Shloka 37
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
अदत्त्वा तु न भोक्तव्यं यथाविभवमात्मनः ।
पूजयित्वातिथीन्निष्टान् ज्ञातीन् बन्धूंस्तथार्थिनः ॥
adattvā tu na bhoktavyaṃ yathāvibhavam ātmanaḥ / pūjayitvātithīn niṣṭān jñātīn bandhūṃs tathārthinaḥ
தன் ஆற்றலுக்கு ஏற்ப முதலில் கொடுத்து விட்டுப் பிறகே உண்பான்; கொடுக்காமல் உண்ணக்கூடாது. வந்த விருந்தினர்கள், உறவினர், சுற்றத்தார், உதவி நாடுவோர் ஆகியோரைக் கௌரவித்து பின்னர் உண்பான்.
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FAQs
Personal consumption is morally conditioned: the householder’s right to enjoy is preceded by duties to guests, family networks, and the vulnerable.
Dharma instruction; not within the five-fold cosmological-historical markers.
‘Not eating before giving’ is a practice of ego-thinning: it trains the self to become a steward of resources rather than an owner.