August 3, 2024
All posts in this series
- Life Guidance through Niti Chalisa
- Key to Happiness
- Seeking Fulfilment
- Greatness of Acharyas & The Purusharthas
- Road to Abundance
- Value of Time
- Free Yourself from Rina
- Cow Slaughter Is Prohibited
- Steps Towards Moksha
- Dharmic Distribution of Wealth
- Development – The Hindu Way
- Source of Great Punyas
- Five Important J’s
- Preserving the Virtuous
पितॄन् देवानृषीन् विप्रानतिथींश्च निराश्रयान् । यो नरः प्रीणयत्यन्नैस्तस्य पुण्यफलं महत् ।।
(महाभारत – आश्वमेधिकपर्व ९२ दा०)
जो देवताओं, पितरों, ऋषियों, ब्राह्मणों, अतिथियों और निराश्रयोंको अन्नसे तृप्त करता है, उसे महान् पुण्यफलकी प्राप्ति होती है।।
Essence
One who satisfies the gods, ancestors, sages, brahmins, guests and the destitute with food gains great punya.
Saṃskr̥ta words in context: (1) Pitra (Pitr̥a) – Ancestors (2) Punya (Puṇya) – Spiritual reward.