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Shloka 71

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

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

इन्द्र! मनुष्य पृथ्वीका दान करनेके साथ ही समुद्र, नदी, पर्वत और सम्पूर्ण वन--इन सबका दान कर देता है (अर्थात्‌ इन सबके दानका फल प्राप्त कर लेता है) ।। तडागान्युदपानानि स्रोतांसि च सरांसि च | स्नेहान्‌ सर्वरसांश्चनैव ददाति वसुधां ददत्‌,इतना ही नहीं, पृथ्वीका दान करनेवाला पुरुष तालाब, कुआँ, झरना, सरोवर, स्नेह (घृत आदि) और सब प्रकारके रसोंके दानका भी फल प्राप्त कर लेता है

indra! manuṣyaḥ pṛthivyā dānaṃ kṛtvā samudra-nadī-parvata-samasta-vana-sarvasyaiva dāna-phalaṃ prāpnoti. taḍāgāny udapānāni srotāṃsi ca sarāṃsi ca, sneḥān sarva-rasāṃś caiva dadāti vasudhāṃ dadat.

ビーシュマは言う。「おおインドラよ。人が大地(田地)を布施すれば、海、河川、山々、あらゆる森をも施したのと同じ功徳を得る。さらに、土地を施す者は、池・井戸・泉と流れ・湖、酥油(ギー)のような滋養の品、そしてあらゆる『味』すなわち精髄をも与えた者と見なされる。ゆえに土地の布施は、生命と糧を支える、総合の布施として説かれるのだ。」

तडागानिponds
तडागानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतडाग
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
उदपानानिwells
उदपानानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउदपान
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
स्रोतांसिstreams/springs
स्रोतांसि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्रोतस्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सरांसिlakes
सरांसि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसरस्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
स्नेहान्unctuous substances (ghee, oils)
स्नेहान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्नेह
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
सर्वरसान्all kinds of juices/essences
सर्वरसान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व-रस
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
ददातिgives (bestows)
ददाति:
TypeVerb
Rootदा (दाने)
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
वसुधाम्the earth/land
वसुधाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवसुधा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
ददत्giving (one who gives)
ददत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootदा (दाने)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
I
Indra
E
earth/land (pṛthivī/vasudhā)
O
ocean (samudra)
R
rivers (nadī)
M
mountains (parvata)
F
forests (vana)
P
ponds (taḍāga)
W
wells (udapāna)
S
streams/springs (srotas)
L
lakes (saras)
G
ghee/oily nourishment (sneha)
A
all essences/tastes (sarva-rasa)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that donating land is an exceptionally comprehensive form of charity because land sustains waters, forests, and all sources of nourishment; therefore its gift is credited with the merit of many other life-supporting gifts.

In Anushasana Parva’s discourse on dāna-dharma, Bhishma instructs (addressing ‘Indra’ as a lofty addressee) that the donor of land receives the fruits of donating multiple natural resources—waters, forests, and nourishing substances—emphasizing the exalted status of land-gift.