Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.14.43

api svit parya-bhuńkthās tvam

sambhojyān vriddha-bālakān

jugupsitam karma kiñcit

kritavān na yad akshamam

SYNONYMS

api svit — if it were so that; parya — by leaving aside; bhuńkthāh — have dined; tvam — yourself; sambhojyān — deserving to dine together; vriddha — the old men; bālakān — boys; jugupsitam — abominable; karma — action; kiñcit — something; kritavān — you must have done; na — not; yat — that which; akshamam — unpardonable.

TRANSLATION

Have you not taken care of old men and boys who deserve to dine with you? Have you left them and taken your meals alone? Have you committed some unpardonable mistake which is considered to be abominable?

PURPORT

It is the duty of a householder to feed first of all the children, the old members of the family, the brāhmanas and the invalids. Besides that, an ideal householder is required to call for any unknown hungry man to come and dine before he himself goes to take his meals. He is required to call for such a hungry man thrice on the road. The neglect of this prescribed duty of a householder, especially in the matter of the old men and children, is unpardonable.

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