Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 396
Devanagari script
यथैवान्ने तथा तेषां त्वयि भावो भविष्यति । “तात! मेरे प्रसन्न होनेका जो भावी फल है
Transliteration
yathaivānne tathā teṣāṃ tvayi bhāvo bhaviṣyati |
Translation
风神婆由说道：“他们对食物怀有怎样的情感与依恋，对你也将怀有同样的情感。只要天神与世人仍珍爱并依赖粮食，他们对你的敬重也将以同等的分量长存。”
Word by Word
यथाas, just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
एवindeed, exactly
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अन्नेin/with regard to food
अन्ने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
तथाso, in the same way
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
त्वयिin you / towards you
त्वयि:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormLocative, Singular
भावःfeeling, attitude, disposition
भावः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभाव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भविष्यतिwill be, will become
भविष्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
व
वायुदेव (Vāyu, Wind-god)अ
अन्न (food/sustenance)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that reverence and attachment follow the source of sustenance: as long as beings value food as life-supporting, they will value and honor the power/person associated with enabling that sustenance. It highlights gratitude and the ethical recognition of what maintains life.
Vāyu speaks a boon-like assurance: he declares that the regard of gods and humans toward the addressed person will mirror their regard for food—enduring as long as food remains beloved and necessary.