Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 56
उपायनं च संगृह्य ममाभीष्टप्रदो भव । ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेच्छक्त्या स्वयं भुञ्जीत वाग्यतः ॥ ५६ ॥
upāyanaṃ ca saṃgṛhya mamābhīṣṭaprado bhava | brāhmaṇānbhojayecchaktyā svayaṃ bhuñjīta vāgyataḥ || 56 ||
उपायनं च संगृह्य “ममाभीष्टप्रदो भव” इति वदेत्; शक्त्या ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्, स्वयं च वाग्यतः भुञ्जीत।
Sanatkumara (in dialogue with Narada, instructing proper dharmic procedure)
Vrata: Traivikrama-vrata (contextual continuation)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It links receiving gifts with responsibility: one should reciprocate through dharmic action—especially feeding Brāhmaṇas—and cultivate self-restraint, making charity and discipline a single spiritual practice.
By emphasizing service (feeding the worthy) and inner control (restrained speech), it teaches that devotion is expressed through respectful conduct and self-discipline, not merely ritual consumption.
It reflects ritual propriety (kalpa-style conduct): capacity-based giving (śaktyā), correct hospitality sequence (feed others first), and vāg-yama as a discipline supporting purity in rites and vows.