Shloka 93

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

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

Devanagari script

भीष्म उवाच एतदांगिरसाच्छुत्वा वासवो वसुधामिमाम्‌ | वसुरत्नसमाकीर्णा ददावांगिरसे तदा

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca: etad āṅgirasāc chrutvā vāsavo vasudhām imām | vasuratna-samākīrṇāṃ dadāv āṅgirase tadā ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: Tâu Đại vương, sau khi nghe từ bậc hiền triết dòng Aṅgirasa (Bṛhaspati) về sự vĩ đại của việc hiến tặng đất đai, Indra (Vāsava) liền ban chính cõi đất này—rải đầy của cải và châu báu—làm lễ vật dâng cho ngài.

Word by Word

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एतत्: this (matter)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आङ्गिरसात्: from Angiras (Brihaspati)
• आङ्गिरसात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आङ्गिरस
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada-usage

• वासवः: Vasava (Indra)
• वासवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वसुधाम्: the earth
• वसुधाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुधा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• इमाम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वसुरत्नसमाकीर्णाम्: filled with wealth and jewels
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वसुरत्नसमाकीर्ण
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ददौ: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• आङ्गिरसे: to Angiras (Brihaspati)
• आङ्गिरसे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आङ्गिरस
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Indra (Vāsava)
• Bṛhaspati (Āṅgirasa)
• Earth (Vasudhā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that the greatness of dāna is measured by the value and legitimacy of what is relinquished and by reverence for dharmic instruction: even a sovereign like Indra honors the teaching on bhūmi-dāna by giving the earth itself to a worthy recipient (Bṛhaspati).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma narrates that Indra, after hearing from Bṛhaspati (of the Aṅgirasa lineage) about the exalted merit of donating land/earth, immediately donates the jewel- and wealth-filled earth to him.