Shloka 58

Devanagari script

अपूपैश्नैव पूपैश्न मोदकैश्व समन्वितम्‌ । सभापर्वणि राजेन्द्र हविष्यं भोजयेद्‌ द्विजान्‌

Transliteration

apūpaiśnaiva pūpaiśna modakaiś ca samanvitam | sabhāparvaṇi rājendra haviṣyaṃ bhojayed dvijān ||

Translation

وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا— اے راجَیندر! سبھا پَرو کے موقع پر اپوپ، پوپ اور مودک کے ساتھ ہَوِشْیَ (پاک نَیویدیہ) کے ذریعے دْوِج برہمنوں کو کھانا کھلایا جائے۔

Word by Word

• अपूपैः: with cakes (apūpa)
• अपूपैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपूप
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• न: and/also (enclitic)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पूपैः: with sweet cakes (pūpa)
• पूपैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूप
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• न: and/also (enclitic)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• मोदकैः: with modaka sweets
• मोदकैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोदक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• समन्वितम्: endowed/combined (with)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अन्वि + क्त (समन्वित)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सभापर्वणि: in the Sabhā-parvan (Book of the Assembly Hall)
• सभापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• हविष्यम्: havis-offering/oblation-food
• हविष्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविष्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भोजयेत्: should feed
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (causative भोजय-)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular

• द्विजान्: Brahmins (twice-born)
• द्विजान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• rājendra (the king addressed)
• dvijān (twice-born/Brahmins)
• apūpa
• pūpa
• modaka
• haviṣya
• Sabhā-parvan

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes dharmic hospitality: on a sacred parvan-occasion, one should honor the twice-born with ritually appropriate food-offerings, showing reverence, purity, and generosity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a prescribed observance connected with the Sabhā-parvan occasion: feeding Brahmin guests with haviṣya along with festive sweets such as apūpas, pūpas, and modakas.