Shloka 40
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
सीदता यद् कृतं तेन तत् पापं स समश्नुते । सायं चैव विधिः कार्यः सूर्यॊढं तत्र चातिथिम् ॥
sīdatā yad kṛtaṃ tena tat pāpaṃ sa samaśnute | sāyaṃ caiva vidhiḥ kāryaḥ sūryoḍhaṃ tatra cātithim ||
দুঃখে পতিত ব্যক্তির প্রতি যে কোনো অন্যায় করা হয়, অবহেলাকারী সেই পাপের অংশীদার হয়। আর সন্ধ্যায় বিধিমতো কর্ম করা উচিত; সূর্যাস্তে আগত অতিথির সেবা করতে হবে।
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FAQs
Neglect of the vulnerable is not neutral; it generates culpability. Hospitality is time-sensitive in dharma literature—an atithi arriving at day’s end must be received rather than deferred.
Ācāra/Dharma instruction (non-pancalakṣaṇa core), serving as normative ethics embedded in the purāṇic narrative.
Sunset marks a liminal junction (sandhyā). Receiving the atithi at sandhyā symbolizes welcoming dharma at the threshold of decline (night), i.e., maintaining inner order when tamas increases.