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Shloka 25

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

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

भर्त॒नि:श्रेयसे युक्तास्त्यक्तात्मानो रणे हता: । ब्रह्मलोकगता: सिद्धा नातिक्रामन्ति भूमिदम्‌

bhartṛ-niḥśreyase yuktās tyaktātmāno raṇe hatāḥ | brahmalokagatāḥ siddhā nātikrāmanti bhūmidam ||

భీష్ముడు పలికెను—స్వామి శ్రేయస్సుకోసం ప్రాణత్యాగం చేసి యుద్ధభూమిలో వీరమరణం పొందినవారూ, సిద్ధులై బ్రహ్మలోకాన్ని పొందినవారూ కూడ భూమిదానం చేసిన పురుషుని పుణ్యాన్ని మించలేరు।

भर्तुःof the master
भर्तुः:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootभर्तृ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
नि:श्रेयसेfor the highest good
नि:श्रेयसे:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootनि:श्रेयस
FormNeuter, Dative, Singular
युक्ताःdevoted/engaged
युक्ताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootयुक्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
त्यक्तात्मानःhaving abandoned the body (self-sacrificing)
त्यक्तात्मानः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootत्यक्तात्मन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
रणेin battle
रणे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootरण
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
हताःslain
हताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootहत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
ब्रह्मलोकगताःgone to Brahmaloka
ब्रह्मलोकगताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootब्रह्मलोकगत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सिद्धाःperfected/accomplished
सिद्धाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसिद्ध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अतिक्रामन्तिoverstep/surpass
अतिक्रामन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootअति-क्रम्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
भूमिदम्the giver of land
भूमिदम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभूमिद
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
B
Brahmaloka
B
bhūmidam (land-donor)

Educational Q&A

The verse ranks bhūmidāna (donation of land) as an exceptionally powerful dharmic act: its merit is said to be so great that even heroic warriors who die for their lord’s welfare, and even siddhas who reach Brahmaloka, cannot surpass the land-donor’s spiritual reward.

In Bhīṣma’s instruction on gifts and dharma (Anuśāsana Parva), he praises the supremacy of certain forms of charity. Here he contrasts battlefield self-sacrifice and high celestial attainment with the merit of donating land, asserting the latter’s unsurpassed value.