कपिलानां सहस्रेभ्यो यद्दत्तेऽन्नं नरोत्तम 4.164.
The best of men who gives food surpasses a thousand tawny cows.
मध्यमस्य मनुष्यस्य व्यासेन परिसंख्यया
By the reckoning of Vyasa, for a man of middling status—
बहुभिर्वसुधा भुक्ता राजभिः सगरादिभिः
The earth has been enjoyed by many kings, beginning with Sagara and others.
किंकरा मृत्युदंडाश्च असिपत्रवनादयः
There are servants wielding the rod of death, and forests of sword-leaves and the like.
निरया रौरवाद्याश्च कुंभीपाकः सुदुःसहः
There are hells such as Raurava, and the exceedingly unbearable Kumbhipaka.
चित्रगुप्तश्च कालश्च कृतांतो मृत्युरेव च
Citragupta, Time, Antaka, and Death himself are there.
रुद्रः प्रजापतिः शक्रो देवासुरगणास्तथा
Rudra, Prajapati, Shakra, and the hosts of gods and asuras as well.
षट्कर्मकृत्सुवृत्ताय कृशाय च प्रियार्थिने
To one who performs the six duties, who is of good conduct, who is emaciated, and who seeks favor—
सीदमानकुटुंबाय श्रोत्रियायाहिताग्नये
To one whose family is in distress, to a learned Brahmin, to one who maintains the sacred fire—
यथा जनित्री क्षीरेण पुत्रं संवर्द्धयेत्सदा
Just as a mother always nourishes her son with milk—
यथा गौर्भरते वत्स क्षीरेण क्षीरमुत्सृजेत् 4.164.
Just as a cow, for the sake of her calf, releases milk—
यथा बीजानि रोहंति जलसिक्तानि भूतले
Just as seeds, when watered, sprout upon the earth—
यथोदयन्सहस्रांशुस्तमः सर्वं व्यपोहति
Just as the rising sun with a thousand rays dispels all darkness—
पर दत्तां तु यो भूमिमुपहिंसेत्कदाचन
Whoever at any time harms land that has been given by another—
स्वदत्तां परदत्तां वा यो हरेत वसुंधराम्
Whoever seizes land, whether given by himself or by another—
रुदतां वृत्तिनाशेन ये पतंत्यश्रुबिंदवः
From those who, losing their livelihood, weep, fall drops of tears.
ब्राह्मणानां हृते क्षेत्रे हर्तुस्त्रिपुरुषं कुलम् अधोमुखश्च दुष्टात्मा कुंभीपाके स पच्यते
When the land of Brahmins is taken, the thief's family for three generations falls; the evil-minded one, head down, is cooked in Kumbhipaka.
दिव्यवर्षसहस्रांते कुंभीपाकाद्विनिःसृतः
After a thousand divine years, he is released from Kumbhipaka.
स्वदत्तां परदत्तां वा यत्नाद्रक्षेद्युधिष्ठिर
Land, whether given by oneself or by another, should be carefully protected, O Yudhishthira.
तोयहीनेष्वरण्येषु शुष्ककोटरवासिनः
In waterless forests, those who dwell in dry hollows—
एवं दत्त्वा महीं राजन्प्रहृष्टेनांतरात्मना 4.164.
Thus, having given the earth, O King, with a heart filled with joy,
भूमिदानात्परं नास्ति सुखं वामुष्मिकं महत्
There is nothing greater than the gift of land, nor any happiness in the next world that surpasses it.
यच्छंति ये द्विजवराय महीं सुकृष्टां ते यांति शक्रसदनं सुविशुद्धदेहाः
Those who give well-cultivated land to a worthy twice-born attain Indra's abode with bodies purified.
इति श्रीभविष्ये महापुराण उत्तरपर्वणि श्रीकृष्णयुधिष्ठिरसंवादे भूमिदानमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम चतुःषष्ट्यु त्तरशततमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the one hundred sixty-fourth chapter, named 'The Greatness of the Gift of Land,' in the dialogue between Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Yudhiṣṭhira, in the Uttara Parva of the Śrī Bhaviṣya Mahāpurāṇa.
पृथिवीदानविधिवर्णनम् ते ह्युपार्जयितुं शक्ता दातुं पालयितुं यथा
Description of the procedure for the gift of land: They should be able to acquire, give, and protect it accordingly.
भूमिदानसमं किंचिदन्यत्कथय यादव
O Yādava, tell me if there is anything equal to the gift of land.
महीं प्रयच्छ विप्राणां तत्तुल्या सा निगद्यते
Give land to the Brāhmaṇas; that alone is declared as equal.
शृणुष्वैकमना भूत्वा महादानं नरोत्तम
Listen with focused mind, O best of men, to the great gift.
चंद्रसूर्योपरागे च जन्मर्क्षे विषुवे तथा
At the eclipse of the moon or sun, at one's birth star, and at the equinox,
अन्येष्वपि च कालेषु प्रशस्ते धनसंचये
And also at other auspicious times, when wealth has been well accumulated,