Shloka 5
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
गृहस्थमुपजीवन्ति ततस्तृप्तिं प्रयान्ति च ।
मुखं चास्य निरीक्षन्ते अपि नो दास्यतीति वै ॥
gṛhastham upajīvanti tatas tṛptiṃ prayānti ca | mukhaṃ cāsya nirīkṣante api no dāsyatīti vai ||
Viven dependiendo del cabeza de familia (gṛhastha) y así quedan satisfechos; y observan su rostro pensando: «¿Nos dará o no nos dará?»
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FAQs
The verse emphasizes the moral pressure on the gṛhastha: many lives hinge on his generosity. Withholding is not merely private miserliness but a social and spiritual failure.
Practical dharma teaching; outside the five-lakṣaṇa core.
‘Watching the face’ suggests that dharma is enacted in small moments of choice: the inner disposition to give (or refuse) becomes the visible axis upon which others’ welfare turns.