Brahma-sthāpana
Brahma-sthāpana · brahma-sthāpana, “settling a brāhmaṇa”
Grammar: neuter noun; a compound of brahma (a brāhmaṇa) and sthāpana (settling, establishing): “settling a brāhmaṇa”.
Meaning: a dāna: giving a brāhmaṇa a house and so on, and keeping him, so that he has a livelihood.
In the scriptures: Śrī Kṛshṇa tells Nanda of the dānas and their fruits. A flower garden, installing Śiva, a setu (causeway), a pushkariṇī (temple tank), a lake and the settling of a vipra: one who does these makes his birth fruitful. The man who gives a brāhmaṇa a livelihood becomes jīvanmukta and gains unshaken wealth. Then he gains the fourfold mukti and dāsya-bhakti (devotion as Śrī Kṛshṇa’s servant), and he rejoices long in Vaikuṇṭha. Śrī Kṛshṇa says: “As I, the Paramātmā, have no fall, so he has no fall.” The fruit is uncountable even by Brahmā (Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Śrī Kṛshṇa Janma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 76).
Related terms: Dāna · Brāhmaṇa
Sources
- Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Śrī Kṛshṇa Janma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 76