Shloka 68
दानफलप्रकरणम् — उपानहदानं, तिलदानं, भूमिदानं, गोदानं, अन्नदानं च
Gifts and Their Stated Results: Footwear, Sesame, Land, Cows, and Food
सर्वदा पार्थिवेनेह सततं भूतिमिच्छता । भू्देया विधिवच्छक्र पाये सुखमभीप्सुना,इन्द्र! जो राजा सदा ऐश्वर्य चाहता हो और सुख पानेकी इच्छा रखता हो, वह विधिपूर्वक सुपात्रको भूमिदान दे
sarvadā pārthivena iha satataṁ bhūtim icchatā | bhūmi-dānaṁ vidhivat śakra pāye sukham abhīpsunā ||
Bhishma said: O Shakra, in this world a king who ever seeks prosperity and desires happiness should always, in the prescribed manner, bestow the gift of land upon a worthy recipient.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler seeking prosperity and happiness should practice dharmic generosity—specifically, giving land in a lawful, properly performed way to a deserving recipient—because such regulated giving is portrayed as a sustaining pillar of royal welfare and merit.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma, he addresses Śakra (Indra) and states a normative guideline for kings: continual pursuit of welfare should be paired with prescribed acts of dāna, highlighting land-gift as a particularly potent and socially stabilizing royal act.