Shloka 32
दानफलप्रकरणम् — उपानहदानं, तिलदानं, भूमिदानं, गोदानं, अन्नदानं च
Gifts and Their Stated Results: Footwear, Sesame, Land, Cows, and Food
ब्राह्माणं वृत्तिसम्पन्नमाहिताग्निं शुचिव्रतम् । नर: प्रतिग्राह्म महीं न याति परमापदम्
brāhmaṇaṁ vṛttisampannam āhitāgniṁ śucivratam | naraḥ pratigrāhya mahīṁ na yāti paramāpadam ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: “Ang taong nagkakaloob ng lupa bilang kaloob-dharma sa isang Brahmana—yaong matatag sa matuwid na kabuhayan, nag-iingat ng mga banal na apoy (agnihotra), at tapat sa malilinis na panata—ay hindi mahuhulog sa pinakamabigat na kapahamakan.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Charity (especially the gift of land) yields strong protective merit when offered to a truly worthy Brahmin—one of disciplined vows, ritual responsibility, and righteous livelihood—so the donor is safeguarded from severe misfortune.
In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma, he describes the fruit of a specific act of giving: donating land to a qualified Brahmin. The verse functions as a normative rule about proper recipients and the ethical efficacy of dāna.