Shloka 69

Devanagari script

आश्चमेधिकमासाद्य भोजन सार्वकामिकम्‌ | शान्तिपर्वमें भी ब्राह्मणोंको हविष्य भोजन कराये। आश्वमेधिकपर्वमें पहुँचनेपर सबकी रुचिके अनुकूल उत्तम भोजन दे ।।

Transliteration

aśvamedhikam āsādya bhojanaṃ sārvakāmikam | śāntiparvaṇi brāhmaṇān haviṣyabhojanaṃ kārayet | aśvamedhikaparvaṇi prāpte sarvasya rucy-anukūlam uttamaṃ bhojanaṃ dadyāt || tathā śramanivāse tu haviṣyaṃ bhojayet dvijān ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: Достигнув раздела об Ашвамедхе, следует поднести пищу, удовлетворяющую всякое законное желание. В «Шанти-парве» брахманов надлежит кормить хавишья — чистой, жертвенной пищей. А по прибытии к «Ашвамедха-парве» следует давать превосходное угощение, сообразное вкусу каждого. Так же и в месте отдыха утомлённых нужно кормить дваждырождённых (двиджа) хавишья.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• श्रमनिवासे: in the resting-place (place of repose after toil)
• श्रमनिवासे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रमनिवास
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तु: but; however
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• हविष्यम्: havis-food; sacrificial oblation-food
• हविष्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविष्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भोजयेत्: should feed; should cause to eat
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (भोजयति)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, true

• द्विजान्: Brahmins (twice-born)
• द्विजान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Śānti-parvan
• Aśvamedha (Aśvamedhika/Aśvamedhika-parvan)
• Brāhmaṇas
• Dvijas
• Haviṣya (sacrificial food)
• Śramanivāsa (rest-house)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches dharmic hospitality: feed Brahmins and guests with pure, sanctified food (haviṣya) and, more broadly, offer excellent भोजन suited to each person’s taste—generosity guided by purity, respect, and consideration.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is describing prescriptive conduct connected with different parvans/contexts: in the Śānti-parvan one arranges haviṣya-feeding for Brahmins; in the Aśvamedha-related context one provides superior meals pleasing to all; and at a rest-house one again feeds dvijas with haviṣya.