Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 66 Shloka 27 - Mahabharata | Sanskrit | Vedapath

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Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अन्न हि दत्त्वातिथये ब्राह्मणाय यथाविधि । प्रदाता सुखमाप्रोति दैवतैश्नापि पूज्यते,अतिथि ब्राह्मणको विधिपूर्वक अन्नदान करके दाता परलोकमें सुख पाता है और देवता भी उसका आदर करते हैं

Transliteration

anna hi dattvātithaye brāhmaṇāya yathāvidhi | pradātā sukham āpnoti daivataiś cāpi pūjyate ||

Translation

नारद उवाच—अन्नं हि दत्त्वातिथये ब्राह्मणाय यथाविधि। प्रदाता सुखमाप्नोति परलोके दैवतैरपि पूज्यते॥

Word by Word

अन्नम्food

हिindeed/for

दत्त्वाhaving given

अतिथयेto a guest

ब्राह्मणायto a Brahmin

यथाas/according to

विधिrule/prescribed manner

प्रदाताthe giver/donor

सुखम्happiness

आप्नोतिattains

दैवतैःby the gods/divinities

अपिalso/even

पूज्यतेis honored/worshipped

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

atithi (guest)

brāhmaṇa

daivatāḥ (gods)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Properly feeding a guest—especially a brāhmaṇa—is a dharmic act of dāna that yields happiness in the next world and earns honor even from the gods.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is instructing on righteous conduct, emphasizing hospitality and food-giving performed according to prescribed norms as a source of spiritual merit and divine respect.