Shloka 24
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
वैश्वदेवं हि नामैतत् सायं प्रातरुदाहृतम् ।
आचम्य च ततः कुर्यात् प्राज्ञो द्वारावलोकनम् ॥
vaiśvadevaṃ hi nāmaitat sāyaṃ prātar udāhṛtam / ācamya ca tataḥ kuryāt prājño dvārāvalokanam
ဤသည်ကို ဗိုင်ရှဝဒေဝ (Vaiśvadeva) ဟု ခေါ်ကြပြီး ညနေခင်းနှင့် နံနက်ခင်းတို့တွင် ပြုလုပ်ရမည်ဟု ဆိုထားသည်။ ရေသောက်သန့်စင်ခြင်း (ācamana) ပြီးနောက် ပညာရှိသည် တံခါးဘက်သို့ ကြည့်၍ ဧည့်သည် ရောက်လာသလားကို စိစစ်ရမည်။
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FAQs
Worship and hospitality are linked: after offering to the divine, one immediately turns to the human/divine guest at the threshold—making the home a site of both devotion and service.
Ācāra/Dharma passage; it supports the Purāṇic social-religious program rather than cosmological enumeration.
The doorway is the meeting point of worlds; ‘dvārāvalokana’ symbolizes readiness to receive dharma in embodied form (the guest), not merely as an abstract rite.