Shloka 4

दानशील-समाचारः, सत्कारः, अहिंसा च

Umā–Maheśvara Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

भोजनं च यथाशतत्या ब्राह्मणे वेदपारगे । पशुबन्धशतस्येह फल प्राप्रोति पुष्कलम्‌

Transliteration

Dhaumya uvāca— bhojanaṁ ca yathāśaktyā brāhmaṇe vedapārage | paśubandhaśatasyeha phalaṁ prāpnoti puṣkalam ||

Translation

भोजनं च यथाशक्त्या ब्राह्मणे वेदपारगे । पशुबन्धशतस्येह फलं प्राप्नोति पुष्कलम् ॥

Word by Word

• भोजनम्: food; feeding (as an act)
• भोजनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यथा: according to; as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• शक्त्या: with (one's) ability; as per capacity
• शक्त्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• ब्राह्मणे: in/for a Brahmin (as recipient/context)
• ब्राह्मणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• वेदपारगे: learned in the Veda; one who has gone to the far shore of the Veda
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेदपारग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पशुबन्धशतस्य: of a hundred animal-sacrifices (paśubandhas)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशुबन्धशत
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• इह: here; in this world/rite
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• फलम्: fruit; result
• फलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्नोति: attains; obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुष्कलम्: abundant; great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्कल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

धौग्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhaumya
• Brāhmaṇa (vedapāraga)
• Veda
• paśubandha (animal-sacrifice)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That feeding a truly Veda-learned Brāhmaṇa, even modestly and strictly according to one’s means, is a highly meritorious dharmic act—so potent that it is said to equal the fruit of a hundred animal-sacrifices.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhaumya is instructing on dharma by praising a concrete practice of giving—providing food to a Veda-versed Brāhmaṇa—and stating its spiritual reward in the traditional idiom of sacrificial merit.