Shloka 396

Devanagari script

यथैवान्ने तथा तेषां त्वयि भावो भविष्यति । “तात! मेरे प्रसन्न होनेका जो भावी फल है

Transliteration

yathaivānne tathā teṣāṃ tvayi bhāvo bhaviṣyati |

Translation

Vāyu sprach: „Wie ihr Empfinden und ihre Bindung am Speisegut hängt, so wird auch ihr Empfinden dir gegenüber sein. Solange Götter und Menschen die Nahrung lieben und von ihr abhängen, wird ihre Achtung vor dir im gleichen Maße fortdauern.“

Word by Word

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• एव: indeed, exactly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अन्ने: in/with regard to food
• अन्ने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तथा: so, in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• त्वयि: in you / towards you
• त्वयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Locative, Singular

• भावः: feeling, attitude, disposition
• भावः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be, will become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyu, Wind-god)
• अन्न (food/sustenance)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that reverence and attachment follow the source of sustenance: as long as beings value food as life-supporting, they will value and honor the power/person associated with enabling that sustenance. It highlights gratitude and the ethical recognition of what maintains life.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu speaks a boon-like assurance: he declares that the regard of gods and humans toward the addressed person will mirror their regard for food—enduring as long as food remains beloved and necessary.