Shloka 91
तीर्थवंशोपदेशः
Tīrtha-vaṃśa Upadeśa: Instruction on the Fruits of Sacred Waters
वस्त्राभरणदातारो भक्तपानान्नदास्तथा । कुट॒म्बानां च दातार: पुरुषा: स्वर्गगामिन:
vastrābharaṇadātāro bhaktapānānnadās tathā | kuṭumbānāṃ ca dātāraḥ puruṣāḥ svargagāminaḥ ||
بھیشم نے کہا—جو لوگ کپڑے اور زیور عطا کرتے ہیں، کھانا، پانی/مشروب اور اناج دیتے ہیں، اور دوسروں کے گھرانوں کی کفالت و افزائش میں مددگار ہوتے ہیں—وہ مرد جنت کے جہان کو پاتے ہیں۔
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Generosity that meets essential human needs—clothing, ornaments (as support and dignity), meals, drinking water, and grain—and that strengthens other families is praised as a high form of dharma, yielding great spiritual merit and leading to heavenly attainment.
In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma. Here he enumerates specific forms of dāna (charitable giving) and states their फल (result): those who give such support, especially aiding households, are said to become svargagāmin (attainers of heaven).