Shloka 90
दानफलप्रकरणम् — उपानहदानं, तिलदानं, भूमिदानं, गोदानं, अन्नदानं च
Gifts and Their Stated Results: Footwear, Sesame, Land, Cows, and Food
भूमिप्रदानात् पुष्पाणि हिरण्यनिचयास्तथा । आज्ञा सदाप्रतिहता जयशब्दा वसूनि च
bhūmipradānāt puṣpāṇi hiraṇyanicayās tathā | ājñā sadāpratihatā jayaśabdā vasūni ca ||
Wika ni Bhishma: Mula sa pag-aalay ng lupa ay sumisibol ang mapalad na gantimpala—mga bulaklak (tanda ng dangal at ligaya), mga bunton ng ginto, kapangyarihang ang utos ay di napipigil kailanman, mga sigaw ng tagumpay, at sari-saring anyo ng yaman. Sa diwang etikal ng Anushasana Parva, pinupuri ng talatang ito ang pagbibigay ng lupa bilang pinakadakilang dāna, na nagpapatibay sa kaayusang panlipunan at sa matuwid na katayuan ng nagbibigay.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Land-giving (bhūmi-dāna) is extolled as a highly meritorious charity that yields both material prosperity and social-political efficacy—honor, wealth, and an authority that faces no obstruction—thereby reinforcing dharma and stability.
In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma (Anushasana Parva), he enumerates the fruits of specific gifts; here he lists the rewards attributed to donating land, presenting it as a superior form of dāna with tangible and reputational outcomes.