Shloka 62

दानफलप्रकरणम् — उपानहदानं, तिलदानं, भूमिदानं, गोदानं, अन्नदानं च

Gifts and Their Stated Results: Footwear, Sesame, Land, Cows, and Food

Devanagari script

सर्वकामसमायुक्तां काश्यपीं य: प्रयच्छति । सर्वभूतानि मन्यन्ते मां ददातीति वासव

Transliteration

sarvakāmasamāyuktāṁ kāśyapīṁ yaḥ prayacchati | sarvabhūtāni manyante māṁ dadātīti vāsava ||

Translation

Bhishma dit : «Ô Vāsava (Indra), lorsque quelqu’un donne la terre — Kāśyapī, le monde pourvu de toutes les jouissances — tous les êtres en viennent à penser : “Il me donne moi-même.”»

Word by Word

• सर्वकामसमायुक्ताम्: endowed with all desired enjoyments
• सर्वकामसमायुक्ताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वकाम-समायुक्ता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• काश्यपीम्: the earth (Kāśyapī)
• काश्यपीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काश्यपी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रयच्छति: gives, bestows
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सर्वभूतानि: all beings
• सर्वभूतानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• मन्यन्ते: think, consider
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Third, Plural, Atmanepada

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• ददाति: gives
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Present, Indicative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• वासव: O Vāsava (Indra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Indra (Vāsava)
• Earth (Kāśyapī)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse elevates the gift of the earth (land/world) as the supreme form of dāna: because all beings depend on the earth for life and livelihood, such a gift is experienced as a direct personal benefit by everyone—‘he is giving to me.’

What is happening in the narrative?

Within Bhishma’s discourse on dāna-dharma, he addresses Indra (Vāsava) and states that one who donates the earth, described as Kāśyapī and full of all enjoyments, is regarded by all creatures as giving to each of them personally.