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Shloka 1

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

Devanagari script

(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके २६ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल ९८३ श्लोक हैं) न२््च्स्स््तािस्ि ह्य £>ाभ्प्ट् त्रेषष्टितमोड्ध्याय: अन्नदानका विशेष माहात्म्य युधिछ्िर उवाच कानि दानानि लोके5स्मिन्‌ दातुकामो महीपति: । गुणाधिकेभ्यो विप्रेभ्यो दद्यात्‌ भरतसत्तम

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: kāni dānāni loke 'smin dātukāmo mahīpatiḥ | guṇādhikebhyo viprebhyo dadyāt bharatasattama ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira thưa: “Hỡi bậc tối thượng trong dòng Bharata, nếu một vị vua ở đời này muốn làm bố thí, thì nên dâng những loại vật thí nào cho các Bà-la-môn vượt trội về đức hạnh?”

Word by Word

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

उवाचsaid

कानिwhich (things)

दानानिgifts, donations

लोकेin the world

अस्मिन्in this

दातुकामःdesirous of giving

महीपतिःking (lord of the earth)

गुणाधिकेभ्यःto those superior in virtues

विप्रेभ्यःto Brahmins

दद्यात्should give

भरतसत्तमO best of the Bharatas

Speaker

युधिछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

mahīpati (king)

vipra (Brahmin)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames charity (dāna) as a key royal duty and asks that giving be directed toward recipients distinguished by virtue (guṇa), implying that ethical discernment in both the choice of gift and recipient is central to dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

At the opening of the chapter on the special greatness of food-giving (annadāna), Yudhiṣṭhira initiates a discussion by asking what donations a king who wishes to give should offer to virtuous Brahmins.