तदारभ्य सुविख्यातं धर्मालयमिति । श्रुतम् ददौ दाशरथिस्तत्र महादानानि षोडश
tadārabhya suvikhyātaṃ dharmālayamiti | śrutam dadau dāśarathistatra mahādānāni ṣoḍaśa
اسی وقت سے وہ جگہ ‘دھرم آلیہ’ کے نام سے مشہور ہوئی۔ وہاں دشرتھ کے فرزند نے، جیسا کہ روایت میں سنا جاتا ہے، سولہ مہادان عطا کیے۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Brāhma Khaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Dharmālaya
Type: kshetra
Scene: Rāma (Dāśarathi) at Dharmālaya presides over sixteen mahādānas: brahmins seated in rows, gifts arranged—cows, gold, cloth, vessels—under a sacred pavilion.
A tīrtha’s fame grows through acts of great charity—mahādāna performed at sacred places multiplies merit and sustains dharma.
Dharmālaya, presented as a renowned tīrtha linked with exemplary giving.
Performance of ṣoḍaśa-mahādāna—sixteen major gifts/charities—at Dharmālaya.