Shloka 55
दानफलप्रकरणम् — उपानहदानं, तिलदानं, भूमिदानं, गोदानं, अन्नदानं च
Gifts and Their Stated Results: Footwear, Sesame, Land, Cows, and Food
ब॒हस्पतिर्वाच सुवर्णदानं गोदानं भूमिदानं च वृत्रहन् (विद्यादानं च कन्यानां दानं पापहरं परम् ।) दददेतान् महाप्राज्ञ: सर्वपापै: प्रमुच्यते
bṛhaspatir uvāca suvarṇadānaṁ godānaṁ bhūmidānaṁ ca vṛtrahan (vidyādānaṁ ca kanyānāṁ dānaṁ pāpaharaṁ param) dadad etān mahāprājñaḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
Wika ni Bṛhaspati: “O mamamatay kay Vṛtra (Indra), ang pag-aalay ng ginto, mga baka, at lupa—gayundin ang pag-aalay ng kaalaman at ang pagbibigay ng dalaga sa pag-aasawa—ay itinuturing na mga kaloob na lubhang pumupuksa sa kasalanan. Ang tunay na marunong na nagbibigay ng mga kaloob na ito ay napapalaya sa lahat ng kasalanan.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that certain forms of dāna—gold, cows, land, knowledge, and kanyādāna—are considered exceptionally powerful for moral purification, and that a wise giver is said to be freed from sins through such generosity.
Within Bhīṣma’s discourse on dharma, a statement attributed to Bṛhaspati is cited, addressed to Indra (called Vṛtrahan), listing major meritorious gifts and asserting their sin-destroying efficacy.