Shloka 25
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
मुहूर्तस्याष्टमं भागमुदीक्ष्योऽप्यतिथिर्भवेत् ।
अतिथिं तत्र सम्प्राप्तमन्नाद्येनोदकेन च ॥
muhūrtasyāṣṭamaṃ bhāgam udīkṣyo 'py atithir bhavet / atithiṃ tatra samprāptam annādyenodakena ca
Walaupun setelah menunggu sehingga satu per lapan daripada suatu muhūrta, tetamu masih boleh tiba. Jika tetamu datang ke sana, hendaklah dia dihormati dengan makanan dan keperluan lain, serta dengan air juga.
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FAQs
Hospitality is proactive: the householder is taught to remain available for a reasonable time, recognizing that the guest’s arrival is unpredictable and ethically binding.
Ācāra/Dharma: prescriptive social ethic embedded in Purāṇic instruction.
Waiting a measured interval disciplines impatience; it symbolically affirms that dharma can ‘arrive’ at any moment and must be received with preparedness.