Shloka 25
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
मुहूर्तस्याष्टमं भागमुदीक्ष्योऽप्यतिथिर्भवेत् ।
अतिथिं तत्र सम्प्राप्तमन्नाद्येनोदकेन च ॥
muhūrtasyāṣṭamaṃ bhāgam udīkṣyo 'py atithir bhavet / atithiṃ tatra samprāptam annādyenodakena ca
Même après avoir attendu le huitième d’un muhūrta, un hôte peut arriver. Si un hôte vient en ce lieu, on doit l’honorer par de la nourriture et d’autres provisions, ainsi que par de l’eau.
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FAQs
Hospitality is proactive: the householder is taught to remain available for a reasonable time, recognizing that the guest’s arrival is unpredictable and ethically binding.
Ācāra/Dharma: prescriptive social ethic embedded in Purāṇic instruction.
Waiting a measured interval disciplines impatience; it symbolically affirms that dharma can ‘arrive’ at any moment and must be received with preparedness.