Shloka 11
गोप्रदान-भूमिदान-विधि
Gopradāna–Bhūmidāna Guidelines and Recipient Eligibility
पायसं सर्पिषा मिश्रं द्विजेभ्यो यः प्रयच्छति । गृहं तस्य न रक्षांसि धर्षयन्ति कदाचन,जो ब्राह्मणोंको घृतमिश्रित खीर देता है, उसके घरपर कभी राक्षसोंका आक्रमण नहीं होता
pāyasaṁ sarpiṣā miśraṁ dvijebhyo yaḥ prayacchati | gṛhaṁ tasya na rakṣāṁsi dharṣayanti kadācana ||
Bhīṣma nói: Ai dâng cho hàng nhị sinh (dvija) món pāyasa—cháo sữa gạo—trộn với ghee, thì nhà cửa người ấy chẳng bao giờ bị rākṣasa quấy phá.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dāna performed with reverence—especially nourishing, auspicious food offered to worthy Brahmin recipients—is presented as dharmic conduct that brings protective merit, symbolized as freedom from rākṣasa-like harms to one’s home.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma (Anuśāsana Parva), he states a specific fruit of a particular gift: offering ghee-mixed pāyasa to dvijas results in the donor’s household not being attacked by rākṣasas, illustrating the text’s broader theme of the benefits of righteous giving.