Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 44
Dāna-dharma: Types of Charity, Worthy Recipients, Vrata-Timings, and Śiva–Viṣṇu Propitiation
वारिदस्तृप्तिमाप्नोति सुखमक्षय्यमन्नदः / तिलप्रदः प्रजामिष्टां दीपदश्चक्षुरुत्तमम्
vāridastṛptimāpnoti sukhamakṣayyamannadaḥ / tilapradaḥ prajāmiṣṭāṃ dīpadaścakṣuruttamam
Người bố thí nước được sự mãn nguyện; người bố thí thức ăn được hạnh phúc bất hoại. Người dâng hạt mè được con cháu như ý; người dâng đèn được thị lực tối thượng (ánh sáng soi).
Sage (Purana narrator) instructing on dana-dharma within the Kurma Purana’s dharma discourse
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: it frames inner purity through dana as a dharmic support for spiritual clarity—contentment, imperishable good, and illumination are presented as fruits that aid the seeker’s inward turn toward the Self.
No specific technique is named; the verse highlights ethical preparation (yama-like virtues) through charity—giving water, food, sesame, and light—seen in the Kurma Purana as supportive disciplines that steady the mind for higher yoga and devotion.
It does so implicitly through shared dharma: the merit of dana is presented as universally dharmic rather than sectarian, aligning with the Kurma Purana’s integrative Shaiva-Vaishnava outlook where ethical duties support devotion to the one Supreme.