Shloka 90
दानफलप्रकरणम् — उपानहदानं, तिलदानं, भूमिदानं, गोदानं, अन्नदानं च
Gifts and Their Stated Results: Footwear, Sesame, Land, Cows, and Food
भूमिप्रदानात् पुष्पाणि हिरण्यनिचयास्तथा । आज्ञा सदाप्रतिहता जयशब्दा वसूनि च
bhūmipradānāt puṣpāṇi hiraṇyanicayās tathā | ājñā sadāpratihatā jayaśabdā vasūni ca ||
நிலதானம் செய்தால் மனிதனுக்கு மங்கலமான மலர்கள், பொன்னின் குவியல்கள், எவராலும் தடுக்க முடியாத ஆணையுரிமை, வெற்றிக்குரல்கள், மேலும் பலவகைச் செல்வ-ரத்தினங்கள் கிடைக்கும்.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Land-giving (bhūmi-dāna) is extolled as a highly meritorious charity that yields both material prosperity and social-political efficacy—honor, wealth, and an authority that faces no obstruction—thereby reinforcing dharma and stability.
In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma (Anushasana Parva), he enumerates the fruits of specific gifts; here he lists the rewards attributed to donating land, presenting it as a superior form of dāna with tangible and reputational outcomes.