Shloka 27
छत्रोपानहदानफलप्रशंसा — Praise of the Merit of Donating Umbrella and Footwear
रमणीयानि यावन्ति यावदारम्भकाणि च । सर्वमन्नात् प्रभवति विदितं कीर्तयामि ते
ramaṇīyāni yāvanti yāvadārambhakāṇi ca | sarvam annāt prabhavati viditaṁ kīrtayāmi te ||
रमणीयानि यावन्ति यावदारम्भकाणि च । सर्वमन्नात् प्रभवति विदितं कीर्तयामि ते ॥
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Food (anna)—as basic sustenance and grain—underlies both enjoyment (pleasant objects) and productive activity (means of undertaking). Ethical governance and social welfare therefore depend on securing nourishment and agriculture.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira in the Anuśāsana Parva, he emphasizes a practical foundation of dharma: the prosperity of society and the success of human endeavors rest on the availability of food, a truth he presents as already familiar to the listener.