Shloka 67
दानफलप्रकरणम् — उपानहदानं, तिलदानं, भूमिदानं, गोदानं, अन्नदानं च
Gifts and Their Stated Results: Footwear, Sesame, Land, Cows, and Food
पुण्यामृद्धिरसां भूमिं यो ददाति पुरंदर । न तस्य लोकाः: क्षीयन्ते भूमिदानगुणान्विता:
bhīṣma uvāca | puṇyām ṛddhirasāṁ bhūmiṁ yo dadāti purandara | na tasya lokāḥ kṣīyante bhūmidānaguṇānvitāḥ ||
ภีษมะกล่าวว่า โอ้ปุรันทร! ผู้ใดถวายแผ่นดินอันบริสุทธิ์และอุดมด้วยรสแห่งความรุ่งเรือง ผู้นั้นย่อมได้โลกอันไม่เสื่อมสิ้น โลกของเขาซึ่งประกอบด้วยคุณแห่งทานที่ดินย่อมไม่ร่อยหรอ
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Land-gift (bhūmidāna) is praised as a supremely meritorious form of charity because it supports sustained livelihood; therefore its karmic fruit is described as ‘non-diminishing worlds’ (akṣaya lokāḥ), i.e., enduring spiritual reward.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dāna-dharma, Bhishma continues his discourse by addressing Purandara (Indra) and declaring the exceptional merit and lasting reward gained by one who donates fertile, prosperity-bearing land.