Shloka 6
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
सर्वस्याधारभूतेयं वत्स ! धेनुस्त्रयीमयी ।
यस्यां प्रतिष्ठितं विश्वं विश्वहेतुश्च या मता ॥
sarvasyādhārabhūteyaṃ vatsa! dhenus trayīmayī | yasyāṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ viśvaṃ viśvahetuś ca yā matā ||
Hijo querido, esta vida de cabeza de familia es el sostén de todos—como una vaca que encarna los tres Vedas; sobre ella se establece el universo, y se la considera causa del mundo.
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FAQs
Householder life is sacralized: it is not inferior to ascetic paths but the very base that sustains Vedic religion and social welfare—hence likened to a Veda-embodying cow.
Symbolic dharma teaching; not directly pancalakṣaṇa, though it uses cosmological language (‘universe established’) to dignify ethical instruction.
The ‘cow of the three Vedas’ encodes the idea that speech/knowledge (Veda) becomes nourishment (milk) through right living: dharma converts revelation into sustenance for the world.