Shloka 28
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
ब्राह्मणं प्राहुरतिथिं स पूज्यः शक्तितो बुधैः ।
न पृच्छेद् गोत्रचरणं स्वाध्यायञ्चापि पण्डितः ॥
brāhmaṇaṃ prāhur atithiṃ sa pūjyaḥ śaktito budhaiḥ / na pṛcched gotracaraṇaṃ svādhyāyaṃ cāpi paṇḍitaḥ
Chamam um brāhmaṇa de ‘atithi’; ele deve ser honrado pelos sábios conforme a capacidade de cada um. A pessoa erudita não deve perguntar sobre seu gotra, sua caraṇa (escola védica), nem mesmo sobre seu svādhyāya (recitação/ramo de estudo).
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FAQs
Hospitality must be unconditional and non-investigative: the guest is not to be screened for pedigree or credentials before being helped.
Ācāra/Dharma instruction; a normative social-ethical rule within the Purāṇic framework.
Refusing to ask gotra/caraṇa/svādhyāya curbs pride and factionalism; the guest is received as a bearer of sacred presence, not as a social category to be evaluated.