Shloka 68
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
सा त्वं ब्रूहि महाभागे ! प्राप्तायाः मम मन्दिरम् ।
आर्यायाः यन्मया कार्यं तथाऽऽर्येणापि वा शुभे ॥
sā tvaṃ brūhi mahābhāge prāptāyā mama mandiram | āryāyā yan mayā kāryaṃ tathāryeṇāpi vā śubhe ||
तस्मात् भद्रे ब्रूहि मे—यतो मम गृहम् आगता असि—किं मया सत्कार्यं सतिथये, किं च त्वया सत्कर्तव्यं, शुभे।
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FAQs
Hospitality is treated as a dharmic protocol: the host inquires about correct service, and the guest’s reciprocal propriety is also acknowledged.
Social-ethical instruction embedded in narrative; not pancalakṣaṇa.
The ‘guest’ motif often symbolizes the arrival of dharma/knowledge; the house (mandira) becomes the inner space where right action must be arranged.