Praise of charitable gifts in Śrāddha - Verse 13
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 16 · Verse 13
Sanskrit Original
सुक्तावैदूर्यवासांसि रत्नानि विविधानि च। वाहनानि च दिव्यानि प्रयुतान्यर्बुदानि च।।
suktāvaidūryavāsāṃsi ratnāni vividhāni ca| vāhanāni ca divyāni prayutānyarbudāni ca||
Bṛhaspati said:: He obtains all these things:—Pearls, Lapis Lazuli, robes, different kinds of jewels, divine vehicles, millions and millions in number. He gets a great, meritorious heavenly chariot which can pass through the sky, is equipped with everything desirable and which resembles the moon and the sun. It will not diminishin value. It will be surrounded by celestial damsels. It can go wherever one likes to go. It will have the splendid speed of the mind. He will stay at the top of the heavenly chariot being eulogised by people all round. He will be surrounded by divine flowers. Learned men say that this is the greatest of all charitable gifts.