Shloka 326
Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)
दातारं हानुगच्छन्ति सर्वे कामाभिवाज्छिता: । जो दिद्वान् ब्राह्मणको भूमिदान करता है, उस दाताके पास सभी मनोवाजञ्छित भोग स्वतः आ जाते हैं
dātāraṃ hānugacchanti sarve kāmābhivāñchitāḥ | yo vidvān brāhmaṇako bhūmidāna kartā hai, us dātāke pāsa sabhī manovāñchita bhoga svataḥ ā jāte haiṃ |
মাৰ্কণ্ডেয় ক’লে—দাতাক অনুসৰণ কৰি সকলো অভীষ্ট কামনা আহে। যি জ্ঞানী দাতা ব্ৰাহ্মণক ভূমিদান কৰে, তাৰ ওচৰলৈ সকলো মনোবাঞ্ছিত ভোগ-সমৃদ্ধি নিজে নিজে আহি পৰে।
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that generosity—especially the meritorious gift of land to a worthy brāhmaṇa—draws prosperity and desired outcomes to the donor, presenting dāna as a central practice of dharma with tangible and moral fruits.
Mārkaṇḍeya is instructing his listeners on the fruits of charitable giving, praising the donor and highlighting bhūmidāna as a particularly powerful form of generosity within the dharma-discourse of the Vana Parva.