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Shloka 59

राजेन्द्र! सभापर्व आरम्भ होनेपर ब्राह्मणोंको पूओं, कचौड़ियों और मिठाइयोंके साथ खीर भोजन कराये ।।

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

rājendra! sabhāparva ārambha honepara brāhmaṇoṃ ko pūoṃ, kacoṛiyoṃ aura miṭhāiyoṃ ke sātha khīra bhojana karāye ||

āraṇyake mūlaphalaiḥ tarpayet tu dvijottamān |

araṇīparva cāsādya jalakumbhān pradāpayet |

vanaparva meṃ śreṣṭha brāhmaṇoṃ ko phala-mūloṃ dvārā tṛpta kare; araṇīparva meṃ pahuṃcakara jala se bhare hue ghaṛoṃ kā dāna kare |

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Hỡi bậc vương giả tối thượng, khi Sabhā-parvan mở đầu, hãy thết đãi các bà-la-môn món cháo sữa (kṣīra) cùng bánh chiên, bánh nhân và các thứ ngọt. Trong phần Āraṇyaka, hãy làm thỏa lòng những bậc nhị sinh tối thượng bằng rễ và quả rừng. Và khi đến phần Araṇī, hãy bố thí những vò nước đầy. Như vậy, ở mỗi chặng, lễ vật và sự hiếu khách phải hợp với nơi chốn và thời thế, tôn kính người học rộng và nuôi dưỡng sự sống.”

आरण्यकेin the Āraṇyaka (forest) [parva/section]
आरण्यके:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootआरण्यक
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
मूलफलैःwith roots and fruits
मूलफलैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमूलफल
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
तर्पयेत्should satisfy / should gratify
तर्पयेत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootतृप्
FormOptative (Vidhi-liṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
तुbut / and (emphatic)
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
द्विजोत्तमान्the best of the twice-born (excellent Brahmins)
द्विजोत्तमान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्विजोत्तम
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
अरणीपर्वthe Araṇī-parva (a section named Araṇī)
अरणीपर्व:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअरणीपर्व
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
आसाद्यhaving reached / upon arriving at
आसाद्य:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-√सद्
FormAbsolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada
जलकुम्भान्water-pots (pitchers filled with water)
जलकुम्भान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजलकुम्भ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
प्रदापयेत्should cause to be given / should donate
प्रदापयेत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-√दा (causative)
FormOptative (Vidhi-liṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, Causative (ṇic)

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
R
rājendra (the king addressed)
B
brāhmaṇas
D
dvijottamāḥ
S
Sabhā-parvan
Ā
Āraṇyaka
V
Vana-parvan
A
Araṇī-parvan
K
khīra
M
mūla-phala
J
jala-kumbha

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches dharmic generosity: honor the learned (Brahmins) through appropriate hospitality and gifts, adapting one’s giving to the setting—rich foods in settled contexts, simple forest produce in wilderness, and life-sustaining water where it is most needed.

Vaiśampāyana instructs a king on prescribed acts of feeding and donation associated with different parvan/sections—Sabhā, Āraṇyaka/Vana, and Araṇī—mapping ethical duties of support and reverence onto the progression of the epic’s contexts.