Shloka 63

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

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

Devanagari script

सर्वकामदुघां धेनुं सर्वकामगुणान्विताम्‌ । ददाति य: सहस्राक्ष स्वर्ग याति स मानव:

Transliteration

sarvakāmadughāṃ dhenuṃ sarvakāmagunānvitām | dadāti yaḥ sahasrākṣa svargaṃ yāti sa mānavaḥ ||

Translation

ஓ ஸஹஸ்ராக்ஷா! எல்லா விருப்பங்களையும் வழங்கும், எல்லா விரும்பத்தகும் குணங்களும் உடைய காமதேனு-சொரூபமான பூமியை தானமாக அளிப்பவன் ஸ்வர்கத்தை அடைவான்.

Word by Word

• सर्वकामदुघाम्: yielding all desired objects
• सर्वकामदुघाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वकामदुघा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• धेनुम्: cow
• धेनुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धेनु
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वकामगुणान्विताम्: endowed with all desired qualities
• सर्वकामगुणान्विताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वकामगुणान्विता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ददाति: gives
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

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

• स्वर्गम्: heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• याति: goes/attains
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मानवः: man/human
• मानवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Indra (Sahasrākṣa)
• Svarga (heaven)
• Dhenu (cow, as metaphor)
• Pṛthivī (Earth, implied by the gloss)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that supreme generosity—symbolized by gifting what sustains all beings (the Earth, compared to a wish-fulfilling cow)—produces great religious merit and leads to heavenly attainment.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma and gifts (dāna), he addresses Indra (Sahasrākṣa) and states the reward: one who donates the Earth, praised as the source of all desired goods and qualities, reaches Svarga.