Shloka 82

Sūrya-stava: Dhaumya’s Counsel and the Aṣṭaśata-nāma of Sūrya

Devanagari script

संस्कृतं प्रसवं याति स्वल्पमन्नं चतुर्विधम्‌ | अक्षय्यं वर्धते चान्नं तेन भोजयते द्विजान्‌,उसमें तैयार की हुई चार प्रकारकी थोड़ी-सी भी रसोई उस पात्रके प्रभावसे बढ़ जाती और अक्षय हो जाती थी। उसीसे वे ब्राह्मणोंको भोजन कराने लगे

Transliteration

saṃskṛtaṃ prasavaṃ yāti svalpam annaṃ caturvidham | akṣayyaṃ vardhate cānnaṃ tena bhojayate dvijān |

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Even a small quantity of food—prepared in the four customary kinds—would, by the power of that vessel, multiply and become inexhaustible. With that ever-increasing supply they began to feed the twice-born (brāhmaṇas), fulfilling the duty of hospitality and sustaining dharma through giving.

Word by Word

संस्कृतम्prepared, cooked

प्रसवम्increase, production, growth

यातिgoes, attains

स्वल्पम्little, small

अन्नम्food

चतुर्विधम्fourfold, of four kinds

अक्षय्यम्inexhaustible, not diminishing

वर्धतेincreases, grows

चand

अन्नम्the food

तेनby that, with that

भोजयतेfeeds, causes to eat

द्विजान्Brahmins (twice-born)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

dvija (brāhmaṇas)

anna (food)

pātra (vessel/utensil; implied by context)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes