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Shloka 25

Adhyāya 60: Dāna vs. Yajña—Royal Giving, Protection, and Karmic Share

दासीदासमलड्कारान्‌ क्षेत्राणि च गृहाणि च । ब्रह्मदेयां सुतां दत्त्वा प्राप्नोति मनुजर्षभ

dāsīdāsam alaṅkārān kṣetrāṇi ca gṛhāṇi ca | brahmadeyāṃ sutāṃ dattvā prāpnoti manujarṣabha ||

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「人中の雄牛よ、娘をブラフマの贈与(Brahma-dāna)として—すなわちブラフマ式の婚姻により相応しい婿へと授ける者は—繁栄を得る。男女の召使い、装身具、田地、そして家屋を得るのである。」

दासीfemale slave/maidservant
दासी:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदासी
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
दासम्male slave/servant
दासम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदास
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अलङ्कारान्ornaments
अलङ्कारान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअलङ्कार
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
क्षेत्राणिfields/lands
क्षेत्राणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootक्षेत्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
गृहाणिhouses
गृहाणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगृह
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
ब्रह्मदेयाम्as a brahma-gift (given to a Brahmin/according to Brahma-rite)
ब्रह्मदेयाम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootब्रह्मदेया
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
सुताम्daughter
सुताम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसुता
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
दत्त्वाhaving given
दत्त्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootदा
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)
प्राप्नोतिattains/obtains
प्राप्नोति:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + आप्
FormPresent (Lat), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
मनुजर्षभःbest of men (O bull among men)
मनुजर्षभः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमनुजर्षभ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
S
sutā (daughter)
D
dāsī (female servant)
D
dāsa (male servant)
A
alaṅkāra (ornaments)
K
kṣetra (fields)
G
gṛha (houses)
B
brahmadeya (Brahma-gift / Brahma marriage)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that giving one’s daughter in the Brahma form of marriage—understood as a righteous, gift-based union to a worthy groom—constitutes dharmic dāna and is said to yield prosperity and social stability as its fruit.

Vaiśampāyana is describing the rewards (phala) associated with specific dharmic acts. Here he states that the act of offering a daughter as a brahmadeya (Brahma-gift) leads to the acquisition of wealth and household resources such as servants, ornaments, land, and homes.