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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.14.43

अपि स्वित्पर्यभुङ्‍क्‍थास्त्वं सम्भोज्यान् वृद्धबालकान् । जुगुप्सितं कर्म किञ्चित्कृतवान्न यदक्षमम् ॥ ४३ ॥
api svit parya-bhuṅkthās tvaṁ
[api svit parya-bhunkthaas tvam]
sambhojyān vṛddha-bālakān
[sambhojyaan vriddha-baalakaan]
jugupsitaṁ karma kiñcit
[jugupsitam karma kinchit]
kṛtavān na yad akṣamam
[kritavaan na yad akshamam]
Word-for-word
api svit — if it were so that parya — by leaving aside bhuṅkthāḥ — have dined tvam — yourself sambhojyān — deserving to dine together vṛddha — the old men bālakān — boys jugupsitam — abominable karma — action kiñcit — something kṛtavān — you must have done na — not yat — that which akṣamam — unpardonable.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
api svit parya-bhuṅkthās tvaṁ
api svit
if it were so that
parya
by leaving aside
bhuṅkthāḥ
have dined
tvam
yourself
sambhojyān vṛddha-bālakān
sambhojyān
deserving to dine together
vṛddha
the old men
bālakān
boys
jugupsitaṁ karma kiñcit
jugupsitam
abominable
karma
action
kiñcit
something
kṛtavān na yad akṣamam
kṛtavān
you must have done
na
not
yat
that which
akṣamam
unpardonable.
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 brāhmaṇas 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.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Did you perhaps take your meal without feeding elders and children who should be fed at the same time? Did you perform some horrendous, forbidden act?
Commentary

Paryabhuṇkthāḥ means “Did you eat without feeding others first?” Akṣamam means something which should not be done.

Related lectures
Personal Guidance
Have you not taken care of old men and boys who deserve to dine with you? Have you eaten alone? Committed some unpardonable mistake? Hospitality at the table is dharma. Eating alone may be a clue.
Reflection Questions
  • Whom should I be inviting to the table that I have been overlooking?
  • Where is my solitude actually neglect dressed as preference?
📝 My note

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