Shloka 47
दानफलप्रकरणम् — उपानहदानं, तिलदानं, भूमिदानं, गोदानं, अन्नदानं च
Gifts and Their Stated Results: Footwear, Sesame, Land, Cows, and Food
यथा सस्यानि रोहन्ति प्रकीर्णानि महीतले । तथा कामा: प्ररोहन्ति भूमिदानसमार्जिता:
yathā sasyāni rohanti prakīrṇāni mahītale | tathā kāmāḥ prarohanti bhūmidānasamārjitāḥ ||
قال بهيشما: «كما تنبت البذور المبعثرة إذا استقرّت على وجه الأرض، كذلك تنبت الشهوات من جديد—تلك التي جُمِعت ورُعيت بما يُكتسب من ثوابٍ وازدهارٍ من عطية الأرض. إن الغنى والرضا الناشئين عن هذه العطايا قد يصيران، إن لم يُضبطا، تربةً جديدةً لتجدّد التعلّق والرغبة.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma uses an agrarian simile to warn that prosperity and merit connected with great gifts (like land-donation) can still become a cause for renewed craving. Ethical giving should be joined with inner restraint; otherwise, the very conditions created by merit may nourish fresh desires.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma, including the fruits and nuances of dāna. Here he frames a caution: like seeds scattered on soil, desires can re-emerge and multiply when supported by the gains and satisfactions that come from meritorious acts such as gifting land.