Shloka 4
दानशील-समाचारः, सत्कारः, अहिंसा च
Umā–Maheśvara Saṃvāda
भोजनं च यथाशतत्या ब्राह्मणे वेदपारगे । पशुबन्धशतस्येह फल प्राप्रोति पुष्कलम्
Dhaumya uvāca— bhojanaṁ ca yathāśaktyā brāhmaṇe vedapārage | paśubandhaśatasyeha phalaṁ prāpnoti puṣkalam ||
ドーミャは言った。「人が自らの力に応じて、ヴェーダに通暁したバラモンに食事を施すなら、この世において豊かな報いを得る——それは百の獣供犠に等しい完全な果報である。」この偈は、学識ある者への真実のもてなしが、身の丈にかなう形であっても強大なダルマの行いとして尊ばれ、大いなる祭式に匹敵する功徳をもたらすことを示す。
धौग्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
That feeding a truly Veda-learned Brāhmaṇa, even modestly and strictly according to one’s means, is a highly meritorious dharmic act—so potent that it is said to equal the fruit of a hundred animal-sacrifices.
Dhaumya is instructing on dharma by praising a concrete practice of giving—providing food to a Veda-versed Brāhmaṇa—and stating its spiritual reward in the traditional idiom of sacrificial merit.