Shloka 8

अन्नदान-प्रशंसा (Praise of the Gift of Food) | Annadāna-Praśaṃsā

Devanagari script

प्रियाणि लभते नित्यं प्रियद: प्रियकृत्‌ तथा । प्रियो भवति भूतानामिह चैव परत्र च

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | priyāṇi labhate nityaṃ priyadaḥ priyakṛt tathā | priyo bhavati bhūtānām iha caiva paratra ca ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“常以他人所爱之物施与他人，并不断行其所悦之事者，自己也恒得可爱之物。此人于此世与彼世，皆为一切众生所爱。”

Word by Word

• प्रियाणि: dear/pleasant things
• प्रियाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• लभते: obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Ātmanepada

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• प्रियदः: giver of what is dear
• प्रियदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रियद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रियकृत्: doer of what is dear (to others)
• प्रियकृत्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रियकृत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: likewise/so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• प्रियः: dear, beloved
• प्रियः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवति: becomes
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भूतानाम्: of beings/creatures
• भूतानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• इह: here (in this world)
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

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

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

• परत्र: there (in the next world)
• परत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परत्र

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Delighting others through generous gifts and pleasing, considerate actions yields reciprocal benefit: one gains what is dear and becomes loved by all, with auspicious results both in this life and after death.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma instructs on dharma and right conduct. Here he states a practical moral principle: benevolence and pleasing service to others create goodwill and bring favorable outcomes in both worlds.