Shloka 59
राजेन्द्र! सभापर्व आरम्भ होनेपर ब्राह्मणोंको पूओं, कचौड़ियों और मिठाइयोंके साथ खीर भोजन कराये ।।
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
rājendra! sabhāparva ārambha honepara brāhmaṇoṃ ko pūoṃ, kacoṛiyoṃ aura miṭhāiyoṃ ke sātha khīra bhojana karāye ||
āraṇyake mūlaphalaiḥ tarpayet tu dvijottamān |
araṇīparva cāsādya jalakumbhān pradāpayet |
vanaparva meṃ śreṣṭha brāhmaṇoṃ ko phala-mūloṃ dvārā tṛpta kare; araṇīparva meṃ pahuṃcakara jala se bhare hue ghaṛoṃ kā dāna kare |
वैशम्पायन उवाच—राजेन्द्र! सभापर्वणि प्रवृत्ते ब्राह्मणान् पायसेन सह पूपकचोडिकामोदकैर्भोजयेत्। आरण्यके तु मूलफलैर्द्विजोत्तमान् तर्पयेत्। अरणीपर्वणि चासाद्य जलपूर्णान् कुम्भान् प्रदापयेत्।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches dharmic generosity: honor the learned (Brahmins) through appropriate hospitality and gifts, adapting one’s giving to the setting—rich foods in settled contexts, simple forest produce in wilderness, and life-sustaining water where it is most needed.
Vaiśampāyana instructs a king on prescribed acts of feeding and donation associated with different parvan/sections—Sabhā, Āraṇyaka/Vana, and Araṇī—mapping ethical duties of support and reverence onto the progression of the epic’s contexts.