Shloka 33
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
पूजयेत् तु नरः शक्त्या तेनैवातिथिमादरात् ।
कुर्याच्चाहरहः श्राद्धमन्नाद्येनोदकेन च ॥
pūjayet tu naraḥ śaktyā tenaivātithim ādarāt / kuryāc cāharahaḥ śrāddham annādyenodakena ca
मनुष्याने आपल्या सामर्थ्यानुसार त्या अतिथीचा आदराने सत्कार करावा. तसेच दररोज अन्न इत्यादी व पाण्याने श्राद्धकर्म विधिपूर्वक करावे.
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FAQs
Dharma is scalable: one must give ‘as able’ yet consistently. Daily remembrance of ancestors and care for guests integrates private piety with public virtue.
Dharma/ācāra guidance; ancillary to the Purāṇa’s broader cosmological-historical aims.
Daily śrāddha symbolizes continuity of lineage and gratitude; honoring the living guest and the unseen ancestors links present action with transgenerational order.