Shloka 21

अहन्यहनि चाप्येवं याचतां सम्प्रदीयते । अन्ये च ब्राह्मणा राजन्‌ भुज्जतेऊन्नं सुसंस्कृतम्‌,याचकोंको प्रतिदिन इसी प्रकार भोजन और दान दिया जाता था। राजन! अन्यान्य ब्राह्मण भी वहाँ उत्तम रीतिसे तैयारकी हुई रसोई जीमते थे

ahany ahani cāpy evaṁ yācatāṁ sampradīyate | anye ca brāhmaṇā rājan bhuñjate annaṁ susaṁskṛtam ||

Śamaṭha said: “Day after day, in this very manner, food and gifts were given to those who came to beg. And, O King, other brāhmaṇas too would partake there of well-prepared, properly cooked food.”

अहनिon a day
अहनि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअहन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
अहनिon a day (day after day)
अहनि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअहन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
एवम्thus/in this manner
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
याचताम्of those who beg/ask
याचताम्:
Sampradana
TypeVerb
Rootयाच्
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Genitive, Plural
सम्प्रदीयतेis given/bestowed
सम्प्रदीयते:
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + प्र + दा
FormPresent, Passive, Third, Singular
अन्येother
अन्ये:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
ब्राह्मणाःBrahmins
ब्राह्मणाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
भुञ्जतेthey eat/enjoy
भुञ्जते:
TypeVerb
Rootभुज्
FormPresent, Parasmaipada (active), Third, Plural
अन्नम्food
अन्नम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सुसंस्कृतम्well-prepared
सुसंस्कृतम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसु + संस्कृत
FormPast passive participle (क्त) with उपसर्ग सु-, Neuter, Accusative, Singular

शमठ उवाच

Ś
Śamaṭha
R
rājan (the King, unnamed here)
B
brāhmaṇas
Y
yācakas (beggars/supplicants)
A
anna (food)

Educational Q&A

That dharma is sustained through consistent, everyday generosity—regular giving to supplicants and respectful feeding of brāhmaṇas, emphasizing charity and hospitality as ongoing obligations rather than occasional virtues.

The speaker describes a setting where, each day, beggars receive food and gifts, and other brāhmaṇas dine on well-cooked meals—portraying an orderly, dharmic household or establishment marked by continual distribution and communal feeding.