Shloka 31
Tilā-Dāna, Dīpa-Dāna, and Nitya-Jalapradāna
Yama–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda) | तिलदान-दीपदान-नित्यजलप्रदान (यम-ब्राह्मण संवाद
पूर्वाभाद्रपदायोगे राजमाषान् प्रदाय तु । सर्वभक्षफलोपेत: स वै प्रेत्य सुखी भवेत्
Pūrvābhādrapadā-yoge rāja-māṣān pradāya tu | sarva-bhakṣa-phala-upetaḥ sa vai pretya sukhī bhavet ||
Sinabi ni Nārada: “Kapag ang bahay-buwan na Pūrvābhādrapadā ay nasa mapalad na pagsasanib (yoga), kung ang isang tao ay magbigay ng kawanggawa ng rāja-māṣa (pinakamainam na uri ng māṣa na butil), pagkamatay niya ay makakamit niya ang masayang kalagayan, na may kasaganaan ng lahat ng uri ng pagkain at prutas.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that timely charity—specifically donating a valued food-grain/pulse during the Pūrvābhādrapadā nakṣatra—yields merit that ripens as posthumous well-being, symbolized by abundance of food and fruits.
Nārada is instructing about the fruits of specific acts of dāna (gift-giving) performed under particular astral conditions, describing the beneficial result in the next world for the donor.