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Shloka 29

मांसपरिवर्जन-प्रशंसा (Praise of Abstention from Meat) / Ethics of Ahiṃsā in Diet and Rite

न याति नरकं घोरें संसारांश्व न सेवते । सर्वकामसमायुक्तः प्रेत्य चाप्यश्नुते सुखम्‌,नरेश्वर! जो मनुष्य वेद, न्याय, धर्म और इतिहासके जाननेवाले एक हजार ब्राह्मणोंको भोजन कराता है, वह घोर नरक और संसारचक्रमें नहीं पड़ता। इहलोकमें उसकी सारी कामनाएँ पूर्ण होती हैं और मरनेके बाद वह परलोकमें सुख भोगता है

na yāti narakaṃ ghore saṃsārāṃś ca na sevate | sarvakāmasamāyuktaḥ pretya cāpy aśnute sukham, nareśvara |

అతడు ఘోర నరకానికి పోడు; సంసారచక్ర బంధనంలోనూ ఉండడు. అతని కోరికలన్నీ నెరవేరుతాయి; మరణానంతరం కూడా సుఖాన్ని అనుభవిస్తాడు.

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
यातिgoes
याति:
TypeVerb
Rootया (याति)
FormLat, present indicative, 3, singular, Parasmaipada
नरकम्to hell
नरकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनरक
Formneuter, accusative, singular
घोरेin the dreadful (one)
घोरे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर
Formneuter, locative, singular
संसारान्worldly cycles / transmigrations
संसारान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसंसार
Formmasculine, accusative, plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सेवतेresorts to / undergoes / experiences
सेवते:
TypeVerb
Rootसेव् (सेवते)
FormLat, present indicative, 3, singular, Atmanepada
सर्वकामसमायुक्तःendowed with all desired objects (all wishes fulfilled)
सर्वकामसमायुक्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व-काम-समायुक्त
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
प्रेत्यafter departing (after death)
प्रेत्य:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र-इ (क्त्वा/ल्यप्: प्रेत्य)
Formabsolutive (lyap), having departed / after death
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिalso
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
अश्नुतेenjoys / attains
अश्नुते:
TypeVerb
Rootअश् (अश्नुते)
FormLat, present indicative, 3, singular, Atmanepada
सुखम्happiness
सुखम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसुख
Formneuter, accusative, singular
नरेश्वरO lord of men (king)
नरेश्वर:
TypeNoun
Rootनर-ईश्वर
Formmasculine, vocative, singular

युधिछ्िर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
N
nareśvara (king, addressee)
B
brāhmaṇas
V
Veda
N
Nyāya
D
Dharma
I
Itihāsa
N
naraka (hell)
S
saṃsāra (cycle of rebirth)

Educational Q&A

Generous hospitality—especially feeding learned and virtuous brāhmaṇas—is presented as a powerful dharmic act whose fruit is both worldly fulfillment and posthumous well-being, protecting one from hellish consequences and continued bondage to saṃsāra.

Yudhiṣṭhira addresses a king and states the spiritual and ethical reward of feeding a thousand brāhmaṇas learned in Veda, nyāya, dharma, and itihāsa, emphasizing the merit (puṇya) and auspicious afterlife results of such charity.