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Shloka 26

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

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

यथा जनित्री स्वं पुत्र क्षीरेण भरते सदा । अनुगृह्नाति दातारं तथा सर्वरसैर्मही,जैसे माता अपने बच्चेको सदा दूध पिलाकर पालती है, उसी प्रकार पृथ्वी सब प्रकारके रस देकर भूमिदातापर अनुग्रह करती है

bhīṣma uvāca | yathā janitrī svaṃ putraṃ kṣīreṇa bharate sadā | anugṛhṇāti dātāraṃ tathā sarvarasair mahī ||

భీష్ముడు పలికెను—తల్లి తన కుమారుని ఎల్లప్పుడూ పాలతో పోషించినట్లే, భూమి కూడా సమస్త రసాలు, పంటలు ప్రసాదించి భూమిదాతపై అనుగ్రహిస్తుంది।

यथाjust as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
जनित्रीmother
जनित्री:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजनित्री
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
स्वम्her own
स्वम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पुत्रम्son/child
पुत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
क्षीरेणwith milk
क्षीरेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootक्षीर
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
भरतेnourishes/maintains
भरते:
TypeVerb
Rootभृ
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
सदाalways
सदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा
अनुगृह्णातिshows favor to/blesses
अनुगृह्णाति:
TypeVerb
Rootअनु-ग्रह्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
दातारम्the giver/donor
दातारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदातार्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
तथाso/in the same way
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
सर्वरसैःwith all (kinds of) juices/essences
सर्वरसैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व-रस
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
महीthe earth
मही:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमही
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
M
Mother (janitrī)
S
Son/child (putra)
E
Earth (mahī)
D
Donor/giver (dātā)

Educational Q&A

Land-gift (bhūmi-dāna) is praised as a sustaining, life-supporting charity: the Earth reciprocates by granting abundance and well-being to the donor, just as a mother sustains her child with milk.

In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma instructs on dharma and the merits of gifts; here he uses a maternal simile to explain how the Earth supports and favors the giver of land through her many resources.