Shloka 10
Tilā-Dāna, Dīpa-Dāna, and Nitya-Jalapradāna
Yama–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda) | तिलदान-दीपदान-नित्यजलप्रदान (यम-ब्राह्मण संवाद
शोभने! पुनर्वसु नक्षत्रमें पूआ और अन्न-दान करके मनुष्य उत्तम कुलमें जन्म लेता है, तथा वहाँ यशस्वी, रूपवान् एवं प्रचुर अन्नसे सम्पन्न होता है ।।
nārada uvāca | śobhane! punarvasu-nakṣatre pūvāṁ (pūāṁ) ca anna-dānaṁ ca kṛtvā manuṣya uttama-kule janma labhate, tatra ca yaśasvī rūpavān ca pracurānna-sampannaś ca bhavati || puṣyeṇa kanakaṁ dattvā kṛtaṁ vākṛtam eva ca | anālokeṣu lokeṣu somavat sa virājate ||
那罗陀说道：“吉祥的夫人啊！在普那尔婆苏宿（Punarvasu）之下施舍甜饼（pūpa）并行食施者，将生于上等家族；在彼生之中，名声显赫，容貌端丽，且粮食丰足。又在普沙宿（Puṣya）之下施与黄金——或为成器之饰，或为未炼之金——施者即便在无光之界，亦如明月般辉耀。”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that timely charity—especially food-giving and gold-giving performed with auspicious intention—produces tangible ethical fruits: favorable rebirth, social honor, beauty, prosperity, and a luminous posthumous state. It elevates dāna as a dharmic act whose merit follows the giver beyond this world.
Nārada is instructing a woman addressed as “Śobhane,” explaining the specific spiritual benefits of making particular gifts under the nakṣatras Punarvasu and Puṣya. The instruction is part of Anuśāsana Parva’s broader discourse on dharma, especially the power of dāna.