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 ||
សូមស្តាប់វចនាទាំងនោះ ឱ អ្នកមានគុណ—វាស្តីអំពីអ្នកស្ថិតក្នុងអាស្រមគ្រហស្ថៈ បន្ទាប់ពីគោរពបូជាទេវតា បុព្វបុរស និងភ្ញៀវដោយត្រឹមត្រូវ គួរគោរពសាច់ញាតិរបស់ខ្លួនដូចគ្នា។
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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.