Shloka 27
Pānīya-dāna and Anna-dāna: The Primacy of Life-Sustaining Gifts (पानीयदान-प्रशंसा / अन्नदान-प्रशंसा)
अन्न हि दत्त्वातिथये ब्राह्मणाय यथाविधि । प्रदाता सुखमाप्रोति दैवतैश्नापि पूज्यते,अतिथि ब्राह्मणको विधिपूर्वक अन्नदान करके दाता परलोकमें सुख पाता है और देवता भी उसका आदर करते हैं
anna hi dattvātithaye brāhmaṇāya yathāvidhi | pradātā sukham āpnoti daivataiś cāpi pūjyate ||
নারদ বললেন—অতিথিকে, বিশেষত ব্রাহ্মণকে, বিধিপূর্বক অন্ন দান করলে দাতা পরলোকে সুখ লাভ করে এবং দেবতারাও তাকে পূজা/সম্মান করেন।
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Properly feeding a guest—especially a brāhmaṇa—is a dharmic act of dāna that yields happiness in the next world and earns honor even from the gods.
Nārada is instructing on righteous conduct, emphasizing hospitality and food-giving performed according to prescribed norms as a source of spiritual merit and divine respect.