Shloka 11
अन्नदान-प्रशंसा (Praise of the Gift of Food) | Annadāna-Praśaṃsā
कृशाय कृतविद्याय वृत्तिक्षीणाय सीदते | अपहन्यात् क्षुधां यस्तु न तेन पुरुष: सम:
kṛśāya kṛtavidyāya vṛttikṣīṇāya sīdate | apahanyāt kṣudhāṃ yas tu na tena puruṣaḥ samaḥ ||
ພີສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ສໍາລັບຜູ້ທີ່ຜອມແຫ້ງ ແມ່ນແຕ່ມີວິຊາຄວາມຮູ້ ແຕ່ຊີວິດຄວາມເປັນຢູ່ຫຼຸດຖອຍ ແລະກໍາລັງຈົມຢູ່ໃນຄວາມທຸກ—ຜູ້ໃດທີ່ຂັບໄລ່ຄວາມຫິວໂຫຍຂອງເຂົາ ບໍ່ມີຜູ້ມີຄຸນທໍາໃດເທົ່າທຽມ. ບຸນອັນສູງສຸດຢູ່ທີ່ການຫຼ້ຽງຊີວິດຜູ້ຮູ້ ແລະຜູ້ຕົກຕໍ່າ ດ້ວຍອາຫານແລະການໜູນຊ່ວຍທັນເວລາ.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Feeding and sustaining a distressed person—especially one who is learned yet impoverished—is presented as an unsurpassed act of merit; removing hunger is among the highest forms of dharmic charity.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma (Anuśāsana Parva), he praises the ethical greatness of one who relieves hunger in a suffering, livelihood-deprived person, elevating practical compassion above other claims to virtue.