Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 40
Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)
अतिथिदव्रतता धर्मों धर्मस्त्रेताग्निधारणम् | इष्टी क्ष पशुबन्धां श्व विधिपूर्व समाचरेत्
atithidavr̥tatā dharmo dharmas tretāgnidhāraṇam | iṣṭīś ca paśubandhāṁś ca vidhpūrvam samācaret ||
ພຣະມະຫາເທວະຕັດວ່າ: «ສຳລັບເຂົາ ການໝັ້ນຄົງໃນໜ້າທີ່ຕໍ່ແຂກ—ຕ້ອນຮັບ ແລະໃຫ້ກຽດແກ່ອະຕິຖິ—ແມ່ນທຳ; ແລະການຮັກສາໄຟສັກສິດສາມດວງໃນເຮືອນກໍແມ່ນທຳເຊັ່ນກັນ. ອີກທັງ ຄວນປະກອບພິທີບູຊາຫຼາຍປະເພດ (iṣṭi) ແລະພິທີຖວາຍສັດຕາມທີ່ກຳນົດ ໃຫ້ຖືກຕ້ອງຕາມຂັ້ນຕອນ».
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma for a householder includes ethical hospitality to guests and disciplined maintenance of sacred obligations—especially preserving the three household fires and performing prescribed Vedic rites correctly (vidhi-pūrvam).
Śrī Mahēśvara is instructing on normative dharma: he enumerates key duties—honoring guests, sustaining the three fires, and conducting sacrifices—presenting them as foundational practices of righteous living.