Shloka 4
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
पितरो मुनयो देवा भूतानि मनुजास्तथा ।
कृमिकीडपतङ्गाश्च वयांसि पशवोऽसुराः ॥
pitaro munayo devā bhūtāni manujās tathā | kṛmikīṭapataṅgāś ca vayāṃsi paśavo 'surāḥ ||
பித்ருக்கள், ரிஷிகள், தேவர்கள், உயிரினங்கள் மற்றும் மனிதர்கள்; புழுக்கள், பூச்சிகள், பறக்கும் உயிர்கள்; பறவைகள், மிருகங்கள், அசுரர்களும்—அனைவரும் இதில் அடங்குவர்.
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FAQs
Householder duty extends beyond one’s family: it includes obligations to ancestors (śrāddha), gods (yajña), guests and humans (atithi/dāna), and kindness to all creatures.
Dharma instruction embedded in narrative; not a pancalakṣaṇa passage.
By listing beings from pitṛs to insects and asuras, the verse hints at a unified field of life sustained by giving—dharma as ecological and metaphysical interconnectedness.