Shloka 34
The Glory of Charity: Land-Gifts, Śālagrāma Donation, and Food–Water as Supreme Gifts
तांबूलं यो नरो दद्याद्भूमिं भुंक्तेऽखिलां सुखम् । स्वर्गे देवांगनाक्रोडे सुप्तस्तांबूलमत्ति वै
tāṃbūlaṃ yo naro dadyādbhūmiṃ bhuṃkte'khilāṃ sukham | svarge devāṃganākroḍe suptastāṃbūlamatti vai
جو شخص تامبول (پان) کا دان کرتا ہے وہ زمین کے سبھی سکھ خوشی سے بھوگتا ہے؛ اور سُورگ میں دیویوں کی گود میں سویا ہوا بھی یقیناً تامبول سے لطف اندوز ہوتا ہے۔
Unspecified (narrative/teaching voice within Brahma-khaṇḍa context)
Concept: Even pleasure-associated gifts (tāmbūla) can be sanctified through dāna, yielding worldly happiness and heavenly delights.
Application: Give thoughtfully in social rituals—hospitality, offerings, and respectful gifts—without exploitation; recognize that desire can be disciplined into generosity.
Primary Rasa: shringara
Secondary Rasa: hasya
Type: celestial_realm
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A host offers neatly prepared tāmbūla—betel leaves, areca nut, and fragrant spices—on a silver tray to honored guests, the gesture framed as refined hospitality. The vision shifts to svarga: the donor reclines in a perfumed pavilion, resting in the lap of celestial maidens while attendants present jeweled tāmbūla boxes.","primary_figures":["donor","honored guests/brāhmaṇa recipients","apsarās (celestial maidens)","celestial attendants"],"setting":"Opulent courtyard with ritual hospitality, transitioning to a celestial pleasure pavilion with silk canopies and flowering trees.","lighting_mood":"moonlit","color_palette":["jade green","crimson red","silver white","amber gold","indigo"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: richly ornamented hospitality scene with a silver tray of tāmbūla; upper celestial register shows a jeweled pavilion, apsarās with gold jewelry, and ornate tāmbūla caskets; heavy gold leaf on textiles and ornaments, deep reds and greens.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: intimate courtly scene of offering betel with delicate hands and refined expressions; later svarga pavilion with cool indigo night, flowering trees, and lyrical sensuality rendered with restraint and fine brushwork.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: stylized figures with bold outlines; tāmbūla tray prominent; celestial panel with apsarās and patterned canopy, warm pigments and rhythmic decorative motifs.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: decorative borders of vines and betel leaves; central hospitality offering; upper field shows a celestial pavilion with attendants, peacocks, and floral motifs, deep blue background with gold highlights."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"narrative","suggested_raga":"Desh","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"emotional","sound_elements":["anklet bells (subtle)","garden night insects","soft lute (veena)","distant laughter","perfumed breeze implied by soft flute"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: bhuṃkte'khilām = bhuṅkte + akhilām (e + a → '); dadyādbhūmim = dadyāt + bhūmim (t + bh → dbh); suptastāṃbūlamatti = suptaḥ + tāṃbūlam + atti (visarga-lopa; m + a sandhi).
FAQs
It teaches the merit (puṇya) of giving tāmbūla as a form of dāna, promising worldly enjoyment and heavenly reward.
Tāmbūla is a valued item of hospitality and ritual courtesy; offering it symbolizes respectful generosity, which the text frames as spiritually meritorious.
The verse promotes generosity through small yet meaningful gifts, presenting dāna as a practical virtue that yields both social and spiritual benefit.