Shloka 62

ब्राह्मणानुयात्रा—शौनकोपदेशः

Brāhmaṇas Follow into Exile and Śaunaka’s Instruction

Devanagari script

यो दद्यादपरिक्लिष्टमन्नमध्वनि वर्तते | भ्रान्तायादृष्टपूर्वाय तस्य पुण्यफलं महत्‌,जो गृहस्थ अपरिचित थके-माँदे पथिकको प्रसन्नतापूर्वक भोजन देता है, उसे महान्‌ पुण्यफलकी प्राप्ति होती है

Transliteration

yo dadyād aparikliṣṭam annam adhvani vartate | bhrāntāyādṛṣṭapūrvāya tasya puṇyaphalaṁ mahat |

Translation

玉提湿陀罗说：凡在旅途中，毫不吝惜地以食物施与疲惫的行者——迷失而与己素不相识者——必得广大功德之果报。

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दद्यात्: should give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अपरिक्लिष्टम्: untroubled; not causing distress (fresh/wholesome)
• अपरिक्लिष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपरिक्लिष्ट
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अध्वनि: on the road; during a journey
• अध्वनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• वर्तते: is; lives/abides; is engaged
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• भ्रान्ताय: to one who is wandering/confused
• भ्रान्ताय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भ्रान्त
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• अदृष्टपूर्वाय: to one not seen before; to a stranger
• अदृष्टपूर्वाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदृष्टपूर्व
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• तस्य: of him; his
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पुण्यफलम्: meritorious fruit/reward
• पुण्यफलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्यफल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• महत्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• traveler/wayfarer (adhvagā/stranger implied)
• food (anna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ungrudging hospitality—especially feeding a weary, lost stranger on the road—is a major duty of the householder and yields great merit (puṇya).

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira states a dharma-principle: the act of giving food to an unknown, fatigued traveler during one’s journey is praised as highly meritorious.