अन्नं ब्रह्म इति प्रोक्तमन्ने प्राणाः प्रतिष्ठिताः । तस्मादन्नप्रदो नित्यं वारिदश्च भवेन्नरः
annaṃ brahma iti proktamanne prāṇāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ | tasmādannaprado nityaṃ vāridaśca bhavennaraḥ
« La nourriture est proclamée Brahman ; dans la nourriture se tiennent les souffles de vie. » C’est pourquoi l’homme doit toujours être donateur de nourriture, et aussi donateur d’eau.
A Purāṇic narrator addressing Devarṣi Nārada (deduced from nearby vocative 'nārada')
Listener: Ṛṣis (implied)
Scene: A donor offers bowls of cooked rice and jars of cool water to pilgrims and mendicants; a subtle radiance indicates ‘anna as Brahman’—Brahman present in the act of feeding.
Since life itself rests on food, giving food (and water) is upheld as a highest form of dharma and reverence to Brahman.
The verse appears within a Tīrthamāhātmya setting, but this line itself praises dāna universally rather than naming a single tīrtha.
Regular charity of food (annadāna) and water (jaladāna).