Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 66 Shloka 10 - Mahabharata | Japanese | Vedapath

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Shloka 10

Pānīya-dāna and Anna-dāna: The Primacy of Life-Sustaining Gifts (पानीयदान-प्रशंसा / अन्नदान-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणायाभिरूपाय यो दद्यादन्नमर्थिने । विदधाति निर्धि श्रेष्ठ पारलीकिकमात्मन:,जो याचना करनेवाले सुपात्र ब्राह्मणको अन्नदान देता है, वह परलोकमें अपने लिये एक अच्छी निधि (खजाना) बना लेता है

Transliteration

brāhmaṇāyābhirūpāya yo dadyād annam arthine | vidadhāti nidhim śreṣṭha pāralaukikam ātmanaḥ ||

Translation

ナーラダは言った。「求めて来るにふさわしく、尊ぶべきバラモンに食を施す者は、来世のために自ら優れた宝蔵を積む。すなわち、この生を越えて随う功徳である。」

Word by Word

ब्राह्मणायto a Brahmin

अभिरूपायto a worthy/fit (person)

यःwho

दद्यात्should give / would give

अन्नम्food

अर्थिनेto one who seeks (a supplicant)

विदधातिarranges / establishes / provides

निधिम्a treasure, deposit

श्रेष्ठO best (one)

पारलौकिकम्otherworldly, pertaining to the next world

आत्मनःfor oneself / of oneself

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

brāhmaṇa

anna (food)

nidhi (treasure/merit-store)

paraloka (the next world)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Food-giving (anna-dāna) to a worthy brāhmaṇa who seeks help is praised as a high dharmic act, because it becomes a lasting ‘treasure’ of merit that benefits the giver in the afterlife.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction-focused discourse, Nārada states a general rule of dharma: supporting a deserving petitioner—specifically by giving food—creates enduring spiritual wealth (nidhi) for the donor beyond this world.