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Shloka 28

Umā–Maheśvara-saṃvāda: Varṇa-bhraṃśa, Ācāra (Vṛtta), and Karmic Ascent/Decline

स्त्रीघ्नैगोघ्नै: कृतध्नैश्ष ब्रह्मघ्नैर्गुरुतल्पगै: । तुल्यदोषो भवत्येभिययस्यातिथिरनर्चित:

strīghnair goghnaḥ kṛtadhnaiś ca brahmaghnair gurutalpagaiḥ | tulyadoṣo bhavaty eṣa yasya atithir anarcitaḥ ||

Dharma dijo: «El hombre en cuya casa no se honra al huésped incurre en un pecado igual al del asesino de una mujer, el matador de una vaca, el ingrato, el asesino de un brāhmaṇa y quien viola el lecho del maestro. Esta enseñanza subraya que descuidar la hospitalidad no es una falta menor, sino una grave ruptura del dharma, pues el huésped encarna una reclamación sagrada sobre nuestro cuidado y reverencia.»

स्त्रीघ्नैःby/with woman-killers
स्त्रीघ्नैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्रीघ्न
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
गोघ्नैःby/with cow-killers
गोघ्नैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootगोघ्न
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
कृतघ्नैःby/with the ungrateful
कृतघ्नैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकृतघ्न
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
ब्रह्मघ्नैःby/with brahmin-killers
ब्रह्मघ्नैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मघ्न
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
गुरुतल्पगैःby/with those who violate the guru's bed (adulterers with the teacher's wife)
गुरुतल्पगैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootगुरुतल्पग
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
तुल्यदोषःhaving equal fault (equally sinful)
तुल्यदोषः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootतुल्यदोष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भवतिbecomes/is
भवति:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormPresent, Third, Singular
एभिःwith these
एभिः:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
यस्यof whom/whose
यस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
अतिथिःguest
अतिथिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअतिथि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अनर्चितःnot honored/worshipped
अनर्चितः:
TypeAdjective
Rootअनर्चित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

धर्म उवाच

D
Dharma
A
atithi (guest)

Educational Q&A

Failing to honor a guest (atithi) is treated as a serious violation of dharma, carrying guilt comparable to major sins; hospitality is presented as a sacred moral obligation, not mere social etiquette.

Dharma is instructing about righteous conduct by listing extreme transgressions and declaring that neglecting a guest’s reception places a person in the same category of grave wrongdoing, thereby emphasizing the sanctity of atithi-satkāra.