Shloka 8
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
शान्तिपुष्टिशकृन्मूत्रा वर्णपादप्रतिष्ठिता ।
आजीव्यमाना जगतां साक्षया नापचीयते ॥
śāntipuṣṭiśakṛnmūtrā varṇapādapratiṣṭhitā | ājīvyamānā jagatāṃ sākṣayā nāpacīyate ||
तिचे शेण व गोमूत्र हे शांती व पुष्टी म्हणून वर्णिले जाते; ती वर्णरूपी पायांवर दृढ उभी आहे. लोक तिच्यामुळे जगतात, तरीही ती क्षीण होत नाही—तिचा अपव्यय होत नाही.
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FAQs
When the household order functions dharmically, it yields ‘peace and nourishment’ for society. The varṇas are portrayed as structural supports; stability comes from each fulfilling proper responsibility, not from neglect or disorder.
Ethical-social doctrine; not a direct pancalakṣaṇa unit.
The cow is ‘inexhaustible’ though all feed upon her: dharma, when aligned with the Vedic order and generous circulation, is self-renewing. Peace (śānti) and prosperity (puṣṭi) arise as natural byproducts of a rightly ordered life.