Shloka 16
Dvaītavana: Brahmaghoṣa, Rṣi-saṅgha, and Baka Dālbhyā’s Upadeśa to Yudhiṣṭhira
यतीनामगृहाणां ते तथैव गृहमेधिनाम् । दीयते भोजन राजन्नतीवगुणवत् प्रभो,शक्तिशाली महाराज! उन दिनों प्रतिदिन यतियों, ब्रह्मचारियों और गृहस्थ ब्राह्मणोंको भी अत्यन्त गुणकारी भोजन अर्पित किया जाता था
yatīnām agṛhāṇāṁ te tathaiva gṛhamedhinām | dīyate bhojanaṁ rājann atīvaguṇavat prabho ||
ప్రభూ రాజా! ఆ రోజుల్లో గృహం లేని యతులకు, అలాగే గృహస్థులకు కూడా అత్యంత ఉత్తమగుణములైన భోజనం ఇవ్వబడేది.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Righteous rule expresses itself through steady, impartial generosity: providing wholesome sustenance to both renunciants (who live without household ties) and householders, thereby upholding ashrama-based social dharma and cultivating merit through dāna.
Vaiśampāyana describes a setting of orderly prosperity where excellent food is regularly distributed—an image of a well-governed realm or well-maintained community in which ascetics and householders are properly supported and honoured.