Shloka 33
नरकयातनावर्णनम् / Description of Hell-Torments for Specific Transgressions
येऽन्नं दत्त्वा हि भुंजंति न श्वभ्यस्सह वायसैः । तेषां च विवृतं वक्त्रं कीलकद्वयताडितम्
ye'nnaṃ dattvā hi bhuṃjaṃti na śvabhyassaha vāyasaiḥ | teṣāṃ ca vivṛtaṃ vaktraṃ kīlakadvayatāḍitam
જે લોકો અન્નદાન કરીને પછી પોતે ભોજન કરે છે અને કૂતરા તથા કાગડાં સાથે ભોજન વહેંચવા મજબૂર થતા નથી, તેમનું મુખ વિશાળ રીતે ખુલ્લું થાય છે—જાણે બે કીલાના પ્રહારથી ખુલ્યું હોય, ભોજન માટે નિર્વિઘ્ન અને સમર્થ।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Annapūrṇā
Role: nurturing
Offering: naivedya
FAQs
It praises annadāna (offering food) as a Shaiva dharma: giving first purifies the giver’s intention and aligns action (karma) with compassion, producing an auspicious, unobstructed result—symbolized by the mouth being “opened,” i.e., capacity and well-being granted by divine order.
In Saguna Shiva worship, devotion is expressed through service (sevā) and charity; feeding others is treated as honoring Shiva present in beings. Thus, annadāna complements Linga-pūjā by turning ritual reverence into lived dharma.
A practical takeaway is annadāna before one’s own meal—especially on Shiva-vrata days—performed with a simple prayer to Shiva (e.g., mental japa of the Panchākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) while offering food respectfully to the needy.