फलं लक्षगुणं प्रोक्तं दुर्भिक्षे कृष्णसन्निधौ । एवं धर्मानुसारेण दयाद्भिक्षां तु भिक्षुके
phalaṃ lakṣaguṇaṃ proktaṃ durbhikṣe kṛṣṇasannidhau | evaṃ dharmānusāreṇa dayādbhikṣāṃ tu bhikṣuke
Phước quả một trăm nghìn lần ấy được tuyên dạy (đặc biệt) trong thời đói kém, ngay trước sự hiện diện của Kṛṣṇa. Vì vậy, theo đúng dharma, hãy khởi lòng từ bi mà bố thí cho người khất thực.
Śrī Prahlāda (continuation of discourse)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A famine-stricken landscape near Dvārakā; a compassionate householder offers a bowl of grain to a mendicant, with Kṛṣṇa’s sanctifying presence implied by a nearby shrine/garuḍa-dhvaja and devotees witnessing the act.
Dāna rooted in compassion becomes supremely meritorious, especially amid hardship, and even more so in Kṛṣṇa’s sacred proximity.
Kṛṣṇa-sannidhi within the Dvārakā Māhātmya framework—i.e., Dvārakā as the place of heightened spiritual merit.
Bhikṣā-dāna: giving alms to a bhikṣuka (mendicant), particularly during durbhikṣa (famine/scarcity), guided by dayā (compassion).