Shloka 101
गृहस्थस्य सदाचारः: शौच, तर্পण, वैश्वदेव, अतिथिधर्म, भोजन-विधि, संध्योपासन, ऋतु-धर्मः
सूर्येणाभ्युदितो यश् च त्यक्तः सूर्येण च स्वपन् अन्यत्रातुरभावात् तु प्रायश्चित्तीयते नरः
sūryeṇābhyudito yaś ca tyaktaḥ sūryeṇa ca svapan anyatrāturabhāvāt tu prāyaścittīyate naraḥ
日が昇ってもなお床にある者、また日が高いのに眠りにつく者は—病を除き—贖罪（プラーヤシュチッタ）を要する。
Sage Parāśara (in instruction to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Faults in daily discipline regarding sunrise/sunset conduct and the need for prāyaścitta
Teaching: Ethical
Quality: admonitory
Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas
Concept: Sleeping past sunrise or sleeping while the Sun is still up (except due to illness) is a dharmic lapse requiring expiation, since the Sun’s course embodies the governance of cosmic order.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Align sleep and work with natural light cycles; treat time-discipline as spiritual discipline, with gentle corrective practices when one falls off routine.
Vishishtadvaita: Cosmic sovereignty expressed through the Sun is part of the Lord’s immanent rule; honoring it becomes embodied obedience to the Supreme’s ordinance (niyati) rather than mere social convention.
Vishnu Form: Narayana
Bhakti Type: Dasya
FAQs
This verse treats the Sun as the visible regulator of dharmic time: rising after sunrise or sleeping before sunset (without illness) is a breach of proper conduct that calls for prāyaścitta.
Parāśara frames expiation as a corrective measure for lapses in daily discipline—faults that disturb one’s alignment with the ordained rhythm of duties marked by the Sun.
Even when Vishnu is not named, the teaching implies a Vaishnava cosmology where universal order is sustained by the Supreme; the Sun’s course becomes a practical sign of that sustaining sovereignty, and dharma is living in accord with it.