गजदानाद्गजेंद्रेण नीयते नंदनं वनम् । पृथिव्यां सागरांतायामेष राजा भविष्यति
gajadānādgajeṃdreṇa nīyate naṃdanaṃ vanam | pṛthivyāṃ sāgarāṃtāyāmeṣa rājā bhaviṣyati
ہاتھی کا دان کرنے سے گجندر، یعنی ہاتھیوں کا سردار، اسے نندن بن تک لے جاتا ہے؛ اور سمندروں سے گھری اس زمین پر وہ بادشاہ بنے گا۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Purāṇic māhātmya narration style within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A majestic elephant with ceremonial cloth and bells is gifted at a tīrtha; Indra’s Nandana grove appears above with celestial trees, while a coronation motif hints at future kingship on earth.
Charity performed with faith—especially great gifts like gaja-dāna—ripens into both heavenly honor and righteous worldly prosperity.
Vastrāpatha-kṣetra, praised in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Vastrāpatha-kṣetra-māhātmya.
Gaja-dāna (donation of an elephant), taught as a high-merit act of dāna.
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