Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे पुत्रानुशासने मदालसावाक्यं नामाष्टाविंशोऽध्यायः ॥
ऊनत्रिंशोऽध्यायः ।
अलर्क उवाच यत् कार्यं पुरुषाणां च गार्हस्थ्यमनुवर्तताम् ।
बन्धश्च स्याद् अकरणे क्रियायाः यस्य चोच्छ्रितिः ॥
iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe putrānuśāsane madālasāvākyaṃ nāmāṣṭāviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ || ūnatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ | alarka uvāca yat kāryaṃ puruṣāṇāṃ ca gārhasthyam anuvartatām | bandhaś ca syād akaraṇe kriyāyā yasya cocchritiḥ ||
ဤသို့ဖြင့် သားအား သင်ကြားသော «မဒါလာစာ၏ မိန့်ခွန်း» ဟု ခေါ်သော အပိုင်း၌၊ သီရိ မာရ္ကဏ္ဍေယ ပုရာဏ၏ အခန်း ၂၈ သည် ပြီးဆုံး၏။ ယခု အခန်း ၂၉ စတင်၏။ အလရ္က မေးလေသည်—အိမ်ထောင်ရှင်ဘဝ (gṛhastha) ကို လိုက်နာသော လူတို့၏ တာဝန်ဓမ္မသည် အဘယ်နည်း? မပြုလုပ်လျှင် မည်သို့သော ချည်နှောင်မှု/တာဝန်ပေး (bandha) ပေါ်ပေါက်သနည်း—အမြင့်မြတ်၍ အာဏာတည်/ကုသိုလ်ရှိသည်ဟု ယူဆသော ဤပူဇော်ပွဲကို?
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The text pivots from general royal/social dharma to the practical foundation of society: the householder. The question frames dharma as both positive duty (kārya) and binding responsibility (bandha) when neglected.
Again, primarily dharma-upadeśa (ethical instruction) rather than the five canonical topics; it functions as normative teaching within the Purāṇic corpus.
By calling the rite ‘ucchrita’ (exalted), the verse signals that ordinary life-actions (especially in gārhasthya) can be vehicles of spiritual ascent when aligned with dharma—binding when ignored, liberating when performed rightly.