Shloka 15
Nṛga-upākhyāna: Brāhmaṇa-sva and the Consequence of Misappropriated Gift-Cattle (कृकलास-रूपे नृगोपाख्यानम्)
अतः तिलदान सब दानोंसे बढ़कर है। तिलदान यहाँ सब दानोंमें अक्षय फल देनेवाला बताया जाता है ।।
ucchinne tu purā havye kuśikarṣiḥ parantapaḥ | tilair agni-trayaṁ hutvā prāptavān gatim uttamām ||
ビーシュマは言った。「ゆえに胡麻の施与はあらゆる施しに勝る。ここでは胡麻の施与が『不滅の果』を与えると説かれる。昔、供物ハヴィスが尽きたとき、王仙クシカ――烈しい苦行に燃える敵伏せの聖者――は胡麻をもって三つの聖火に供え、三火を満足させた。その行によって彼は最上の境地に到った。すなわち、正法の意をもって行うティラ・ダーナと胡麻の供献は、ことさらに霊験あらたかで、功徳は久しく減ずることがない。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sesame (tila) used in donation and fire-offering is praised as especially potent: even when standard oblations are unavailable, a sincere dharmic offering of tila can sustain ritual duty and yield enduring spiritual merit, culminating in ‘uttamā gati’ (the highest attainment).
Bhishma cites an ancient precedent: when the sacrificial havis was depleted, the royal sage Kuśika performed the required offerings using sesame seeds into the three sacred fires, satisfied them, and as a result attained the supreme state—supporting Bhishma’s praise of tiladāna and tila-offerings.