Shloka 19
Gopradāna-phalasaṃprāpti: Nāciketa’s Vision of Vaivasvata’s Realms (गोप्रदानफलसम्प्राप्तिः — नाचिकेतोपाख्यानम्)
वह इस जगत्में सम्पूर्ण कामनाओं तथा अक्षय कीर्तिको प्राप्त करता है और सम्पूर्ण पापोंसे मुक्त हो जाता है। मृत्युके पश्चात् वह अक्षय सुखका भागी होता है ।।
bhīṣma uvāca | sa iha jagati samastakāmanāḥ prāpnoti akṣayāṃ ca kīrtiṃ labhate sarvapāpaiś ca vimucyate | mṛtyoḥ paścāt sa akṣayasukhabhāg bhavati || toyado manuja-vyāghra svargaṃ gatvā mahā-dyute | akṣayān samavāpnoti lokān ity abravīn manuḥ ||
Bhīṣma bersabda: “Di dunia ini, pemberi air meraih pemenuhan segala hasrat yang benar dan kemasyhuran yang tak binasa; ia pun terbebas dari segala dosa. Setelah wafat, ia menjadi pewaris kebahagiaan yang abadi. Wahai harimau di antara manusia, wahai yang bercahaya agung—Manu menyatakan bahwa pemberi air pergi ke surga dan memperoleh alam-alam yang tak fana.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that offering water as a charitable gift is a powerful dharmic act: it brings fulfillment of desires, lasting fame, freedom from sin, and—after death—access to imperishable happiness and heavenly realms.
Bhishma, instructing on dharma, cites the authority of Manu to praise the merit of water-donation (toya-dāna), assuring the listener that such charity leads to svarga and to enduring, ‘imperishable’ worlds.