Shloka 233
Nakula’s Declaration and the Uñchavṛtti Brāhmaṇa’s Superior Merit (Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 92)
विशेषं चैव कर्तास्मि पुनः: पुनरतीव हि । “जो जिस आहारसे उत्पन्न हुआ है, उसे वही प्राप्त होगा तथा मैं बारंबार अधिक मात्रामें विशेष आहारकी भी व्यवस्था करूँगा
vaiśampāyana uvāca | viśeṣaṃ caiva kartāsmi punaḥ punaḥ atīva hi | yo yasya āhārasya utpannaḥ sa taṃ prāpsyati tathā ca ahaṃ bāraṃbāram adhikamātrāyāṃ viśeṣāhārasya api vyavasthāṃ kariṣyāmi |
Vaiśampāyana said: “Moreover, I shall make special provision—again and again, and in great measure. Whoever has arisen from a particular kind of sustenance shall attain that very sustenance; and I will repeatedly arrange, in increased measure, even special foods.” The statement underscores a principle of fitting recompense and careful provision: each being is to be supported according to its own nature and origin, and the giver undertakes to ensure abundance without neglect.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
That provision should be appropriate to each being’s nature and origin—what one is sustained by is what one should receive—and that a righteous giver/organizer must ensure repeated and abundant arrangements without partiality.
In Vaiśampāyana’s narration within the Aśvamedhika context, a commitment is voiced to make repeated special arrangements for sustenance, ensuring that each recipient obtains the fitting kind of food and that additional special provisions are supplied in greater measure.