Shloka 46
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
वैश्वदेवं हि नामैतत् कुर्यात् सायं तथा दिने । मांसमन्नं तथा शाकं गृहे यच्चोपसाधितम् । न च तत् स्वयमश्नीयाद् विधिवद्यन्न निर्वपेत् ॥
vaiśvadevaṃ hi nāmaitat kuryāt sāyaṃ tathā dine | māṃsam annaṃ tathā śākaṃ gṛhe yac copasādhitam | na ca tat svayam aśnīyād vidhivad yanna nirvapet ||
ইয়াকেই নিশ্চিতভাৱে ‘বৈশ্বদেৱ’ বুলি কোৱা হয়; সেয়া সন্ধ্যাতে আৰু দিনতো আচৰণ কৰা উচিত। ঘৰত যি প্ৰস্তুত হয়—মাংস, ৰন্ধা অন্ন বা শাক—সেয়া বিধি অনুসাৰে আগতে ভাগ কৰি/অৰ্পণ কৰি তেতিয়াহে নিজে ভোজন কৰা উচিত।
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FAQs
Consumption is to be sanctified by prior sharing and offering. The householder’s meal becomes dharmic when it acknowledges devas and dependent beings first.
Ācāra/Dharma instruction closely aligned with pañca-yajña praxis; not a pancalakṣaṇa narrative element.
‘Not eating first’ disciplines the ego’s immediacy. The offering (nirvapaṇa) converts private appetite into a cosmic exchange, making food a sacrament rather than mere gratification.