Shloka 53
Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
देवतातिथिभूतेषु भृत्येष्वभ्यागतेषु च ।
अभुक्तवत्सु येऽश्नन्ति तद्वत् पित्रग्निपक्षिषु ॥
devatātithibhūteṣu bhṛtyeṣvabhyāgateṣu ca / abhuktavatsu ye 'śnanti tadvat pitragnipakṣiṣu
ദേവന്മാർ, അതിഥികൾ, ആശ്രിത ജീവികൾ, സേവകർ, എത്തിയ സന്ദർശകർ എന്നിവരെ ഭക്ഷിപ്പിക്കാതെ താനേ ഭക്ഷിക്കുന്നവർ—അതുപോലെ പിതൃകൾ, പവിത്രാഗ്നി, പക്ഷികൾ എന്നിവരോടും—ദോഷഭാഗികളാകുന്നു।
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FAQs
Householder life is framed as service: one eats righteously only after honoring the proper recipients—deities (worship), guests (hospitality), dependents/creatures (compassion), servants (duty), ancestors and fire (ritual order).
Dharma instruction; ancillary to the Purāṇic corpus rather than a pañcalakṣaṇa narrative unit.
The ‘order of feeding’ symbolizes the ordering of consciousness: higher obligations first (sacred/relational duties), personal consumption last—training the ego to serve rather than seize.