Adhyaya 28 — Alarka Inquires into Varna and Ashrama Dharma; Madalasa Defines the Fourfold Duties
भृत्यात्मजान् जामयोऽथ दीनान्धपतितानपि ।
यथाशक्त्यान्नदानेन वयांसि पशवस्तथा ॥
bhṛtyātmajān jāmayo 'tha dīnāndhapatitān api /
yathāśaktyānnadānena vayāṃsi paśavas tathā //
ମଣିଷ ନିଜ ସାମର୍ଥ୍ୟ ଅନୁସାରେ ସେବକ ଓ ଶିଶୁମାନଙ୍କୁ, ବିବାହ-ସମ୍ବନ୍ଧୀୟ ସ୍ତ୍ରୀ ଆତ୍ମୀୟମାନଙ୍କୁ, ଏବଂ ଦରିଦ୍ର, ଅନ୍ଧ ଓ ପତିତମାନଙ୍କୁ ଅନ୍ନଦାନ କରିବା ଉଚିତ; ଏହିପରି ପକ୍ଷୀ ଓ ପଶୁମାନଙ୍କୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଆହାର ଦେବା ଉଚିତ।
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Gṛhastha-dharma is social and ecological: care extends beyond one’s immediate family to the vulnerable and even non-human life, regulated by ‘yathāśakti’ (realistic capacity).
Ācāra-dharma instruction; not directly sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita.
Food (anna) is treated as sacred circulation. Feeding others represents surrender of possessiveness and recognition of shared prāṇa across beings.