Shloka 65

Devanagari script

विप्रेभ्य: संस्कृतं सम्यग्‌ दद्यात्‌ संयतमानस: । कर्णपर्वमें भी ब्राह्मणोंको अच्छे ढंगसे तैयार किया हुआ सबकी रुचिके अनुकूल उत्तम भोजन दे और अपने मनको वशमें रखे ।।

Transliteration

viprebhyaḥ saṃskṛtaṃ samyag dadyāt saṃyatamānasaḥ | śalyaparvaṇi rājendra modakaiḥ saguḍaudanaiḥ ||

Translation

ಸಂಯತಮನಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರಿಗೆ ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ ಸಿದ್ಧಪಡಿಸಿದ ಭೋಜನವನ್ನು ಅರ್ಪಿಸಬೇಕು. ಕರ್ಣಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರಿಗೆ ಅವರ ರುಚಿಗೆ ತಕ್ಕಂತೆ ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿ ತಯಾರಿಸಿದ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಆಹಾರವನ್ನು ನೀಡಬೇಕು. ಓ ರಾಜೇಂದ್ರ, ಶಲ್ಯಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೋದಕಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಬೆಲ್ಲಬೆರೆಸಿದ ಅನ್ನದಿಂದ ಅವರನ್ನು ಹರ್ಷಗೊಳಿಸಬೇಕು.

Word by Word

• विप्रेभ्यः: to the brahmins
• विप्रेभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Plural

• संस्कृतम्: well-prepared, refined
• संस्कृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संस्कृत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सम्यक्: properly, well
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक्

• दद्यात्: should give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (दाने)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• संयतमानसः: one whose mind is controlled
• संयतमानसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संयत-मानस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• brāhmaṇas
• Śalya-parvan
• modaka
• guḍaudana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches dāna and hospitality guided by self-restraint: offerings should be properly prepared, given respectfully to brāhmaṇas, and aligned with what is fitting and pleasing, emphasizing inner discipline (saṃyatamānasaḥ) along with outward generosity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a prescriptive description of meritorious conduct, listing appropriate acts of giving across contexts (here referencing the Śalya-parvan), specifying exemplary foods—modakas and jaggery-rice—as suitable offerings to brāhmaṇas when performed with a controlled mind.