Shloka 40
Adhyāya 60: Dāna vs. Yajña—Royal Giving, Protection, and Karmic Share
“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 ।।
sugandhacitrāstaraṇopadhānaṃ dadyān naro yaḥ śayanaṃ dvijāya | rūpānvitāṃ pakṣavatīṃ manojñāṃ bhāryām ayatnopagatāṃ labheta saḥ ||
Dijo Vaiśampāyana: «Oh rey, el hombre que entrega a un brahmán una casa provista de alimento y lechos obtiene una morada excelente, sumamente pura, encantadora y colmada de joyas de muchas clases. Y quien da a un brahmán un lecho con cobertores y almohadas fragantes y de bellos dibujos, consigue sin esfuerzo una esposa deleitosa—hermosa, de cabellera grata, nacida en buena familia.»
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.