Dakshina - AncientVoice

Mbh.5.109.5006	SECTION CIX Garuda continued, In days of yore, Vivaswat, having performed a sacrifice, gave this quarter away as a present Dakshina unto his preceptor, And it is for this that this region is known by the name of Dakshina south.
Mbh.5.119.5325	Performing a sacrifice then of the name of Pundarika, that monarch gave away those steeds as Dakshina unto the Brahmanas.
Mbh.5.141.6345	The mighty Dhrishtadyumna, who sprang into life from the sacrificial fire, having for its mouth the rites celebrated with mantras, will, O Krishna, be the Dakshina of that sacrifice.
Mbh.8.70.4157	The Rajasuya performed by thee, brought to completion by gift of Dakshina, and the celestial palace owned by thee, were both due to my prowess.
Mbh.9.39.2844	Arrived there, they solicited the king for giving them one and twenty strong and healthy calves to be given away as Dakshina in the sacrifice they have completed.
Mbh.12.18.830	Who is there that is more virtuous than he who maintains his sacred fire, who performs sacrifices with presents of animals and Dakshina, and who practises charity day and night'
Mbh.12.25.1145	To be engaged in battle has been said to be the Sacrifice for a king; a due observance of the science of chastisement is his Yoga; and the gift of wealth in sacrifices in the form of Dakshina is his Renunciation.
Mbh.12.59.3357	The gift called Purna-patra is declared to be the Dakshina of such sacrifices
Mbh.12.59.3358	It has been heard by us that in days of old a Sudra of the name of Paijavana gave a Dakshina in one of his sacrifices consisting of a hundred thousand Purnapatras, according to the ordinance called Aindragni
Mbh.12.76.4272	In my dominions no sacrifice has been performed without completing it by Dakshina.
Mbh.12.78.4404	Yudhishthira said, There are Vedic texts about the gift of Dakshina in sacrifices.
Mbh.12.78.4406	This ordinance about the gift of Dakshina has not proceeded from motives connected with the distribution of wealth.
Mbh.12.78.4413	Dakshina constitutes one of the limbs of sacrifice and conduces to the nourishment of the Vedas.
Mbh.12.78.4414	A sacrifice without Dakshina can never lead to salvation.
Mbh.12.78.4415	The efficacy, however, of a single Purnapatra is equal to that of any Dakshina, however rich.
Mbh.12.90.5097	The three kinds of Fire, the three Vedas, and sacrifices with Dakshina, all become lost when the king becomes heedless.
Mbh.12.96.5380	The king, therefore, by thus adoring the deities by means of a union of all sacrifices whose Dakshina is the dispelling of everybody's fear, enjoys every kind of felicity here and attains to a residence in Indra's heaven hereafter
Mbh.12.97.5433	What is its Dakshina?
Mbh.12.107.6056	The father is said to be the Garhapatya fire; the mother, the Dakshina fire, and the preceptor is that fire upon which libations are poured.
Mbh.12.164.9678	Unto those Brahmanas that are not poor, only the Dakshina O best of the Bharatas, should be given.
Mbh.12.164.9710	They who are conversant with the scriptures say that the man who, having kindled the sacrificial fire, does not give away the dedicated food as Dakshina, is not the kindler of a sacrificial fire.
Mbh.12.164.9712	One should never worship the deities in sacrifices in which no Dakshina is given.
Mbh.12.164.9713	A sacrifice not completed with Dakshina, instead of producing merit brings about the destruction of one's children, animals, and heaven.
Mbh.12.170.10230	Indeed, O Bharata, throwing a heap of wealth of many kinds for giving it away as Dakshina unto his regenerate guests, the mighty Virupaksha, addressing those foremast of Brahmanas, said unto them, Take from these jewels and gems as much as ye wish and can hope to bear away'
Mbh.12.200.12186	Mantras applied duly, sacrifices, the presents called Dakshina, gift of food, and concentration of the mind for divine contemplation, these are the five acts that are said to be productive of fruits, there being none else.
Mbh.12.243.15026	Performing a sacrifice that is capable of being completed in a single day and in which the Dakshina should be everything of which he may be possessed, he should himself perform his own Sraddha.
Mbh.12.250.15342	Having performed only various kinds of religious rites and diverse sacrifices completed with gift of Dakshina, one does not acquire the status of a Brahmana if he is devoid of compassion and hath not given up desire
Mbh.12.292.18312	All the Vedas, O foremost of kings, are established on the three sacred fires called Dakshina, Garhapatya, and Ahavaniya.
Mbh.12.318.19807	In that Sacrifice a dispute arose between me and my maternal uncle as to who should be permitted to appropriate the Dakshina that was paid for the recitation of the Vedas.
Mbh.12.318.19808	In the very presence of Devala, I took half of that Dakshina the other half going to my maternal uncle.
Mbh.12.320.20299	By ruling a kingdom well, a king earns the merit that attaches to a Horse-sacrifice with the whole Earth given away as Dakshina.
Mbh.13.14.1513	Sanatkumara, the Vedas, the Histories, Marichi, Angiras, Atri, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, the seven Manus, Soma, the Atharvans, and Vrihaspati, Bhrigu, Daksha, Kasyapa, Vasishtha, Kasya, the Schandas, Diksha, the Sacrifices, Dakshina, the Sacrificial Fires, the Havis clarified butter poured in sacrifices, and all the requisites of the sacrifices, were beheld by me, O Yudhishthira, standing there in their embodied forms.
Mbh.13.14.1532	Thou, O illustrious one, art the Vedas, the Sacrifices, Soma, Dakshina, Pavaka, Havi, and all other requisites of sacrifice.
Mbh.13.57.5697	The regions of the Vasus become attainable to that man who gives away a cow with horns beautifully decorated with gold, accompanied with a brazen jar for milking, along with a piece of cloth embroidered with gold, a measure of sesame and a sum of money as Dakshina.
Mbh.13.59.5804	Even this is the sacrifice spread out for thee, a sacrifice that is sanctified by devotion and faith and that is endued with Dakshina.
Mbh.13.60.5880	Even this is the sacrifice that is spread out for thee, a sacrifice that is sanctified by devotion and faith, and that has a large Dakshina attached to it.
Mbh.13.61.5895	For this reason, the king should perform sacrifices with abundant gifts in the form of Dakshina
Mbh.13.61.5900	Do thou perform sacrifices with copious Dakshina, and make gifts of good and agreeable food unto those that are righteous.
Mbh.13.61.5928	The king should then perform great sacrifices with large presents in the shape of Dakshina, when in consequence of his being devoted to the good of his subjects, the latter bathe him with copious showers of wealth brought willingly by them for the purpose.
Mbh.13.62.5966	That person, O best of kings, who gives away earth, which is indestructible, as Dakshina, becomes born in next life as a man and becomes also a lord of earth.
Mbh.13.62.6042	Having adored Vishnu in a hundred sacrifices each of which was distinguished by plentiful gifts as Dakshina, Maghavat put this question to Vrihaspati, that foremost of all eloquent persons'
Mbh.13.62.6053	The merit that a person acquires by making a gift of earth is incapable of being acquired by the performance of even such great sacrifices as the Agnishtoma and others with plentiful gifts in the shape of Dakshina.
Mbh.13.66.6286	We shall perform our sacrifice even here with large Dakshina.
Mbh.13.72.6726	What kind or Dakshina is regarded as distinguished for pre-eminence in the matter of gifts of kine?
Mbh.13.74.6810	Gold has been said to constitute the Dakshina, O thou of great splendour, in gifts of kine.
Mbh.13.74.6811	Indeed, gold has been said to be the best Dakshina in all sacrifices.
Mbh.13.74.6813	By giving away kine with Dakshina of gold one rescues one's ancestors and descendants of double the number.
Mbh.13.74.6815	Gold is, again, the best Dakshina.
Mbh.13.74.6818	I have thus, O thou of great splendour, told thee in brief of Dakshina'
Mbh.13.79.7123	Verily, O scorcher of foes, they said unto themselves, We shall, in this world, become the best of all kinds of Dakshina in sacrifices, and we shall not be liable to be stained with any fault!
Mbh.13.84.7457	The Vedas and the Upanishads also have laid down that in all sacrifices, in fact, in all kinds of religious acts, the Dakshina should be earth or kine or gold.
Mbh.13.84.7470	Why, indeed, is it regarded so superior as a Dakshina?
Mbh.13.84.7546	Of all kinds of Dakshina, gold is the best.
Mbh.13.90.8118	As those libations of ghee that are poured upon the extinguished ashes of a sacrificial fire never reach either the gods or the Pitris, after the same manner a gift that is made to a dancer or a singer or a Dakshina presented to a lying or deceitful person, produces no merit.
Mbh.13.90.8119	The Dakshina that is presented to a lying or deceitful person destroys both the giver and the receiver without benefiting them in any respect.
Mbh.13.90.8120	Such a Dakshina is destructive and highly censurable.
Mbh.13.104.9577	One should, according to the best of one's power, adore the deities in sacrifices, giving away diverse kinds of articles as sacrificial Dakshina.
Mbh.13.115.10276	That learned person who giveth to all living creatures the Dakshina of complete assurance comes to be regarded, without doubt, as the giver of life-breaths in this world
Mbh.13.129.11113	He who makes gifts of kine, he who makes gifts of land that are productive of eternal merit, he who performs the Agnishtoma sacrifice with copious presents in the form of Dakshina to the Brahmanas, are all regarded by the deities as acquiring, merits equal to those which one acquires by making gifts of vessels filled with sesame seeds.
Mbh.13.162.13561	After completing one's study one should present the Dakshina unto one's preceptor.
Mbh.14.3.76	In this sacrifice, the Earth is the Dakshina; this is the rule that is prescribed in the first instance.
Mbh.14.25.987	The renunciation of everything is the excellent Dakshina of that sacrifice.
Mbh.14.25.990	Cessation of separate existence or Emancipation is the Dakshina.
Mbh.14.88.3919	Do thou also, O great king, make the Dakshina of this sacrifice three times of what is enjoined.
Mbh.14.89.3966	The high-souled Yudhishthira of great intelligence staying with his brothers in the midst of the kings invited to his sacrifice, said unto those Brahmanas, The Dakshina ordained in the scriptures for the great Horse-sacrifice is the Earth.
Mbh.14.89.3982	Thus addressed, the foremost one of Kuru's race, along with all his brothers, became glad of soul, and gave away millions of golden coins, in fact, trebling the Dakshina ordained for the Horse-sacrifice.
Mbh.18.6.418	Gold and other precious metals should be given as Dakshina.
Mbh.18.6.454	One desirous of attaining to the fruits that attach to a recitation of the Bharata should, according to ones power, give unto the reciter Dakshina, as also an honorarium in gold.

Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice.

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