Shloka 37
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
अदत्त्वा तु न भोक्तव्यं यथाविभवमात्मनः ।
पूजयित्वातिथीन्निष्टान् ज्ञातीन् बन्धूंस्तथार्थिनः ॥
adattvā tu na bhoktavyaṃ yathāvibhavam ātmanaḥ / pūjayitvātithīn niṣṭān jñātīn bandhūṃs tathārthinaḥ
സ്വശക്തിയനുസരിച്ച് ആദ്യം ദാനം നൽകാതെ ഭക്ഷണം കഴിക്കരുത്. വന്ന അതിഥികളെയും ബന്ധുക്കളെയും ബന്ധുമിത്രാദികളെയും സഹായം തേടുന്നവരെയും ആദരിച്ചു ശേഷം ഭക്ഷണം കഴിക്കണം.
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FAQs
Personal consumption is morally conditioned: the householder’s right to enjoy is preceded by duties to guests, family networks, and the vulnerable.
Dharma instruction; not within the five-fold cosmological-historical markers.
‘Not eating before giving’ is a practice of ego-thinning: it trains the self to become a steward of resources rather than an owner.