Shloka 11
Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
पादेनार्थस्य पारत्र्यं कुर्यात् सञ्चयमात्मवान् ।
अर्धेन चात्मभरणं नित्यनैमित्तिकान्वितम् ॥
pādenārthasya pāratryaṃ kuryāt sañcayam ātmavān | ardhena cātmabharaṇaṃ nityanaimittikānvitam ||
সংযমী ব্যক্তি তার ধনের এক-চতুর্থাংশ পরলোকের জন্য পুণ্যসঞ্চয়ে ব্যয়/সঞ্চয় করবে। অর্ধাংশ দিয়ে সে নিজে ও পরিবারকে পালন করবে এবং নিত্য-নৈমিত্তিক কর্তব্য সম্পাদন করবে।
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FAQs
Economic life is moralized: wealth is to be apportioned for (1) merit/afterlife-oriented duties, and (2) responsible sustenance that includes obligatory rites—thus disciplining consumption through dharma.
Normative gṛhastha guidance; outside the pañcalakṣaṇa narrative categories.
The ‘partition of artha’ symbolizes ordering of desire: when resources are ritually and ethically budgeted, the mind’s acquisitive impulses are contained and redirected.