Shloka 94

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

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

Devanagari script

य इदं श्रावयेच्छाद्धे भूमिदानस्य सम्भवम्‌ | न तस्य रक्षसां भागो नासुराणां भवत्युत

Transliteration

ya idaṁ śrāvayec chrāddhe bhūmidānasya sambhavam | na tasya rakṣasāṁ bhāgo nāsurāṇāṁ bhavaty uta ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: Ai cho tụng đọc câu chuyện về nguồn gốc và sự vĩ đại của việc hiến tặng đất đai này vào lúc cử hành lễ śrāddha, thì phần lễ vật dâng cúng của người ấy sẽ không bị rākṣasa hay asura chiếm đoạt.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रावयेत्: should cause to be heard / should recite
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (श्रावयति)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• श्राद्धे: at/in the śrāddha (rite)
• श्राद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भूमि-दानस्य: of the gift of land
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमिदान
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• सम्भवम्: origin/account (narrative)
• सम्भवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्भव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• रक्षसाम्: of the rākṣasas
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• भागः: share/portion
• भागः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• असुराणाम्: of the asuras
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• भवति: is/comes to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• उत: and/also (emphatic)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śrāddha
• Bhūmi-dāna (gift of land)
• Rakṣasas
• Asuras

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Reciting or hearing the teaching on the origin and sanctity of land-gift during śrāddha safeguards the rite: the offering’s intended share is not diverted to hostile beings (rākṣasas/asuras), underscoring the power of right knowledge, proper ritual context, and dharmic intention.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dāna-dharma within the Anuśāsana Parva, he states a specific śrāddha-related fruit: if this account concerning bhūmi-dāna is recited at the ancestral rite, the offerings remain protected from interference by malevolent beings.