Shloka 67
दानफलप्रकरणम् — उपानहदानं, तिलदानं, भूमिदानं, गोदानं, अन्नदानं च
Gifts and Their Stated Results: Footwear, Sesame, Land, Cows, and Food
पुण्यामृद्धिरसां भूमिं यो ददाति पुरंदर । न तस्य लोकाः: क्षीयन्ते भूमिदानगुणान्विता:,पुरंदर! जो परम पवित्र और समृद्धिरूपी रससे भरी हुई पृथ्वीका दान करता है, उसे उस भूदानसम्बन्धी गुणोंसे युक्त अक्षय लोक प्राप्त होते हैं
bhīṣma uvāca | puṇyām ṛddhirasāṁ bhūmiṁ yo dadāti purandara | na tasya lokāḥ kṣīyante bhūmidānaguṇānvitāḥ ||
اے پورندر! جو نہایت پاکیزہ اور خوشحالی کے رس سے بھرپور زمین کا دان کرتا ہے، زمین کے دان کی فضیلتوں سے آراستہ اس کے حاصل کردہ لوک کبھی زوال پذیر نہیں ہوتے۔
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Land-gift (bhūmidāna) is praised as a supremely meritorious form of charity because it supports sustained livelihood; therefore its karmic fruit is described as ‘non-diminishing worlds’ (akṣaya lokāḥ), i.e., enduring spiritual reward.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dāna-dharma, Bhishma continues his discourse by addressing Purandara (Indra) and declaring the exceptional merit and lasting reward gained by one who donates fertile, prosperity-bearing land.