Shloka 93

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

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

Devanagari script

भीष्म उवाच एतदांगिरसाच्छुत्वा वासवो वसुधामिमाम्‌ | वसुरत्नसमाकीर्णा ददावांगिरसे तदा

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca: etad āṅgirasāc chrutvā vāsavo vasudhām imām | vasuratna-samākīrṇāṃ dadāv āṅgirase tadā ||

Translation

भीष्म उवाच । एतदाङ्गिरसाच्छ्रुत्वा वासवो वसुधामिमाम् । वसुरत्नसमाकीर्णां ददावाङ्गिरसे तदा ॥

Word by Word

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एतत्: this (matter)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आङ्गिरसात्: from Angiras (Brihaspati)
• आङ्गिरसात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आङ्गिरस
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada-usage

• वासवः: Vasava (Indra)
• वासवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वसुधाम्: the earth
• वसुधाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुधा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• इमाम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वसुरत्नसमाकीर्णाम्: filled with wealth and jewels
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वसुरत्नसमाकीर्ण
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ददौ: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• आङ्गिरसे: to Angiras (Brihaspati)
• आङ्गिरसे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आङ्गिरस
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Indra (Vāsava)
• Bṛhaspati (Āṅgirasa)
• Earth (Vasudhā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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).

What is happening in the narrative?

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.