Shloka 14
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
तस्मात् पुत्र ! मनुष्येण देवर्
5षिपितृमानवाः ।
भूतानि चानुदिवसं पोष्याणि स्वतनुर्यथा ॥
tasmāt putra manuṣyeṇa devarṣipitṛmānavāḥ | bhūtāni cānudivasaṃ poṣyāṇi svatanur yathā ||
तस्मात् पुत्र, मनुष्येण नित्यं देवान् ऋषीन् पितॄन् मनुष्यान् भूतानि च स्वशरीरपोषणवत् यथावत् पोषयितव्यानि।
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FAQs
The householder’s dharma is relational: one must sustain multiple orders of life and lineage daily, with the same seriousness as self-care.
Dharma-upadeśa (conduct) and social ethics embedded within Purāṇic instruction.
‘As one’s own body’ implies non-duality in practice: widening identity from ‘self’ to a network of beings, making compassion and offering a spiritual discipline.