Shloka 64
Tilā-Dāna, Dīpa-Dāna, and Nitya-Jalapradāna
Yama–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda) | तिलदान-दीपदान-नित्यजलप्रदान (यम-ब्राह्मण संवाद
भीष्मजी कहते हैं--राजन्! इस प्रकार नक्षत्रोंक योगमें किये जानेवाले विविध वस्तुओंके दानका संक्षेपसे यहाँ वर्णन किया गया है। नारदजीने देवकीसे और देवकीजीने अपनी पुत्रवधुओंसे यह विषय सुनाया था ।। इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि नक्षत्रयोगदानं नाम चतु:षष्टितमो5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें नक्षत्रयोग सम्बन्धी दान नामक चौंसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
bhīṣma uvāca—rājan! evaṃ nakṣatrayoge kriyamāṇānāṃ vividha-vastūnāṃ dānānāṃ saṃkṣepeṇa iha varṇanaṃ kṛtam. nāradena devakyāḥ sakāśāt, devakyā ca sva-putravadhu-bhyaḥ ayaṃ viṣayaḥ śrutaḥ. iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi nakṣatrayogadānaṃ nāma catuḥṣaṣṭitamo ’dhyāyaḥ. iti dānadharmaparvaṇi nakṣatrayoga-sambandhī dāna-nāmakaḥ catuḥṣaṣṭitamo ’dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ.
Bhishma said: “O King, here a concise account has been given of the many kinds of gifts to be offered when particular constellational conjunctions (nakṣatra-yogas) occur. This teaching was heard by Narada from Devaki, and Devaki in turn conveyed it to her daughters-in-law. Thus ends the sixty-fourth chapter of the Anushasana Parva, within the section on the dharma of giving, entitled ‘Gifts in connection with nakṣatra-yogas.’”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage functions as a concluding summary: it affirms that charitable giving (dāna) can be guided by nakṣatra-yogas (astral timings), and that the chapter has presented a concise catalogue of such gifts—framing dāna as a disciplined ethical practice aligned with traditional ritual calendars.
Bhishma closes the instruction to King Yudhishthira by stating that the topic—donations connected with nakṣatra-yogas—has been summarized, and he notes the lineage of transmission: Narada learned it from Devaki, who then taught it to her daughters-in-law. The colophon then marks the end of the chapter.