Shloka 44
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
ता शृणुष्व महाभाग गृस्थाश्रमसंस्थिताः । देवान् पितॄंश्चातिथींश्च तद्वत् सम्पूज्य बान्धवान् ॥
tā śṛṇuṣva mahābhāga gṛhasthāśramasaṃsthitāḥ | devān pitṝṃś cātithīṃś ca tadvat sampūjya bāndhavān ||
Écoute ces vers, ô noble: ils concernent ceux qui demeurent établis dans l’état de maître de maison. Après avoir honoré comme il se doit les dieux, les ancêtres et les hôtes, on doit de même honorer ses proches.
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FAQs
Householder dharma is integrative: divine, ancestral, social, and familial obligations are a single continuum of reverence and support.
Ācāra/Dharma instruction; it also gestures toward yajña-structure (a practical theology) rather than purāṇic historiography.
Honouring devas/pitṛs/atithis/bāndhavas maps to harmonizing higher ideals, lineage-memory, present relationships, and community—an inner ‘fourfold’ balance.