Shloka 21
Gārhasthya-dharma: Vāsudeva–Pṛthivī-saṃvāda
Householder Duties and Daily Offerings
गृहस्थ: पुरुष: कृष्ण शिष्टाशी च सदा भवेत् | राजर्त्विजं स्नातकं च गुरु श्वशुरमेव च
gṛhasthaḥ puruṣaḥ kṛṣṇa śiṣṭāśī ca sadā bhavet | rājartvijaṃ snātakaṃ ca guruṃ śvaśuram eva ca
ವಾಯು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಓ ಕೃಷ್ಣ! ಗೃಹಸ್ಥನು ಸದಾ ಶಿಷ್ಟಾಚಾರದಿಂದ ಹಾಗೂ ನಿಯಮಬದ್ಧವಾಗಿ ಭೋಜನ ಮಾಡಬೇಕು; ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ರಾಜ, ರಾಜಪುರೋಹಿತ, ಸ್ನಾತಕ, ಗುರು ಮತ್ತು ಶ್ವಶುರ—ಇವರಿಗೆ ಯಥೋಚಿತ ಗೌರವ ತೋರಬೇಕು.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches gṛhastha-dharma: a householder should maintain disciplined, proper conduct—symbolized by regulated eating—and uphold social and moral order by honoring key figures of authority and learning: the king, officiating priest, snātaka, guru, and father-in-law.
Vāyu is instructing Kṛṣṇa on norms of righteous household life, listing whom a householder should respect and how one should live with restraint and propriety in daily habits.