Shloka 14
ऋभु–निदाघ-संवादः—अद्वैत-उपदेशः, समता, वासुदेव-स्वरूप-एकत्वम्
हे हे शालिनि मद्गेहे यत् किंचिद् अतिशोभनम् भक्ष्योपसाधनं मिष्टं तेनास्यान्नं प्रसाधय
he he śālini madgehe yat kiṃcid atiśobhanam bhakṣyopasādhanaṃ miṣṭaṃ tenāsyānnaṃ prasādhaya
O Śālinī, whatever there is in my house that is especially fine—sweet foods and choice preparations—use that to arrange and serve her meal.
Unspecified male householder addressing Śālinī (within the Ansha 4 narrative frame recounted by Sage Parāśara to Maitreya)
Concept: Household dharma includes coordinated service—directing resources and family effort to honor the worthy guest with the best available.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: In family life, make hospitality and reverence a shared practice, not a private impulse.
Vishishtadvaita: Service (śeṣatva) is enacted through roles—husband, wife, household—harmonized toward honoring the sacred.
Bhakti Type: Dasya
FAQs
This verse highlights gṛhastha-dharma: offering the best available food to a guest or woman under one’s care, presenting righteousness as lived social order.
By embedding moral instruction in dynastic and domestic scenes, Parāśara shows Maitreya how cosmic order (dharma) is upheld through ordinary, disciplined action.
Even without naming Vishnu directly, the Purana’s Vaishnava lens treats dharma—such as generous, orderly hospitality—as participation in Vishnu’s sustaining sovereignty over the world.