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Shloka 30

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

अन्नाद्धि प्रसव यान्ति रतिरन्नाद्धि भारत । धर्मार्थावन्नतो विद्धि रोगनाशं तथान्नत:

annād dhi prasavaṃ yānti ratir annād dhi bhārata | dharmārthāv annato viddhi roganāśaṃ tathā annataḥ ||

നാരദൻ പറഞ്ഞു— ഹേ ഭാരതാ! അന്നത്തിൽ നിന്നുതന്നെ സന്താനോത്പത്തി; അന്നത്തിൽ നിന്നുതന്നെ രതിയുടെ സിദ്ധി. ധർമ്മവും അർത്ഥവും അന്നത്തിലൂടെയാണെന്ന് അറിയുക; അന്നത്തിലൂടെയേ രോഗനാശവും സംഭവിക്കുന്നു.

अन्नात्from food
अन्नात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
हिindeed
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
प्रसवाःbirths/offspring (begettings)
प्रसवाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रसव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
यान्तिarise/come about
यान्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootया (याति)
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
रतिःsexual pleasure/delight
रतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
अन्नात्from food
अन्नात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
हिindeed
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
भारतO Bharata
भारत:
TypeNoun
Rootभारत
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
धर्मार्थौdharma and artha
धर्मार्थौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म + अर्थ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
अन्नतःfrom food
अन्नतः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular, Ablative in -तः (tasil-derivative): 'from food'
विद्धिknow (you)
विद्धि:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
रोगनाशम्destruction of disease
रोगनाशम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरोग + नाश
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
तथाalso/likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
अन्नतःfrom food
अन्नतः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular, Ablative in -तः (tasil-derivative): 'from food'

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
B
Bhārata (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

Food (anna) is presented as the foundational support of human life: it enables procreation and marital pleasure, sustains the pursuit of dharma and artha, and promotes health by removing disease. The ethical implication is that ensuring nourishment is a primary duty and a basis for righteous living.

In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction-focused discourse, Nārada addresses Yudhiṣṭhira (as “Bhārata”), emphasizing the practical and moral centrality of food as the root condition for family continuity, social order, prosperity, and bodily well-being.