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Shloka 33

Pānīya-dāna and Anna-dāna: The Primacy of Life-Sustaining Gifts (पानीयदान-प्रशंसा / अन्नदान-प्रशंसा)

आवाहाश्न विवाहाश्न यज्ञाश्चान्ञमृते तथा । निवर्तन्ते नरश्रेष्ठ ब्रह्म चात्र प्रलीयते,निमन्त्रण, विवाह और यज्ञ भी अन्नके बिना बंद हो जाते हैं। नरश्रेष्ठ! अन्न न हो तो वेदोंका ज्ञान भी भूल जाता है

āvāhāś ca vivāhāś ca yajñāś cānnamṛte tathā | nivartante naraśreṣṭha brahma cātra pralīyate ||

Nārada dijo: «Las invocaciones y ritos de bienvenida, los matrimonios y también los sacrificios (yajña): todo ello cesa cuando no hay alimento. ¡Oh el mejor de los hombres! Cuando falta la comida, incluso el saber sagrado —el brahman, el conocimiento de los Vedas— en este mundo se desvanece como si se disolviera».

आवाहाःinvitations (summonings)
आवाहाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआवाह
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
विवाहाःmarriages
विवाहाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविवाह
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
यज्ञाःsacrifices
यज्ञाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अन्नम्food, grain
अन्नम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
ऋतेwithout (except)
ऋते:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootऋते
तथाlikewise, so
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
निवर्तन्तेcease, come to an end
निवर्तन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootनि+वृत्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Atmanepada
नरश्रेष्ठO best of men
नरश्रेष्ठ:
TypeNoun
Rootनरश्रेष्ठ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
ब्रह्मVedic knowledge / sacred lore
ब्रह्म:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अत्रhere, in this matter
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
प्रलीयतेperishes, dissolves
प्रलीयते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र+ली
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada

Educational Q&A

Food (anna) is the practical foundation of dharma: without sustenance, social rites (welcome, marriage) and religious duties (yajña) cannot function, and even the transmission and remembrance of Vedic knowledge declines.

Nārada is instructing a listener addressed as “best of men,” emphasizing the societal and spiritual collapse that follows famine or lack of food—ritual life stops and sacred learning withers.