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 ||
Vaiśampāyana dit : Pour celui qui offre à un brahmane le don de la « vache de sésame », accompli comme il se doit—avec la dakṣiṇā, des cornes d’or magnifiques, un récipient de traite en bronze et un vêtement supérieur de grande valeur—les mondes des Vasu deviennent aisément accessibles.
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.