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Shloka 4

दानशील-समाचारः, सत्कारः, अहिंसा च

Umā–Maheśvara Saṃvāda

भोजनं च यथाशतत्या ब्राह्मणे वेदपारगे । पशुबन्धशतस्येह फल प्राप्रोति पुष्कलम्‌,जो मनुष्य श्रद्धा और एकाग्रताके साथ इस विधिसे वर्षाके चार महीनोंतक पितरोंको तिलमिश्रित जलकी अंजलि देता है और वेद-शास्त्रके पारंगत विद्वान्‌ ब्राह्मणको यथाशक्ति भोजन कराता है, वह सौ यज्ञोंका पूरा फल प्राप्त कर लेता है

Dhaumya uvāca— bhojanaṁ ca yathāśaktyā brāhmaṇe vedapārage | paśubandhaśatasyeha phalaṁ prāpnoti puṣkalam ||

ผู้ใดตามกำลังของตนถวายภัตตาหารแก่พราหมณ์ผู้เชี่ยวชาญพระเวท ผู้นั้นย่อมได้ผลบุญอันไพบูลย์ในโลกนี้ เป็นผลสมบูรณ์เสมอด้วยพิธีบูชายัญผูกสัตว์หนึ่งร้อยครั้ง

भोजनम्food; feeding (as an act)
भोजनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभोजन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
यथाaccording to; as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
शक्त्याwith (one's) ability; as per capacity
शक्त्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशक्ति
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
ब्राह्मणेin/for a Brahmin (as recipient/context)
ब्राह्मणे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
वेदपारगेlearned in the Veda; one who has gone to the far shore of the Veda
वेदपारगे:
TypeAdjective
Rootवेदपारग
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
पशुबन्धशतस्यof a hundred animal-sacrifices (paśubandhas)
पशुबन्धशतस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootपशुबन्धशत
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
इहhere; in this world/rite
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
फलम्fruit; result
फलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootफल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
प्राप्नोतिattains; obtains
प्राप्नोति:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + आप्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
पुष्कलम्abundant; great
पुष्कलम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootपुष्कल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

धौग्य उवाच

D
Dhaumya
B
Brāhmaṇa (vedapāraga)
V
Veda
P
paśubandha (animal-sacrifice)

Educational Q&A

That feeding a truly Veda-learned Brāhmaṇa, even modestly and strictly according to one’s means, is a highly meritorious dharmic act—so potent that it is said to equal the fruit of a hundred animal-sacrifices.

Dhaumya is instructing on dharma by praising a concrete practice of giving—providing food to a Veda-versed Brāhmaṇa—and stating its spiritual reward in the traditional idiom of sacrificial merit.