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Chapter 13.61 - Verse 58

Sanskrit Text

महीं स्फीतां ददद्राजा सर्वकामगुणान्विताम् राजाधिराजो भवति तद्धि दानमनुत्तमम्

English Translation

If a person, O king, makes a gift of rich and fertile earth that is capable of granting every wish he succeeds in attaining to the position of a king of kings (in his next life). A gift of earth, therefore, is the foremost of all gifts.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

महीं | स्फीतां | ददद् | राजा | सर्व + काम + गुण + अन्वित
राजन् + अधिराज | भवति | तद् + हि | दानम् | अनुत्तमम्