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 ||
ダルマは言った。「家に来た客を敬ってもてなさぬ者は、女殺し、牛殺し、恩知らず、婆羅門殺し、そして師の床を犯す者（師の妻を汚す者）と同等の罪を負う。これは、もてなしの怠りが些細な過失ではなく、ダルマへの重大な背反であることを示す。客は、われらの保護と敬意を求める聖なる権利を体現しているからである。」
धर्म उवाच
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.