Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 56
Dvādaśī-vrata: Month-by-month Viṣṇu Worship and the Year-End Udyāpana
उपायनं च संगृह्य ममाभीष्टप्रदो भव । ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेच्छक्त्या स्वयं भुञ्जीत वाग्यतः ॥ ५६ ॥
upāyanaṃ ca saṃgṛhya mamābhīṣṭaprado bhava | brāhmaṇānbhojayecchaktyā svayaṃ bhuñjīta vāgyataḥ || 56 ||
அர்ப்பணத்தை (உபாயனம்) ஏற்றுக்கொண்டு, “என் அபீஷ்டத்தை நிறைவேற்றுபவனாக இரு” என்று வேண்ட வேண்டும். இயன்ற அளவு பிராமணர்களுக்கு உணவளித்து, பின்னர் தானும் வாக்கு-கட்டுப்பாட்டுடன் உண்பான்।
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.