Shloka 326

Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

दातारं हानुगच्छन्ति सर्वे कामाभिवाज्छिता: । जो दिद्वान्‌ ब्राह्मणको भूमिदान करता है, उस दाताके पास सभी मनोवाजञ्छित भोग स्वतः आ जाते हैं

Transliteration

dātāraṃ hānugacchanti sarve kāmābhivāñchitāḥ | yo vidvān brāhmaṇako bhūmidāna kartā hai, us dātāke pāsa sabhī manovāñchita bhoga svataḥ ā jāte haiṃ |

Translation

ಮಾರ್ಕಂಡೇಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ದಾತನನ್ನು ಅನುಸರಿಸಿ ಎಲ್ಲ ಅಭೀಷ್ಟ ಭೋಗಗಳು ಬರುತ್ತವೆ. ಜ್ಞಾನಿಯಾದ ದಾತನು ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣನಿಗೆ ಭೂಮಿದಾನ ಮಾಡಿದರೆ, ಅವನಿಗೆ ಬೇಕಾದ ಎಲ್ಲ ಸೌಖ್ಯ-ಸಂಪತ್ತುಗಳು ತಾವೇ ಬಂದು ಸೇರುತ್ತವೆ।

Word by Word

दातारम्the giver (donor)

हिindeed/for

अनुगच्छन्तिfollow/come after

सर्वेall

कामdesires

अभिवाञ्छिताःdesired/wished for

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

brāhmaṇa

bhūmidāna (gift of land)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that generosity—especially the meritorious gift of land to a worthy brāhmaṇa—draws prosperity and desired outcomes to the donor, presenting dāna as a central practice of dharma with tangible and moral fruits.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya is instructing his listeners on the fruits of charitable giving, praising the donor and highlighting bhūmidāna as a particularly powerful form of generosity within the dharma-discourse of the Vana Parva.