Shloka 67
दानफलप्रकरणम् — उपानहदानं, तिलदानं, भूमिदानं, गोदानं, अन्नदानं च
Gifts and Their Stated Results: Footwear, Sesame, Land, Cows, and Food
पुण्यामृद्धिरसां भूमिं यो ददाति पुरंदर । न तस्य लोकाः: क्षीयन्ते भूमिदानगुणान्विता:
bhīṣma uvāca | puṇyām ṛddhirasāṁ bhūmiṁ yo dadāti purandara | na tasya lokāḥ kṣīyante bhūmidānaguṇānvitāḥ ||
पुरंदर! जो परम पवित्र और समृद्धि-रस से परिपूर्ण पृथ्वी का दान करता है, उसे भूमिदान के गुणों से युक्त अक्षय लोक प्राप्त होते हैं।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Land-gift (bhūmidāna) is praised as a supremely meritorious form of charity because it supports sustained livelihood; therefore its karmic fruit is described as ‘non-diminishing worlds’ (akṣaya lokāḥ), i.e., enduring spiritual reward.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dāna-dharma, Bhishma continues his discourse by addressing Purandara (Indra) and declaring the exceptional merit and lasting reward gained by one who donates fertile, prosperity-bearing land.