Shloka 32
Adhyāya 60: Dāna vs. Yajña—Royal Giving, Protection, and Karmic Share
यो ब्रह्मदेयां तु ददाति कन्यां भूमिप्रदानं च करोति विदप्रे । ददाति चान्न॑ विधिवच्च यश्न स लोकमाप्रोति पुरंदरस्य,“जो मनुष्य ब्राह्मनविधिसे अपनी कन्याका दान करता है, ब्राह्मणको भूमिदान देता है तथा विधिपूर्वक अन्नका दान करता है, उसे इन्द्रलोककी प्राप्ति होती है
yo brahmadeyāṁ tu dadāti kanyāṁ bhūmipradānaṁ ca karoti vipre | dadāti cānnaṁ vidhivac ca yaś ca sa lokam āpnoti purandarasya ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Whoever gives his daughter in marriage as a brahma-gift, and also grants land to a brāhmaṇa, and further gives food according to proper rite—such a person attains the world of Purandara (Indra).
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that dharmic giving—especially socially foundational gifts like marriage-gift of a daughter in a righteous manner, land-gift to a brāhmaṇa, and properly offered food—produces great merit and leads to Indra’s heaven. It emphasizes both generosity and correct procedure (vidhi).
Vaiśampāyana is describing the fruits of specific acts of dāna (charitable giving). In the didactic setting of the Anuśāsana Parva, such statements function as ethical instruction, linking concrete duties of householders to promised posthumous destinations like Indraloka.