Shloka 65

Devanagari script

विप्रेभ्य: संस्कृतं सम्यग्‌ दद्यात्‌ संयतमानस: । कर्णपर्वमें भी ब्राह्मणोंको अच्छे ढंगसे तैयार किया हुआ सबकी रुचिके अनुकूल उत्तम भोजन दे और अपने मनको वशमें रखे ।।

Transliteration

viprebhyaḥ saṃskṛtaṃ samyag dadyāt saṃyatamānasaḥ | śalyaparvaṇi rājendra modakaiḥ saguḍaudanaiḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : «L’esprit maîtrisé, on doit offrir comme il se doit aux brāhmaṇas une nourriture bien apprêtée. Ô le meilleur des rois, dans le Śalya-parvan aussi, réjouis-les de gâteaux sucrés et de riz cuit au jaggery, présents donnés avec retenue et soin, selon leur goût.»

Word by Word

• विप्रेभ्यः: to the brahmins
• विप्रेभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Plural

• संस्कृतम्: well-prepared, refined
• संस्कृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संस्कृत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सम्यक्: properly, well
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक्

• दद्यात्: should give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (दाने)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• संयतमानसः: one whose mind is controlled
• संयतमानसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संयत-मानस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• brāhmaṇas
• Śalya-parvan
• modaka
• guḍaudana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches dāna and hospitality guided by self-restraint: offerings should be properly prepared, given respectfully to brāhmaṇas, and aligned with what is fitting and pleasing, emphasizing inner discipline (saṃyatamānasaḥ) along with outward generosity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a prescriptive description of meritorious conduct, listing appropriate acts of giving across contexts (here referencing the Śalya-parvan), specifying exemplary foods—modakas and jaggery-rice—as suitable offerings to brāhmaṇas when performed with a controlled mind.