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 |
毗湿摩波耶那说道：“诸王之最胜者啊，当《会堂篇》（Sabhā-parvan）开启之时，应以乳粥（kṣīra，乳饭甜粥）并佐以油炸饼、馅饼与诸般甘饴，供养婆罗门。在《林居篇》（Āraṇyaka）中，应以林野之根与果，使最上等的再生族（twice-born）得以满足。及至《阿兰尼篇》（Araṇī），当施与盛满清水之水罐。如此，随每一阶段之所至与时势之所宜，施与与款待皆当相称，以敬学者而济生灵。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
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.