Shloka 90
दानफलप्रकरणम् — उपानहदानं, तिलदानं, भूमिदानं, गोदानं, अन्नदानं च
Gifts and Their Stated Results: Footwear, Sesame, Land, Cows, and Food
भूमिप्रदानात् पुष्पाणि हिरण्यनिचयास्तथा । आज्ञा सदाप्रतिहता जयशब्दा वसूनि च,भूमिदान करनेसे पुरुषको सुन्दर पुष्प, सोनेके भण्डार, कभी प्रतिहत न होनेवाली आज्ञा, जयसूचक शब्द तथा भाँति-भाँतिके धन-रत्न प्राप्त होते हैं
bhūmipradānāt puṣpāṇi hiraṇyanicayās tathā | ājñā sadāpratihatā jayaśabdā vasūni ca ||
Bhishma bersabda: Daripada sedekah tanah lahir ganjaran yang bertuah—bunga-bunga (lambang kemuliaan dan kegembiraan), timbunan emas, kewibawaan yang perintahnya tidak pernah terhalang, laungan kemenangan, serta pelbagai bentuk harta dan permata. Dalam bingkai etika Anushasana Parva, bait ini memuji pemberian tanah sebagai dāna yang paling utama, yang mengukuhkan tertib masyarakat dan kedudukan dharma si pemberi.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Land-giving (bhūmi-dāna) is extolled as a highly meritorious charity that yields both material prosperity and social-political efficacy—honor, wealth, and an authority that faces no obstruction—thereby reinforcing dharma and stability.
In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma (Anushasana Parva), he enumerates the fruits of specific gifts; here he lists the rewards attributed to donating land, presenting it as a superior form of dāna with tangible and reputational outcomes.