Shloka 93
दानफलप्रकरणम् — उपानहदानं, तिलदानं, भूमिदानं, गोदानं, अन्नदानं च
Gifts and Their Stated Results: Footwear, Sesame, Land, Cows, and Food
भीष्म उवाच एतदांगिरसाच्छुत्वा वासवो वसुधामिमाम् | वसुरत्नसमाकीर्णा ददावांगिरसे तदा,भीष्मजी कहते हैं--राजन्! बृहस्पतिजीके मुँहसे भूमिदानका यह माहात्म्य सुनकर इन्द्रने धन और रत्नोंसे भरी हुई यह पृथ्वी उन्हें दान कर दी
bhīṣma uvāca: etad āṅgirasāc chrutvā vāsavo vasudhām imām | vasuratna-samākīrṇāṃ dadāv āṅgirase tadā ||
ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—രാജാവേ! ആംഗിരസൻ (ബൃഹസ്പതി)യുടെ മുഖത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഭൂമിദാനത്തിന്റെ ഈ മഹാത്മ്യം കേട്ട വാസവനായ ഇന്ദ്രൻ, ധനരത്നങ്ങളാൽ നിറഞ്ഞ ഈ ഭൂമിയെ അപ്പോൾ അവനു ദാനമായി നൽകി.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the greatness of dāna is measured by the value and legitimacy of what is relinquished and by reverence for dharmic instruction: even a sovereign like Indra honors the teaching on bhūmi-dāna by giving the earth itself to a worthy recipient (Bṛhaspati).
Bhishma narrates that Indra, after hearing from Bṛhaspati (of the Aṅgirasa lineage) about the exalted merit of donating land/earth, immediately donates the jewel- and wealth-filled earth to him.