Shloka 30
Adhyāya 60: Dāna vs. Yajña—Royal Giving, Protection, and Karmic Share
सदक्षिणां काञउ्चनचारुशंगीं कांस्योपदोहां द्रविणोत्तरीयाम् । धेनुं तिलानां ददतो द्विजाय लोका वसूनां सुलभा भवन्ति
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
sadakṣiṇāṃ kāñcanacāruśaṅgīṃ kāṃsyopadohāṃ draviṇottarīyām |
dhenuṃ tilānāṃ dadato dvijāya lokā vasūnāṃ sulabhā bhavanti ||
Dijo Vaiśampāyana: Para quien entrega a un brahmán la ofrenda de la “vaca de sésamo”, completa—con dakṣiṇā, adornada con hermosos cuernos de oro, acompañada de un recipiente de ordeño de bronce y de una valiosa prenda superior—los mundos de los Vasus se vuelven fácilmente alcanzables.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that dāna (charitable giving) should be complete and respectful—accompanied by dakṣiṇā and appropriate supporting gifts—and that such well-formed generosity is a powerful dharmic act producing spiritual merit, here expressed as access to the realms of the Vasus.
Vaiśampāyana, in the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, describes the merit gained by donating a ritual ‘tiladhenu’ (sesame-cow offering) to a Brahmin, specifying the customary components (golden horns, bronze milking vessel, valuable cloth, and dakṣiṇā) and stating the resulting heavenly reward.