Shloka 9

Cāturhotra as Inner Sacrifice (Yoga-Yajña) and Nārāyaṇa Recitation

Devanagari script

अदन्नन्नान्यथो<विद्वान्‌ ममत्वेनोपपद्यते । आत्मार्थ पाचयन्नन्नं ममत्वेनोपहन्यते

Transliteration

adann annam anyathā ’vidvān mamatvenopapadyate | ātmārthaṃ pācayann annaṃ mamatvenopahanyate ||

Translation

ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣ କହିଲେ—ଅଜ୍ଞାନୀ ଲୋକ ଦତ୍ତ ନୁହେଁ ଏମିତି ଅନ୍ନ ଭୋଜନ କରିବାବେଳେ ବିକୃତ ଭାବରେ ‘ମମତ୍ୱ’ରେ ଜଡ଼ିଯାଏ। ସେହିପରି ଯେ କେବଳ ନିଜ ପାଇଁ ଅନ୍ନ ପକାଏ, ସେ ମଧ୍ୟ ସେଇ ମମତ୍ୱ-ଦୋଷରେ ଆଘାତ ପାଏ।

Word by Word

• अदन्: eating
• अदन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अद्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अन्यथा: otherwise; wrongly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा

• अविद्वान्: an ignorant man
• अविद्वान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अविद्वस्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ममत्वेन: with possessiveness (sense of 'mine')
• ममत्वेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ममत्व
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• उपपद्यते: becomes; comes to be associated
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपपद्
• Form: लट्, आत्मनेपद, प्रथम, एकवचन

• आत्मार्थम्: for oneself
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आत्मार्थ

• पाचयन्: cooking
• पाचयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पच्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ममत्वेन: through possessiveness
• ममत्वेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ममत्व
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• उपहन्यते: is struck down; is harmed
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-हन्
• Form: लट्, आत्मनेपद, प्रथम, एकवचन

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (a brāhmaṇa speaker)
• अन्न (food)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Food and livelihood should be connected to giving and offering; when one eats or cooks purely for oneself, the mind hardens into ‘mine-ness’ (mamatva), which is presented as a destructive ethical fault.

What is happening in the narrative?

A brāhmaṇa speaker delivers a moral instruction, using the everyday act of eating and cooking to warn against egoic appropriation and to commend a life oriented toward sharing, alms, and offering.