Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 66 Shloka 51 - Mahabharata | Vietnamese | Vedapath

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Shloka 51

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

Devanagari script

प्रासादा: पाण्डुराभ्राभा: शय्याश्व॒ काज्चनोज्ज्वला: । तान्यन्नदा: प्रपद्यन्ते तस्मादन्नप्रदो भव

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | prāsādāḥ pāṇḍurābhrābhāḥ śayyāś ca kāñcanojjvalāḥ | tāny annadāḥ prapadyante tasmād annaprado bhava ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: “Những cung điện trắng ngời như mây bạc, những giường nằm rực sáng bằng vàng—những nơi ở huy hoàng ấy chỉ người bố thí thức ăn mới đạt được. Vì thế, hãy trở thành người ban phát lương thực.”

Word by Word

प्रासादाःpalaces, mansions

पाण्डुराभ्राभाःhaving the appearance of pale/white clouds

शय्याःbeds, couches

काञ्चनोज्ज्वलाःshining with gold / golden-bright

तानिthose (things/abodes)

अन्नदाःgivers of food

प्रपद्यन्तेattain, reach, obtain

तस्मात्therefore, from that (reason)

अन्नप्रदःa giver of food

भवbe (become)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

palaces (prāsāda)

white clouds (abhra)

golden beds (kāñcanojjvalāḥ śayyāḥ)

food donation (annadāna)

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?

Food-giving (annadāna) is presented as a high dharmic act whose merit yields prosperity and splendid enjoyments; therefore one should practice giving food.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma and gifts, he praises the fruit of feeding others, stating that magnificent palaces and golden beds are attained by those who donate food, and he urges the listener to become an annadātā.