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Shloka 72

दानफलप्रकरणम् — उपानहदानं, तिलदानं, भूमिदानं, गोदानं, अन्नदानं च

Gifts and Their Stated Results: Footwear, Sesame, Land, Cows, and Food

ओषधीर्वीर्यसम्पन्ना नगान्‌ पुष्पफलान्वितान्‌ । काननोपलशैलांश्व ददाति वसुधां ददत्‌

oṣadhīr vīryasampannā nagān puṣpaphalānvitān | kānanopalśailāṃś ca dadāti vasudhāṃ dadat ||

Bhīṣma nói: “Khi một người dâng hiến đất đai, người ấy được hiểu là đã dâng hiến cùng với nó những dược thảo linh nghiệm, những cây cối trĩu hoa nặng quả, rừng thẳm, đá tảng và núi non nữa.”

ओषधीःmedicinal herbs
ओषधीः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootओषधी
FormFeminine, Accusative, Plural
वीर्यसम्पन्नाःendowed with potency
वीर्यसम्पन्नाः:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootवीर्यसम्पन्न
FormFeminine, Accusative, Plural
नगान्mountains
नगान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनग
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
पुष्पफलान्वितान्possessed of flowers and fruits
पुष्पफलान्वितान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपुष्पफलान्वित
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
काननa forest
कानन:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकानन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
उपलa stone/rock
उपल:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउपल
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
शैलान्mountains/rocks
शैलान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशैल
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
ददातिgives
ददाति:
TypeVerb
Rootदा
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
वसुधाम्the earth/land
वसुधाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवसुधा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
ददत्giving (one who gives)
ददत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootदा
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
L
land/earth (vasudhā)
M
medicinal herbs (oṣadhi)
T
trees bearing flowers and fruits
F
forests (kānana)
R
rocks/stones (upala)
M
mountains (śaila)

Educational Q&A

The gift of land (vasudhā-dāna) is comprehensive: it includes not only the ground but also the herbs, fruit-bearing trees, forests, stones, and mountains connected with it. Therefore it is a major act of charity with broad ethical and social significance.

In Bhishma’s instruction on dāna-dharma (the duty and principles of giving), he explains the scope of ‘giving land’ by listing the natural resources and features that are implicitly transferred along with the land.