Shloka 10
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
स्वाहाकारं स्तनं देवाः पितरश्च स्वधामयम् ।
मुनयश्च वषट्कारं देवभूतसुरेतराः ॥
svāhākāraṃ stanaṃ devāḥ pitaraś ca svadhāmayam | munayaś ca vaṣaṭkāraṃ devabhūtasuretarāḥ ||
देव स्वाहाकार नावाची स्तन्यधारा पितात; पितर स्वधास्वरूप धारा पितात। ऋषी वषट्कार धारा पितात; आणि इतर वर्ग—भूतादी व देव-असुरांहून भिन्न—यथायोग्य रीतीने सेवन करतात।
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FAQs
Different recipients are to be honored through the correct ritual ‘address’ (mantric formula). Right ordering in worship is presented as social-cosmic responsibility, not mere personal piety.
Dharma-upadeśa: practical instruction embedded in Purāṇic discourse, supporting the Purāṇa’s role as a guide for right living.
The mapping of beings to utterances implies that sound (śabda) differentiates planes of existence; each class resonates with a specific sacrificial call, forming a subtle taxonomy of nourishment.