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 ||
With one quarter of his wealth, a self-controlled man should make savings for the next world (through meritorious provisions). With half, he should support himself and his household, together with the regular and occasional obligations.
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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.