Shloka 93

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

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

Devanagari script

भीष्म उवाच एतदांगिरसाच्छुत्वा वासवो वसुधामिमाम्‌ | वसुरत्नसमाकीर्णा ददावांगिरसे तदा

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca: etad āṅgirasāc chrutvā vāsavo vasudhām imām | vasuratna-samākīrṇāṃ dadāv āṅgirase tadā ||

Translation

Bhīṣma dit : Ô roi, après avoir entendu de la bouche du sage de la lignée des Aṅgirasa (Bṛhaspati) cette grandeur du don de la terre, Indra (Vāsava) lui fit alors don de cette terre même, jonchée de richesses et de joyaux.

Word by Word

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एतत्: this (matter)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आङ्गिरसात्: from Angiras (Brihaspati)
• आङ्गिरसात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आङ्गिरस
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada-usage

• वासवः: Vasava (Indra)
• वासवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वसुधाम्: the earth
• वसुधाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुधा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• इमाम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वसुरत्नसमाकीर्णाम्: filled with wealth and jewels
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वसुरत्नसमाकीर्ण
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ददौ: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• आङ्गिरसे: to Angiras (Brihaspati)
• आङ्गिरसे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आङ्गिरस
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Indra (Vāsava)
• Bṛhaspati (Āṅgirasa)
• Earth (Vasudhā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that the greatness of dāna is measured by the value and legitimacy of what is relinquished and by reverence for dharmic instruction: even a sovereign like Indra honors the teaching on bhūmi-dāna by giving the earth itself to a worthy recipient (Bṛhaspati).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma narrates that Indra, after hearing from Bṛhaspati (of the Aṅgirasa lineage) about the exalted merit of donating land/earth, immediately donates the jewel- and wealth-filled earth to him.