Shloka 363
Adhyāya 325: Nārada in Śvetadvīpa—Stotra to the Nirguṇa Mahātman
कालोपपन्नेन तदा स्वाद्धन्नेना भ्यतर्पयन् । उन्होंने पाद्य, अर्घ्ध आदि निवेदन करके उत्तम विधिसे शुकदेवजीका पूजन किया और उन्हें समयानुकूल स्वादिष्ठ अन्न भोजन कराकर पूर्णतः तृप्त किया
kālopapannena tadā svādu-annenābhyatarpayat | pādya-arghyādi-nivedanena ca uttama-vidhinā śukadevaṃ pūjayām āsa, kālānukūlena svādiṣṭānnena bhojayitvā paritoṣayām āsa |
Bhīṣma dit : «Alors, avec une nourriture appropriée au moment et à l’occasion, il le rassasia pleinement. Après avoir offert les honneurs d’usage —l’eau pour laver les pieds (pādya), l’arghya et le reste—, il rendit un culte à Śukadeva selon la plus juste bienséance, le nourrit de mets savoureux et de saison, et le combla entièrement.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is expressed through timely and respectful hospitality: honoring a worthy guest—especially a sage—by offering traditional courtesies (pādya, arghya, etc.) and providing suitable food with proper etiquette, thereby cultivating humility, reverence, and social-ritual order.
The host receives Śukadeva and performs formal guest-honors, worships him according to proper procedure, and then feeds him with seasonally appropriate, delicious food until he is fully satisfied; Bhīṣma narrates this as an example of correct conduct.