Shloka 18
दानफलप्रकरणम् — उपानहदानं, तिलदानं, भूमिदानं, गोदानं, अन्नदानं च
Gifts and Their Stated Results: Footwear, Sesame, Land, Cows, and Food
(एकागारकरीं दत्त्वा षष्टिसाहस्रमूर्थध्वग: । तावत्या हरणे पृथ्व्या नरकं द्विगुणोत्तरम् ।।
bhīṣma uvāca | ekāgārakarīṁ dattvā ṣaṣṭisāhasram ūrdhvagaḥ | tāvatyā haraṇe pṛthvyā narakaṁ dviguṇottaram || yasya viprās tu śaṁsanti sādhór bhūmiṁ sadaiva hi | na tasya śatravo rājan praśaṁsanti vasuṁdharām ||
毗湿摩说道：“凡布施足以建一屋之地者，升至上界，居住六万年；而夺取同等分量之地者，须在地狱停留加倍之久。大王啊，那位贤德之人所施之地，婆罗门恒常称颂，而其仇敌却不称颂；由此可知，唯有正直之人的赞许，才是此等功德的真实尺度。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Donating land—especially a house-site—is presented as a high merit leading to long residence in higher worlds, while unlawfully taking the same amount brings a doubled period of suffering in hell. The verse stresses proportional karmic consequence and the sanctity of property and gifts.
Bhishma, instructing the king on dharma, contrasts the fruit of bhūmidāna (land-gift) with the punishment for land-seizure. He adds that the lasting validation of such a gift comes from the praise of Brahmins and the righteous, not from political opponents.