Shloka 10
Adhyāya 64: Dāna-prakāra—Suvarṇa, Pānīya-dāna, Ghṛta-dāna, and Upakaraṇa-dāna
Utility Gifts
(विद्वद्धय: सम्प्रदानेन तत्राप्यंशो5स्य पूजया । यज्वभ्यश्नाथ विद्वद्धयो दत्त्वा लोक॑ प्रदापयेत् ।।
bhīṣma uvāca | vidvadbhyaḥ sampradānena tatrāpy aṁśo 'sya pūjayā | yajvabhyaś cātha vidvadbhyo dattvā lokaṁ pradāpayet || pradadyāj jñānadātṝṇāṁ jñānadānāṁśabhāg bhavet | prajāvato bharet tathā brāhmaṇān bahukāriṇaḥ | prajāvāṁs tena bhavati yathā janayitā tathā ||
ການໃຫ້ທານແກ່ນັກປັນຍາ—ແມ່ນແຕ່ການເຄົາລົບບູຊາພວກເຂົາ—ກໍເຮັດໃຫ້ຜູ້ໃຫ້ແລະຜູ້ບູຊາໄດ້ຮັບສ່ວນໜຶ່ງແຫ່ງບຸນຍັດ. ການໃຫ້ແກ່ຜູ້ປະກອບຍັດແລະຜູ້ຮູ້ທໍາ ເຮັດໃຫ້ທານນັ້ນເປັນເຫດໃຫ້ໄດ້ໄປສູ່ໂລກອັນດີເລີດ. ຄວນໃຫ້ອາຫານແລະຊັບສິນແກ່ຜູ້ທີ່ແຈກຈ່າຍຄວາມຮູ້; ຜູ້ໃຫ້ຈຶ່ງໄດ້ມີສ່ວນໃນບຸນບາງສ່ວນທີ່ເກີດຈາກທານແຫ່ງຄວາມຮູ້ນັ້ນ. ອີກທັງ ຜູ້ໃດອຸປະຖໍາພຣາຫມັນຜູ້ເປັນປະໂຫຍດແກ່ຄົນຫຼາຍ ແລະມີຄອບຄົວ ຜູ້ນັ້ນດ້ວຍອໍານາດແຫ່ງກຳດີນັ້ນ ຈະໄດ້ຮັບພອນໃຫ້ມີລູກຫຼານ ດຸດດັ່ງຜູ້ໃຫ້ກໍາເນີດເອງ.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Charity directed toward the learned, sacrificers, and especially teachers is not merely social support; it is a dharmic act that yields a share in their religious and educational merit, leading to higher spiritual attainment and even blessings such as progeny.
In the Anushasana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira about the fruits of giving: honoring scholars, supporting yajña-performers, and sustaining knowledge-teachers and family-bearing benefactor-Brahmins, explaining the specific merits that accrue to the donor.