Shloka 26
दानफलप्रकरणम् — उपानहदानं, तिलदानं, भूमिदानं, गोदानं, अन्नदानं च
Gifts and Their Stated Results: Footwear, Sesame, Land, Cows, and Food
यथा जनित्री स्वं पुत्र क्षीरेण भरते सदा । अनुगृह्नाति दातारं तथा सर्वरसैर्मही,जैसे माता अपने बच्चेको सदा दूध पिलाकर पालती है, उसी प्रकार पृथ्वी सब प्रकारके रस देकर भूमिदातापर अनुग्रह करती है
bhīṣma uvāca | yathā janitrī svaṃ putraṃ kṣīreṇa bharate sadā | anugṛhṇāti dātāraṃ tathā sarvarasair mahī ||
ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—ଯେପରି ଜନନୀ ସଦା ଦୁଧ ପିଆଇ ନିଜ ପୁତ୍ରକୁ ପୋଷଣ କରେ, ସେପରି ପୃଥିବୀ ମଧ୍ୟ ସମସ୍ତ ପ୍ରକାର ରସ ଓ ଉତ୍ପାଦ ଦେଇ ଭୂମିଦାତାଙ୍କୁ ଅନୁଗ୍ରହ କରେ।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Land-gift (bhūmi-dāna) is praised as a sustaining, life-supporting charity: the Earth reciprocates by granting abundance and well-being to the donor, just as a mother sustains her child with milk.
In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma instructs on dharma and the merits of gifts; here he uses a maternal simile to explain how the Earth supports and favors the giver of land through her many resources.