Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 22
Dvādaśī-vrata: Month-by-month Viṣṇu Worship and the Year-End Udyāpana
परमान्नप्रदानेन मम स्यादिष्टदायकः । ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्पश्चाच्छक्तितो बन्धुभिः सह ॥ २२ ॥
paramānnapradānena mama syādiṣṭadāyakaḥ | brāhmaṇānbhojayetpaścācchaktito bandhubhiḥ saha || 22 ||
പരമോന്നതമായ അന്നം ദാനം ചെയ്താൽ അവൻ എനിക്കു ഇഷ്ടം നൽകുന്നവനാകുന്നു; തുടർന്ന് ശേഷിയനുസരിച്ച് ബന്ധുക്കളോടൊപ്പം ബ്രാഹ്മണരെ ഭോജനിപ്പിക്കണം।
Narada (instructional voice within a dāna/anna-dāna context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches that offering the best food as dāna, followed by feeding Brāhmaṇas within one’s means, is a dharmic act that pleases the deity and yields desired spiritual and worldly fruits.
Bhakti is expressed through reverent service: giving the finest food and honoring Brāhmaṇas as recipients of sacred hospitality becomes a practical form of devotion that aligns one’s resources with worship.
It reflects Kalpa (ritual procedure): the ordered sequence—offering/gifting food and then conducting brāhmaṇa-bhojana—performed “according to capacity” (śaktitaḥ) as a rule of ritual propriety.