Shloka 2
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
उपकाराय यन्नृणां यच्च वर्ज्यं गृहे सताम् ।
यथा च क्रियते तन्मे यथावत् पृच्छतो वद ॥
upakārāya yan nṛṇāṃ yac ca varjyaṃ gṛhe satām | yathā ca kriyate tan me yathāvat pṛcchato vada ||
यथाहं पृच्छामि तथा मे सम्यग् ब्रूहि—गृहे किं लोकहितं, किं साधुभिर् वर्जनीयम्, तानि च कथं कर्तव्यानि।
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FAQs
Householder life is presented as a moral discipline requiring discernment: not everything possible at home is permissible; the virtuous distinguish what benefits others from what must be avoided.
Normative dharma instruction; not a pancalakṣaṇa segment, but a practical ethics module embedded in the Purāṇa.
The household is treated as a microcosm where intention and method (yathā-kriyā) matter: correct manner transforms ordinary acts into dharma, while negligence turns them into binding fault.