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| * Similarly, when the performance of an act gladdens his heart, let him perform it with diligence; but let him avoid the opposite. [v.4.161.] | | * Similarly, when the performance of an act gladdens his heart, let him perform it with diligence; but let him avoid the opposite. [v.4.161.] |
| <blockquote>यत्कर्म कुर्वतोऽस्य स्यात्परितोषोऽन्तरात्मनः । तत्प्रयत्नेन कुर्वीत विपरीतं तु वर्जयेत् । । ४.१६१ । ।</blockquote><blockquote>yatkarma kurvato'sya syātparitoṣo'ntarātmanaḥ । tatprayatnena kurvīta viparītaṁ tu varjayet । । 4.161 । ।</blockquote> | | <blockquote>यत्कर्म कुर्वतोऽस्य स्यात्परितोषोऽन्तरात्मनः । तत्प्रयत्नेन कुर्वीत विपरीतं तु वर्जयेत् । । ४.१६१ । ।</blockquote><blockquote>yatkarma kurvato'sya syātparitoṣo'ntarātmanaḥ । tatprayatnena kurvīta viparītaṁ tu varjayet । । 4.161 । ।</blockquote> |
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| + | === औदार्यता ॥ Liberality === |
| + | Let him, without tiring, always offer sacrifices and perform works of charity with faith; for offerings and charitable works made with faith and with lawfully-earned money, (procure) endless rewards. [v.4.226.] |
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| + | Let him always practise, according to his ability, with a cheerful heart, the duty of liberality, both by sacrifices and by charitable works, if he finds a worthy recipient (for his gifts.) [v.4.227.] |
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| + | If he is asked, let him always give something, be it ever so little, without grudging; for a worthy recipient will (perhaps) be found who saves him from all (guilt). [v.4.228.] A giver of water obtains the satisfaction (of his hunger and thirst), a giver of food imperishable happiness, a giver of sesamum desirable offspring, a giver of a lamp a most excellent eyesight. [v.4.229.] A giver of land obtains land, a giver of gold long life, a giver of a house most excellent mansions, a giver of silver (rupya) exquisite beauty (rupa), [v.4.230.] A giver of a garment a place in the world of the moon, a giver of a horse (asva) a place in the world of the Asvins, a giver of a draught-ox great good fortune, a giver of a cow the world of the sun; [v.4.231.] A giver of a carriage or of a bed a wife, a giver of protection supreme dominion, a giver of grain eternal bliss, a giver of the Veda (brahman) union with Brahman; [v.4.232.] |
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| + | The gift of the Veda surpasses all other gifts, water, food, cows, land, clothes, sesamum, gold, and clarified butter. [v.4.233.] |
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| + | For whatever purpose (a man) bestows any gift, for that same purpose he receives (in his next birth) with due honour its (reward). [v.4.234.] |
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| + | Both he who respectfully receives (a gift), and he who respectfully bestows it, go to heaven; in the contrary case (they both fall) into hell. [v.4.235.] |
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| + | By falsehood a sacrifice becomes vain, by self-complacency (the reward for) austerities is lost, longevity by speaking evil of Brahmanas, and (the reward of) a gift by boasting. [v.4.237.] |
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| == विधिताचाराः ॥ Prescribed Code of Conduct == | | == विधिताचाराः ॥ Prescribed Code of Conduct == |