Shloka 17
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
ब्रह्मणे गृहमध्ये तु विश्वेदेवेभ्य एव च ।
धन्वन्तरिं समुद्दिश्य प्रागुदीच्यां बलिं क्षिपेत् ॥
brahmaṇe gṛhamadhye tu viśvedevebhya eva ca | dhanvantariṃ samuddiśya prāgudīcyāṃ baliṃ kṣipet ||
गृहस्य मध्ये ब्रह्मणे च विश्वेदेवेभ्यश्च बलिं स्थापयेत्; धन्वन्तरिं निर्दिश्य नैऋत्यां दिशि बलिं क्षिपेत्।
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FAQs
The home is treated as a ritual microcosm: offerings are distributed with intention and spatial order, turning domestic life into a disciplined, beneficent sacred economy.
Dharma-upadeśa: household ritual procedure.
Directional placement symbolizes aligning the body-house with cosmic directions; invoking Dhanvantari in the northeast emphasizes health and auspiciousness as integral to dharma.