August 3, 2024
All posts in this series
- Life Guidance through Niti Chalisa
- Key to Happiness
- Seeking Fulfilment
- Road to Abundance
- Value of Time
- Development – The Hindu Way
- Importance of Rinamukti
- Free Yourself from Rina – 1
- Source of Great Punyas
- Steps Towards Moksha
- Greatness of Acharyas & The Purusharthas
- Preserving the Virtuous
- Stand by Dharma
- No Sukha Without Dharma
- Dharmic Distribution of Wealth
- Dharma-Artha Equation
- Five Important J’s
- Dharmo Rakshati Rakshitah
- Cow Slaughter Is Prohibited
- Why Worship Cows?
- Protect Cows & Bless Yourself
- Cows as Integral Part of Yajnas
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.