Shloka 95
दानफलप्रकरणम् — उपानहदानं, तिलदानं, भूमिदानं, गोदानं, अन्नदानं च
Gifts and Their Stated Results: Footwear, Sesame, Land, Cows, and Food
पितरोंके निमित्त उसका दिया हुआ सारा दान अक्षय होता है, इसमें संशय नहीं है; इसलिये विद्वान् पुरुषको चाहिये कि वह श्राद्धमें भोजन करते हुए ब्राह्मणोंको यह भूमिदानका माहात्म्य अवश्य सुनाये
pitr̥ṇāṃ nimittaṃ tasya dattaṃ sarvaṃ dānam akṣayaṃ bhavati, atra saṃśayo na asti; tasmād vidvān puruṣaḥ śrāddhe bhojanaṃ kurvatsu brāhmaṇeṣu idaṃ bhūmidānasya māhātmyaṃ avaśyaṃ śrāvayet.
Wika ni Bhishma: Anumang kawanggawa na ibinibigay na iniaalay sa alaala ng mga ninuno ay nagiging di-naluluma at di-nauubos—walang alinlangan dito. Kaya nararapat sa isang marunong na tiyaking marinig ng mga Brahmanang kumakain sa śrāddha ang kadakilaan ng pag-aalay ng lupa, upang ang ritwal ay mapag-ugnay sa wastong pagkaunawa at magbunga ng pangmatagalang kabutihang-loob (puṇya).
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Charity offered with the ancestors (Pitṛs) as the intended beneficiaries yields imperishable merit; hence, ritual giving should be accompanied by instruction—specifically, the praise and significance of land-gift should be recited to the Brahmins at a śrāddha.
Bhishma, instructing on dharma, explains the lasting fruit of donations made for the Pitṛs and advises a practical ritual act: during a śrāddha meal, the officiants/recipients should be made to hear the māhātmya (sacred efficacy) of bhūmi-dāna.