Shloka 40
“राजन! जो पुरुष ब्राह्मणको अन्न और शय्यासे सम्पन्न गृह दान करता है, उसे अत्यन्त पवित्र, मनोहर और नाना प्रकारके रत्नोंसे भरा हुआ उत्तम घर प्राप्त होता है ।। सुगन्धचित्रास्तरणोपधानं दद्यान्नरो यः शयनं द्विजाय । रूपान्वितां पक्षवतीं मनोज्ञां भार्यामयत्नोपगतां लभेत् सः,“जो मनुष्य ब्राह्मणको सुगन्धयुक्त विचित्र बिछौने और तकियेसे युक्त शय्याका दान करता है, वह बिना यत्नके ही उत्तम कुलमें उत्पन्न अथवा सुन्दर केशपाशवाली, रूपवती एवं मनोहारिणी भार्या प्राप्त कर लेता है
sugandhacitrāstaraṇopadhānaṃ dadyān naro yaḥ śayanaṃ dvijāya | rūpānvitāṃ pakṣavatīṃ manojñāṃ bhāryām ayatnopagatāṃ labheta saḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: O king, the man who gives a Brahmin a bed furnished with fragrant and beautifully patterned coverings and pillows gains, without struggle, a delightful wife—endowed with beauty and lovely tresses—arising from a good family.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that gifting comfort and dignity—specifically a well-appointed bed with fragrant coverings and pillows—to a Brahmin is a dharmic act that yields auspicious domestic rewards, symbolized by obtaining a charming, well-born spouse without hardship.
Vaiśampāyana continues an instruction on dāna (charitable gifts) and their fruits, addressing a king and describing the specific result (phala) of donating a furnished bed to a Brahmin.