Shloka 41
ऋषय ऊचुर गाश्व भूमिं च वित्त च दत्त्वेह भूगुनन्दन । पापकृत् पूयते मर्त्य इति भार्गव शुश्रुम,ऋषियोंने कहा--भृगुनन्दन! हमने सुना है कि पाप करनेवाला मनुष्य यहाँ गाय, भूमि और धनका दान करके पवित्र हो जाता है
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ—gāṃ aśvaṃ bhūmiṃ ca vittaṃ ca dattvaiha bhṛgunandana | pāpakṛt pūyate martya iti bhārgava śuśruma ||
Die Weisen sprachen: „O Wonne der Bhṛgus, o Bhārgava, wir haben vernommen, dass ein Sterblicher, der Sünde begangen hat, hier in dieser Welt geläutert wird, wenn er eine Kuh, ein Pferd, Land und Reichtum als Gabe spendet.“
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a traditional dharma-idea: charitable giving—especially high-value gifts like a cow, horse, land, and wealth—is regarded as a means of moral purification for one burdened by sin, functioning as a form of atonement and ethical restoration.
Within Bhīṣma’s discourse on dharma, the sages address a Bhārgava (called Bhṛgunandana) and report what they have heard: that sinners can become purified in this life through specific forms of dāna (gifts), setting up discussion on the efficacy and conditions of such expiatory charity.