Shloka 50
Chapter 2: Sudarśana Upākhyāna — Atithi-Dharma and the Conquest of Mṛtyu
Gṛhastha-Vrata
आतिदथ्यं कृतमिच्छामि त्वयाद्य वरवर्णिनि । प्रमाणं यदि धर्मस्ते गृहस्थाभ्रमसम्मत:
ātithyaṁ kṛtam icchāmi tvayādya varavarṇini | pramāṇaṁ yadi dharmas te gṛhasthābhramasammataḥ ||
ພີສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ນາງຜູ້ມີຜິວພັນງາມ ແລະຄວາມງາມອັນປະເສີດ, ມື້ນີ້ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າປາດຖະໜາຈະຮັບການຕ້ອນຮັບແຂກທີ່ເຈົ້າຈັດໃຫ້. ຖ້າສຳລັບເຈົ້າ ມາດຕະຖານແຫ່ງຄວາມຖືກຕ້ອງແມ່ນທຳທີ່ບັນດາຄົນຄອບຄົວຍອມຮັບແລະເຫັນວ່າສົມຄວນ, ກໍໃຫ້ການຕ້ອນຮັບນີ້ເປັນການກະທຳທີ່ຖືກຕ້ອງແລະຄວນແກ່ການ»។
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Hospitality (ātithya) is treated as a concrete expression of dharma, and its legitimacy is grounded in an accepted social-ethical standard—here, the norms approved within gṛhastha-dharma (householder conduct).
Bhīṣma addresses a noble lady and states that he wishes to accept the hospitality she has offered, framing his acceptance in terms of what is considered authoritative and proper according to the householders’ code of dharma.