Shloka 11
अन्नदान-प्रशंसा (Praise of the Gift of Food) | Annadāna-Praśaṃsā
Devanagari script
कृशाय कृतविद्याय वृत्तिक्षीणाय सीदते | अपहन्यात् क्षुधां यस्तु न तेन पुरुष: सम:
Transliteration
kṛśāya kṛtavidyāya vṛttikṣīṇāya sīdate | apahanyāt kṣudhāṃ yas tu na tena puruṣaḥ samaḥ ||
Translation
भीष्म उवाच—कृशाय कृतविद्याय वृत्तिक्षीणाय सीदते, अपहन्ति क्षुधां यस्तु न तेन पुरुषः समः।
Word by Word
कृशायto a weak/emaciated (person)
कृशाय:
Sampradana
TypeAdjective
Rootकृश
FormMasculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular
कृतविद्यायto one who has acquired learning/education
कृतविद्याय:
Sampradana
TypeAdjective
Rootकृतविद्या
FormMasculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular
वृत्तिक्षीणायto one whose livelihood is diminished
वृत्तिक्षीणाय:
Sampradana
TypeAdjective
Rootवृत्तिक्षीण
FormMasculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular
सीदतेsinks/is distressed
सीदते:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootसद्
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada
अपहन्यात्should remove/ward off
अपहन्यात्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअप-हन्
FormOptative (Potential), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
क्षुधाम्hunger
क्षुधाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootक्षुध्
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
तेनby/than him
तेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
पुरुषःman/person
पुरुषः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
समःequal
समः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
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BhīṣmaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Feeding and sustaining a distressed person—especially one who is learned yet impoverished—is presented as an unsurpassed act of merit; removing hunger is among the highest forms of dharmic charity.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma (Anuśāsana Parva), he praises the ethical greatness of one who relieves hunger in a suffering, livelihood-deprived person, elevating practical compassion above other claims to virtue.