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Shloka 41

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

एवमन्नाद्धि सूर्यश्ष पवन: शुक्रमेव च । एक एव स्मृतो राशिस्ततो भूतानि जज्ञिरे,इस तरह सूर्य, वायु और वीर्य एक ही राशि हैं जो अन्नसे प्रकट हुए हैं। उन्हींसे समस्त प्राणियोंकी उत्पत्ति हुई है

evam annād dhi sūryaś ca pavanaḥ śukram eva ca | eka eva smṛto rāśis tato bhūtāni jajñire ||

ഇങ്ങനെ അന്നത്തിൽ നിന്നുതന്നെ സൂര്യനും വായുവും ശുക്രവും ഉദ്ഭവിക്കുന്നു. ഇവയെല്ലാം ഒരേയൊരു ‘രാശി’—ഒരേയൊരു മൂലസ്രോതസ്—എന്നായി സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു; ആ മൂലത്തിൽ നിന്നാണ് സകലഭൂതങ്ങളും ജനിച്ചത്.

एवम्thus
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
अन्नात्from food
अन्नात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
सूर्यःthe sun
सूर्यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पवनःwind
पवनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपवन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शुक्रम्semen/vital seed
शुक्रम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशुक्र
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
एवjust/indeed
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एकःone/single
एकः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवonly
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
स्मृतःis remembered/considered
स्मृतः:
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive (participial)
राशिःmass/aggregate
राशिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराशि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ततःfrom that/thereupon
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
भूतानिbeings/creatures
भूतानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
जज्ञिरेwere born/arose
जज्ञिरे:
TypeVerb
Rootजन्
FormLiṭ (Perfect), Ātmanepada, Third, Plural

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
S
Sūrya (Sun)
P
Pavana/Vāyu (Wind)
Ś
Śukra (semen)
A
Anna (food)

Educational Q&A

Food (anna) is presented as the fundamental basis of life and cosmic processes: it sustains vital forces (wind/breath), supports generative power (śukra), and is linked to the functioning of the world (sun). From this unified source, beings arise—highlighting the ethical importance of nourishment, sustenance, and responsible living.

Nārada is explaining a doctrinal point about origins: he connects bodily and cosmic principles to a single underlying support—anna—asserting that from this aggregate source the birth of beings proceeds.