Shloka 90
दानफलप्रकरणम् — उपानहदानं, तिलदानं, भूमिदानं, गोदानं, अन्नदानं च
Gifts and Their Stated Results: Footwear, Sesame, Land, Cows, and Food
भूमिप्रदानात् पुष्पाणि हिरण्यनिचयास्तथा । आज्ञा सदाप्रतिहता जयशब्दा वसूनि च
bhūmipradānāt puṣpāṇi hiraṇyanicayās tathā | ājñā sadāpratihatā jayaśabdā vasūni ca ||
ભૂમિદાન કરવાથી પુરુષને શુભ પુષ્પો, સોનાના ઢગલા, સદા અપ્રતિહત રહે તેવી આજ્ઞા, વિજયઘોષ અને નાનાવિધ ધન-રત્નો પ્રાપ્ત થાય છે.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Land-giving (bhūmi-dāna) is extolled as a highly meritorious charity that yields both material prosperity and social-political efficacy—honor, wealth, and an authority that faces no obstruction—thereby reinforcing dharma and stability.
In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma (Anushasana Parva), he enumerates the fruits of specific gifts; here he lists the rewards attributed to donating land, presenting it as a superior form of dāna with tangible and reputational outcomes.