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Shloka 7

Pānīya-dāna and Anna-dāna: The Primacy of Life-Sustaining Gifts (पानीयदान-प्रशंसा / अन्नदान-प्रशंसा)

अन्नमूर्जस्करं लोके प्राणाश्षान्ने प्रतिष्ठिता: । अन्नेन धार्यते सर्व विश्व जगदिदं प्रभो

annam ūrjaskaraṁ loke prāṇāś cānne pratiṣṭhitāḥ | annena dhāryate sarvaṁ viśvaṁ jagad idaṁ prabho ||

นารทกล่าวว่า “ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นเจ้า ในโลกนี้อาหารเป็นผู้ก่อให้เกิดกำลัง ลมหายใจแห่งชีวิตตั้งอยู่ด้วยอาหาร และด้วยอาหารนี้เองจักรวาลทั้งปวง—โลกที่เคลื่อนไหวและไม่เคลื่อนไหว—จึงดำรงอยู่”

अन्नम्food
अन्नम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
ऊर्जस्करम्strength-producing
ऊर्जस्करम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootऊर्जस्कर
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
लोकेin the world
लोके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
प्राणाःvital breaths / lives
प्राणाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्राण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
अन्नेin/depending on food
अन्ने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
प्रतिष्ठिताःestablished, resting
प्रतिष्ठिताः:
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रतिष्ठित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
अन्नेनby/with food
अन्नेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
धार्यतेis sustained/borne
धार्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootधृ
FormPresent, Passive, Third, Singular
सर्वम्all, entire
सर्वम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
विश्वम्universal
विश्वम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
जगत्world
जगत्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजगत्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
इदम्this
इदम्:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
प्रभोO lord
प्रभो:
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभु
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
प्रभोO lord
प्रभो:
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभु
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada

Educational Q&A

Food is presented as the fundamental support of life and society: it generates strength, sustains the vital breaths, and upholds the world. Ethically, it elevates the duty to produce, share, and give food (especially through hospitality and charity) as a central form of dharma.

Nārada is instructing his listener by emphasizing a universal principle: all beings depend on food. This statement functions as a doctrinal foundation for later guidance about righteous living—particularly the merit and necessity of feeding others and maintaining social welfare through sustenance.