Shloka 4
Gopradāna-phalasaṃprāpti: Nāciketa’s Vision of Vaivasvata’s Realms (गोप्रदानफलसम्प्राप्तिः — नाचिकेतोपाख्यानम्)
पानीयदानात् प्रभृति सर्व वक्ष्यामि तेडनघ । यदन्नं यच्च पानीयं सम्प्रदायाश्षुते नर:,अनघ! जलदानसे लेकर सब प्रकारके दानोंका फल मैं तुम्हें बताऊँगा। मनुष्य अन्न और जलका दान करके जिस फलको पाता है, वह सुनो
Bhīṣma uvāca | pānīya-dānāt prabhṛti sarvaṁ vakṣyāmi te 'n-agha | yad annaṁ yac ca pānīyaṁ sampradāyāśnute naraḥ ||
ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—ହେ ଅନଘ! ଜଳଦାନରୁ ଆରମ୍ଭ କରି ସମସ୍ତ ପ୍ରକାର ଦାନର ଫଳ ମୁଁ ତୋତେ କହିବି। ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ଅନ୍ନ ଓ ଜଳ ଦାନ କରି ଯେ ଫଳ ପାଏ, ତାହା ଶୁଣ।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma frames water-giving and food-giving as foundational acts of dharma, promising to explain the specific spiritual and ethical fruits (merit and well-being) that arise from different forms of charity.
In the Anushasana Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma addresses Yudhiṣṭhira and begins a structured teaching on dāna, starting with the gift of water and then moving to the results of giving food and other gifts.