Shloka 41
Pānīya-dāna and Anna-dāna: The Primacy of Life-Sustaining Gifts (पानीयदान-प्रशंसा / अन्नदान-प्रशंसा)
एवमन्नाद्धि सूर्यश्ष पवन: शुक्रमेव च । एक एव स्मृतो राशिस्ततो भूतानि जज्ञिरे,इस तरह सूर्य, वायु और वीर्य एक ही राशि हैं जो अन्नसे प्रकट हुए हैं। उन्हींसे समस्त प्राणियोंकी उत्पत्ति हुई है
evam annād dhi sūryaś ca pavanaḥ śukram eva ca | eka eva smṛto rāśis tato bhūtāni jajñire ||
那罗陀曰：“如是，实由食而生：日、风，乃至精。此等被忆为同一之‘聚’、同一之源；由此源，万有众生皆得出生。”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Food (anna) is presented as the fundamental basis of life and cosmic processes: it sustains vital forces (wind/breath), supports generative power (śukra), and is linked to the functioning of the world (sun). From this unified source, beings arise—highlighting the ethical importance of nourishment, sustenance, and responsible living.
Nārada is explaining a doctrinal point about origins: he connects bodily and cosmic principles to a single underlying support—anna—asserting that from this aggregate source the birth of beings proceeds.