Shloka 80

दानफलप्रकरणम् — उपानहदानं, तिलदानं, भूमिदानं, गोदानं, अन्नदानं च

Gifts and Their Stated Results: Footwear, Sesame, Land, Cows, and Food

Devanagari script

भूमिपालं च्युतं राष्ट्राद्‌ यस्तु संस्थापयेन्नर: । तस्य वास: सहस्राक्ष नाकपृष्ठे महीयते

Transliteration

bhūmipālaṁ cyutaṁ rāṣṭrād yas tu saṁsthāpayen naraḥ | tasya vāsaḥ sahasrākṣa nākapṛṣṭhe mahīyate, indra |

Translation

ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—ହେ ସହସ୍ରନେତ୍ର ଇନ୍ଦ୍ର! ଯେ ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ରାଜ୍ୟରୁ ଚ୍ୟୁତ ହୋଇଥିବା ରାଜାଙ୍କୁ ପୁନଃ ସିଂହାସନରେ ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠା କରେ, ସେ ସ୍ୱର୍ଗର ଉଚ୍ଚ ଲୋକରେ ନିବାସ ପାଏ ଏବଂ ସେଠାରେ ମହା ସମ୍ମାନ ଲାଭ କରେ।

Word by Word

• भूमिपालम्: the king (protector of the earth)
• भूमिपालम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमिपाल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च्युतम्: fallen, deposed
• च्युतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: च्युत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• राष्ट्रात्: from the kingdom
• राष्ट्रात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: indeed, but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• संस्थापयेत्: should स्थापित/restore, would establish
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (सम्-√स्था caus.)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: of him, his
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• वासः: dwelling, residence
• वासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सहस्राक्ष: O thousand-eyed one (Indra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्राक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नाकपृष्ठे: on the surface of heaven, in heaven
• नाकपृष्ठे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाकपृष्ठ
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महीयते: is honored, is greatly esteemed
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Indra
• bhūmipāla (king)
• rāṣṭra (kingdom)
• nāka/svarga (heaven)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Restoring a deposed king to his rightful position is presented as a high dharmic act because it re-establishes legitimate governance and stability; such service to order and justice yields heavenly merit and honor.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma, instructing on dharma, addresses Indra and states the फल (result) of a specific righteous deed: reinstating a king who has been expelled from his kingdom leads to residence and esteem in heaven.