Shloka 94

दानफलप्रकरणम् — उपानहदानं, तिलदानं, भूमिदानं, गोदानं, अन्नदानं च

Gifts and Their Stated Results: Footwear, Sesame, Land, Cows, and Food

Devanagari script

य इदं श्रावयेच्छाद्धे भूमिदानस्य सम्भवम्‌ | न तस्य रक्षसां भागो नासुराणां भवत्युत

Transliteration

ya idaṁ śrāvayec chrāddhe bhūmidānasya sambhavam | na tasya rakṣasāṁ bhāgo nāsurāṇāṁ bhavaty uta ||

Translation

قال بهيشما: من جعل هذا الخبر عن منشأ هبة الأرض وعظمتها يُتلى في وقت شرادها (śrāddha)، فلن يكون للرّاكشاسا ولا للأسورا نصيبٌ من قِسم القرابين المقدَّمة في طقسه.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रावयेत्: should cause to be heard / should recite
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (श्रावयति)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• श्राद्धे: at/in the śrāddha (rite)
• श्राद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भूमि-दानस्य: of the gift of land
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमिदान
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• सम्भवम्: origin/account (narrative)
• सम्भवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्भव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• रक्षसाम्: of the rākṣasas
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• भागः: share/portion
• भागः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• असुराणाम्: of the asuras
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• भवति: is/comes to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• उत: and/also (emphatic)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śrāddha
• Bhūmi-dāna (gift of land)
• Rakṣasas
• Asuras

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Reciting or hearing the teaching on the origin and sanctity of land-gift during śrāddha safeguards the rite: the offering’s intended share is not diverted to hostile beings (rākṣasas/asuras), underscoring the power of right knowledge, proper ritual context, and dharmic intention.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dāna-dharma within the Anuśāsana Parva, he states a specific śrāddha-related fruit: if this account concerning bhūmi-dāna is recited at the ancestral rite, the offerings remain protected from interference by malevolent beings.