Shloka 32
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
स दत्त्वा दुष्कृतं तस्मै पुण्यमादाय गच्छति ।
अप्यम्बुशाकदानेन यद्वाप्यश्नाति स स्वयम् ॥
sa dattvā duṣkṛtaṃ tasmai puṇyam ādāya gacchati / apy ambuśākadānena yadvāpy aśnāti sa svayam
ភ្ញៀវនោះចាកចេញ ដោយផ្តល់អបុណ្យរបស់ខ្លួនទៅឲ្យម្ចាស់ផ្ទះនោះ ហើយយកបុណ្យរបស់ម្ចាស់ផ្ទះទៅ—មិនថាម្ចាស់ផ្ទះផ្តល់តែទឹក និងបន្លែស្លឹកប៉ុណ្ណោះ ឬថាភ្ញៀវបរិភោគវាដោយខ្លួនឯងក៏ដោយ។
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FAQs
The verse intensifies the duty of hospitality: refusal harms the host spiritually, while even modest offerings (water/greens) uphold dharma.
Normative dharma teaching; not a pancalakṣaṇa segment.
The ‘exchange’ of puṇya/pāpa dramatizes how intention and reception shape karmic outcomes: the guest becomes a mirror through which the host’s inner generosity is measured.