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Bhagavai 3:2:102
-: 69:-sayana-sambamdhi-pariyanassa purao jetthaputtam kutumbe thāvettä, tam mittanāi-niyaga-sayana-sambamdhi-pariyanam jetthaputtam ca āpucchittā, sayameva cauppudayam dārumayam padigahagam gahāya mumde bhavittā dāņāmäe pavvajjāe pavvaittae. pavvaie vi ya nam sumāne imam eyārūvum abhiggaham abhiginhissāmi-kappai me jāvajjīvāe chathamchatthenam anikkhittenam tavo kammeņam uddham bāhāo pagijjhiya-pagijjhiya sūrabhimuhassa āyāvanabhūmie āyāvemānassa viharittae, chatthassa vi ya nam pāranayamsi āyāvanabhūmio paccorubhittā sayameva dārumayam padiggaha-gam gahāya tāmalittié nayarie ucca-niya-majjhimāim kulāim gharasamudānassa bhikkhāyariyāe adittā jam me padhame pudae padai, kappai me tam pamthe pahiyānam dalaittae. jam me docce pudae padai, kappai me tam kāga-sunayānam dalaittae. jam me tacce pudae padai, kappai me tum maccha-kacchabhānam dalaittae. jam me cautthe pudue padai, kappai me tam appaņā āhāram āhārettae--tti kattu evam sampehei, sampehettā kallam pāuppabhāyāe rayanie tam ceva niravasesam jāva jam se cautthe pudae padai, tam appanā āhāram
āhārei. The Topic of Dānāmā Initiation of Pūraņa
Then, once around the midnight, while Puraņa, the householder, was wakefully pondering over his family affairs, there arose in his mind such internal, recollective, wishful and mental resolve: ‘At present, I am getting the beneficial fruits of my past, old, righteous, well exerted, auspicious and beneficial karma, on account of which I am thriving in silver, gold, wealth, grain, progeny, cattle, huge fortune, precious metal, precious stone, gem, pearl, conchshell, inferior gems, coral, red gem, best objects, riches, I am thriving more and more. Should I now wantonly squander away the rewards of my past, old, well-practised, enthusistically undertaken, auspicious and beneficial karma? "Therefore, during this period of my thriving in silver etc., ..... up to while I am thriving more and more, and my friends, kinsmen, near ones, own people, relatives, attendants respect me, recognize me, greet me, revere me and offer adoration to me as a lucky, auspicious deity and shrine with humbleness, it would be beneficial for me to prepare myself a quadripartite wooden bowl next morning on the rise of the thousand-rayed brightly shining sun at the end of the night. Having prepared the bowl, I shall prepare plentiful food, drink, sweetmeats and dainties, and invite friends, kinsmen, near ones, own people, relatives and attendants. I shall then honour and respect those friends, kinsmen, near ones, own people, relatives and attendants with profuse food, drink, sweetmeats and dainties, clothes, perfumes, garlands and ornaments. And in the presence of those friends, kinsmen, near ones, own people, relatives and attendants, I shall install my eldest son as the head of the family. And then with the consent of my friends, kinsmen, near ones, own people, relatives, attendants and the eldest son, I shall ceremonially take up the quadripartite
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