Shloka 396

Devanagari script

यथैवान्ने तथा तेषां त्वयि भावो भविष्यति । “तात! मेरे प्रसन्न होनेका जो भावी फल है

Transliteration

yathaivānne tathā teṣāṃ tvayi bhāvo bhaviṣyati |

Translation

Ваю сказал: «Как их чувство и привязанность держатся на пище, таково будет и их чувство к тебе. Пока боги и люди будут дорожить и зависеть от пропитания, их почтение к тебе будет сохраняться в той же мере».

Word by Word

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• एव: indeed, exactly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अन्ने: in/with regard to food
• अन्ने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तथा: so, in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• त्वयि: in you / towards you
• त्वयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Locative, Singular

• भावः: feeling, attitude, disposition
• भावः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be, will become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyu, Wind-god)
• अन्न (food/sustenance)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that reverence and attachment follow the source of sustenance: as long as beings value food as life-supporting, they will value and honor the power/person associated with enabling that sustenance. It highlights gratitude and the ethical recognition of what maintains life.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu speaks a boon-like assurance: he declares that the regard of gods and humans toward the addressed person will mirror their regard for food—enduring as long as food remains beloved and necessary.