Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
सर्वस्याधारभूतेयं वत्स ! धेनुस्त्रयीमयी ।
यस्यां प्रतिष्ठितं विश्वं विश्वहेतुश्च या मता ॥
sarvasyādhārabhūteyaṃ vatsa! dhenus trayīmayī | yasyāṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ viśvaṃ viśvahetuś ca yā matā ||
அன்புக் குழந்தையே, இந்த இல்லற ஆசிரமமே அனைவருக்கும் ஆதாரம்—மூன்று வேதங்களையும் தாங்கிய பசுவைப் போல; இதன்மேலே உலகம் நிலைபெற்றுள்ளது, இதுவே உலகிற்குக் காரணம் எனக் கருதப்படுகிறது.
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Householder life is sacralized: it is not inferior to ascetic paths but the very base that sustains Vedic religion and social welfare—hence likened to a Veda-embodying cow.
Symbolic dharma teaching; not directly pancalakṣaṇa, though it uses cosmological language (‘universe established’) to dignify ethical instruction.
The ‘cow of the three Vedas’ encodes the idea that speech/knowledge (Veda) becomes nourishment (milk) through right living: dharma converts revelation into sustenance for the world.