Shloka 60
दानफलप्रकरणम् — उपानहदानं, तिलदानं, भूमिदानं, गोदानं, अन्नदानं च
Gifts and Their Stated Results: Footwear, Sesame, Land, Cows, and Food
रत्नोपकीर्णा वसुधां यो ददाति पुरंदर | स मुक्त: सर्वकलुषै: स्वर्गलोके महीयते,पुरंदर! जो रत्नयुक्त पृथ्वीका दान करता है, वह समस्त पापोंसे मुक्त होकर स्वर्गलोकमें सम्मानित होता है
ratnopakīrṇāṁ vasudhāṁ yo dadāti purandara | sa muktaḥ sarva-kaluṣaiḥ svarga-loke mahīyate ||
Bhishma said: “O Purandara (Indra), whoever gives in charity the earth strewn with jewels is freed from every stain of sin and is honored in the world of heaven.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Extraordinary generosity—symbolized by gifting jewel-strewn land—purifies the giver from all moral impurities (kaluṣa) and leads to honor in heaven; the verse frames dāna as a powerful dharmic means of inner and karmic cleansing.
In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhishma addresses Purandara (Indra) and states the फल (result) of a supreme gift: the donor of jewel-adorned earth attains freedom from sin and is revered in Svargaloka.