Shloka 44
Determination of the Householder’s Dharma
Dāna: Types, Recipients, Timing, and Fruits
तैलप्रदः प्रजामिष्टां दीपदश्चक्षुरुत्तमम् । भूमिदः सर्वमाप्नोति दीर्घमायुर्हिरण्यदः
tailapradaḥ prajāmiṣṭāṃ dīpadaścakṣuruttamam | bhūmidaḥ sarvamāpnoti dīrghamāyurhiraṇyadaḥ
تیل کا دان کرنے والا محبوب اولاد پاتا ہے؛ چراغ کا دان کرنے والا بہترین بینائی پاتا ہے۔ زمین کا دان کرنے والا سب کچھ حاصل کرتا ہے؛ سونے کا دان کرنے والا دراز عمر پاتا ہے۔
Unspecified (narrative voice within the adhyaya on dāna/phala)
Concept: Specific gifts yield specific fruits: oil → desired progeny, lamp → excellent eyesight, land → comprehensive attainment, gold → long life.
Application: Practice targeted generosity: donate lamps/oil to temples or for public lighting, support land/education endowments, give responsibly with purity of intent; treat giving as spiritual discipline rather than transaction.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A sequence-like tableau shows four acts of giving arranged around a central altar: a devotee pours sesame oil into a lamp, another offers a blazing dīpa before a deity, a third presents a deed-scroll and handful of earth for bhū-dāna, and a fourth places gold coins into a priest’s cloth. Above each act, faint celestial glyphs depict the promised fruits—children’s laughter, radiant eyes, abundant harvests, and a long life-line.","primary_figures":["donors (varied ages)","brāhmaṇa recipient/priest","temple deity silhouette (optional)"],"setting":"Temple courtyard with lamp-stands, donation platform, sacred fire niche, and a small garden patch symbolizing land.","lighting_mood":"temple lamp-lit","color_palette":["lamp flame amber","sesame brown","vermillion red","antique gold","midnight blue"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: four-panel narrative within one frame—oil offering, lamp offering, land donation, gold donation—set in a temple courtyard; heavy gold leaf for flames and coins, rich reds/greens, embossed ornaments, symmetrical composition with ornate borders.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: delicate multi-scene composition with soft architectural lines; donors in gentle poses, warm lamp glow, subtle symbolic halos around eyes and harvest fields; cool background washes with refined detailing.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold outlined figures performing dāna around a central lamp pillar; strong reds/yellows/greens, stylized flames, decorative temple border patterns, didactic clarity in gestures.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: central giant dīpa with lotus petals; surrounding medallions show oil-dāna, dīpa-dāna, bhū-dāna, hiraṇya-dāna; deep blue ground, gold floral borders, intricate motifs of grains and auspicious eyes."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"narrative","suggested_raga":"Durga","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["lamp crackle","temple bells","soft chanting","coin clink","evening silence"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: दीपदश्चक्षुरुत्तमम् = दीपदः + चक्षुः + उत्तमम्; सर्वमाप्नोति = सर्वम् + आप्नोति; दीर्घमायुर्हिरण्यदः = दीर्घम् + आयुः + हिरण्यदः.
FAQs
It praises gifting oil, gifting a lamp, gifting land, and gifting gold—each linked to a specific auspicious result (phala).
Because light symbolizes clarity and the removal of darkness; giving light is taught as producing the karmic fruit of enhanced vision and discernment.
It teaches that intentional generosity bears corresponding fruits: practical gifts that sustain life (oil, light, land, wealth) are said to return as wellbeing, prosperity, and longevity.