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Padmapurana
Having bowed down, he said, "O Bhagavan, please stand here." Then, having purified the earth, he worshipped it with lotuses and other flowers. ||11||
The queen, lifting a vessel filled with fragrant water, gave it to the muni, while the king washed his feet. ||15||
Then, the king, whose whole body was filled with joy, with great respect, placed in a golden vessel, kheer and other food, which was excellent in fragrance, taste, and appearance. Then, with great faith, he offered this excellent food to the excellent vessel, i.e., the muni. ||16-17||
Then, just as the desire of a compassionate person to give increases, so too, the food offered to the muni, due to the virtue of the excellent gift, increased in the vessel. Meaning: Shri Ram Muni was the holder of inexhaustible wealth, therefore, the food offered to him remained inexhaustible in his vessel. ||18||
Knowing the giver to be endowed with the virtues of faith, contentment, devotion, etc., the gods, with joyful minds, celebrated him in the sky, i.e., they performed five wonders. ||19||
A favorable, cool, gentle, fragrant wind blew. The gods, filled with joy, showered fragrant flowers of five colors. In the sky, there was a sound of various kinds of drums that captivated the ears. The excellent music of the apsaras mingled with the sound of the drums. The gods of the Kamadeva clan, filled with contentment, made various sounds and danced in the sky with various forms of dance. ||20-22||
"Oh, what a gift! Oh, what a vessel! Oh, what a ritual! Oh, what a god! Oh, what a giver! Blessed, blessed!" These words were uttered in the sky. ||23||
"Grow, victory, happiness!" These and other words of the gods, uttered in a loud voice, filled the sky-like pavilion. ||24||
Besides this, a rain of wealth, filled with various jewels, gold, and other excellent substances, fell, illuminating the ten directions. ||25||
Having received worship from the gods and the deshavrat from the muni, the king, with pure vision, attained glory on earth. ||26||
Thus, the king, along with his wife, who was submissive in devotion, having given a gift to a worthy recipient, experienced the ultimate joy, the fruit of having obtained human birth. ||27||
He became a khada. ||13||