धेनुदानं च शय्यां च विद्रुमं च हयं तथा । दासीमहिषीघण्टाश्च तिलं कांचनसंयुतम्
dhenudānaṃ ca śayyāṃ ca vidrumaṃ ca hayaṃ tathā | dāsīmahiṣīghaṇṭāśca tilaṃ kāṃcanasaṃyutam
گائے کا دان، بستر کا دان، مرجان اور گھوڑا؛ نیز لونڈی، بھینس، گھنٹیاں، اور سونے کے ساتھ ملا ہوا تل—یہ سب یہاں ثواب بخش صدقات کے طور پر مقرر ہیں۔
Vyāsa (continuing instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira; implied from surrounding dialogue)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhārata (addressed in adjacent verse-context; implied addressee)
Scene: A tīrtha-side charity pavilion: donors present a cow, a decorated bed, coral ornaments, a horse with trappings, bells, sesame and gold to seated brāhmaṇas; the kṣetra’s sacred grove in the background.
Purāṇic dharma emphasizes dāna (charitable giving) as a direct means to accumulate puṇya and support sacred order.
The setting is Dharmāraṇya (a sacred forest/region) within the Brahma Khaṇḍa’s Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa.
A catalog of recommended gifts—cow, bed, coral, horse, servant, buffalo, bells, and sesame with gold—indicating dāna as the practice.