Shloka 44
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
ता शृणुष्व महाभाग गृस्थाश्रमसंस्थिताः । देवान् पितॄंश्चातिथींश्च तद्वत् सम्पूज्य बान्धवान् ॥
tā śṛṇuṣva mahābhāga gṛhasthāśramasaṃsthitāḥ | devān pitṝṃś cātithīṃś ca tadvat sampūjya bāndhavān ||
اسمع تلك الأبيات، أيها النبيل—فهي في شأن من استقرّوا في مرحلة ربّ البيت: فإذا أكرم المرءُ الآلهةَ والآباءَ الأسلافَ والضيفَ على الوجه اللائق، فليُكرِم كذلك أقاربه.
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FAQs
Householder dharma is integrative: divine, ancestral, social, and familial obligations are a single continuum of reverence and support.
Ācāra/Dharma instruction; it also gestures toward yajña-structure (a practical theology) rather than purāṇic historiography.
Honouring devas/pitṛs/atithis/bāndhavas maps to harmonizing higher ideals, lineage-memory, present relationships, and community—an inner ‘fourfold’ balance.