Shloka 92

Chapter 2: Sudarśana Upākhyāna — Atithi-Dharma and the Conquest of Mṛtyu

Gṛhastha-Vrata

Devanagari script

अतिथि: पूजितो यद्धि ध्यायते मनसा शुभम्‌ | न तत्‌ क्रतुशतेनापि तुल्यमाहुर्मनीषिण:,यदि अतिथि पूजित होकर मन-ही-मन गृहस्थके कल्याणका चिन्तन करे तो उससे जो फल मिलता है उसकी सौ यज्ञोंसे भी तुलना नहीं हो सकती अर्थात्‌ सौ यज्ञोंसे भी बढ़कर है। ऐसा मनीषी पुरुषों का कथन है

Translation

The sages declare: if an atithi, having been duly honored, turns his mind inward and thinks auspiciously of a householder’s welfare, the fruit of that is not equal even to a hundred sacrifices—it surpasses a hundred yajñas.

Word by Word

अतिथिःguest

पूजितःhonoured, worshipped

यत्which/that (relative)

हिindeed, for

ध्यायतेmeditates/thinks

मनसाwith the mind, mentally

शुभम्good/auspicious (thing)

नnot

तत्that (result/fruit)

क्रतुशतेनwith a hundred sacrifices

अपिeven, also

तुल्यम्equal, comparable

आहुःthey say

मनीषिणःthe wise (men)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes