Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 65 Shloka 78 - Mahabharata | Telugu | Vedapath

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Shloka 78

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

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

Devanagari script

नाच्छिन्द्यात्‌ स्पर्शितां भूमिं परेण त्रिदशाधिप । ब्राह्मणस्य सुरश्रेष्ठ कृशवृत्ते: कदाचन

Transliteration

na cchindyāt sparśitāṁ bhūmiṁ pareṇa tridaśādhipa | brāhmaṇasya suraśreṣṭha kṛśavṛtteḥ kadācana ||

Translation

ఓ త్రిదశాధిపా, ఓ సురశ్రేష్ఠా! జీవిక క్షీణించిన బ్రాహ్మణునికి ఇతరుడు దానంగా ఇచ్చిన భూమిని ఎప్పుడూ హరించకూడదు.

Word by Word

नnot

आच्छिन्द्यात्should seize/should take away

स्पर्शिताम्touched; (i.e., received/accepted)

भूमिम्land

परेणby another (person)

त्रिदशाधिपO lord of the thirty gods (Indra)

ब्राह्मणस्यof a Brahmin

सुरश्रेष्ठO best of gods

कृशवृत्तेःof one having scant livelihood; of poor subsistence

कदाचनever; at any time

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Indra (Tridaśādhipa, Suraśreṣṭha, Deveśvara)

Brāhmaṇa

Bhūmi (land grant)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler or powerful person must not dispossess a needy Brāhmaṇa of land that sustains him, especially land received as a gift; protecting the vulnerable and honoring lawful gifts is presented as dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhīṣma addresses Indra with a moral rule: even divine or royal authority should not override the security of a poor Brāhmaṇa’s livelihood by confiscating gifted land.