāram upatiṣṭhati ||
นารทกล่าวว่า “ผู้ใดในฤกษ์เรวตี (Revatī) ถวายทานโคพร้อมภาชนะรีดน้ำนมทำด้วยสำริด ครั้นละสังขารแล้ว โคนั้นเองจะนำพาสิ่งพึงปรารถนาทั้งปวงมาปรนนิบัติรับใช้ผู้ให้ทาน”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
That dāna performed with appropriate care—here, gifting a milch-cow equipped with a bronze milking vessel and done at an auspicious nakṣatra—yields enduring merit, symbolized by the gift itself becoming a source of support and enjoyment for the donor in the afterlife.
Nārada is enumerating the fruits of specific charitable gifts. In this verse he states that a cow donated with a bronze milking utensil during the Revatī lunar mansion will, after the donor’s death, appear in the next world bringing desired enjoyments and attending upon the donor.