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 ||
Sinabi ni Nārada: Ang sinumang mag-ayuno sa araw ng nakṣatra na Pūrvāṣāḍhā at maghandog ng sisidlang punô ng gatas-asim (curd) sa isang Brahmanang marangal ang angkan, maayos ang asal, at bihasa sa mga Veda, ay muling isisilang pagkalipas ng kamatayan sa pamilyang sagana sa yaman ng mga baka. Gayundin, ang sinumang sa mga araw ng Uttarāṣāḍhā ay magbigay ng masaganang inuming pinakulo’t hinango (churned drink) na hinaluan ng ghee at pinatamis ng maraming molasses, ay makakamit ang katuparan ng lahat ng ninanais.
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.