Shloka 4

Devanagari script

अन्नादिसमुदाचार: शय्यासनकृतस्तथा । दिवसे दिवसे तस्य वर्धते न तु हीयते,नित्यप्रति अन्न आदिके द्वारा उन ब्राह्मणका सत्कार अन्य दिनोंकी अपेक्षा बढ़कर ही होता था। उनके लिये शय्या और आसन आदिकी सुविधा भी पहलेकी अपेक्षा अधिक ही दी जाती थी। किसी बातमें तनिक भी कमी नहीं की जाती थी

Transliteration

annādisamudācāraḥ śayyāsanakṛtas tathā | divase divase tasya vardhate na tu hīyate ||

Translation

അന്നാദികളാൽ ആരംഭിക്കുന്ന আতിഥ്യാചാരവും, ശയ്യാ-ആസനങ്ങളുടെ ഒരുക്കവും—ആ ബ്രാഹ്മണനുവേണ്ടി—ദിവസംതോറും വർധിച്ചു; ഒരിക്കലും കുറയില്ലായിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

अन्नादि-समुदाचारःthe practice of hospitality with food etc.

शय्या-आसन-कृतःdone (in the form of) beds and seats

तथाand likewise

दिवसेon a day

दिवसेon (each) day

तस्यof him / for him

वर्धतेincreases

नnot

तुbut

हीयतेdiminishes / is reduced

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

a brāhmaṇa (guest)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True dharma in household life is shown through consistent and increasing hospitality—offering food, seat, and rest to a worthy guest without letting care or generosity decline over time.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes how a brāhmaṇa guest is honored: each day the host’s arrangements—food and other services, along with bed and seating—grow more ample, with no reduction in respect or provision.