Shloka 11
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
हन्तकारं मनुष्याश्च पिबन्ति सततं स्तनम् ।
एवमाप्याययत्येषा वत्स ! धेनुस्त्रयीमयी ॥
hantakāraṃ manuṣyāś ca pibanti satataṃ stanam | evam āpyāyayaty eṣā vatsa dhenuḥ trayīmayī ||
మనుష్యులు నిరంతరం హంతాకార అనే స్తన్యధారను త్రాగుతారు। ఈ విధంగా, ఓ వత్సా, త్రయీ-వేదమయమైన ఈ గోవు అందరినీ పోషిస్తుంది।
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FAQs
Human prosperity is not isolated; it depends on maintaining the Vedic-sacrificial ecosystem. The verse frames humans as beneficiaries who must also become sustainers through proper daily rites.
Dharma-upadeśa with Vedic symbolism; not a manvantara/genealogy passage but an ethical-ritual instruction.
‘Trayī’ as a cow suggests the Veda as living nourishment: mantra and rite are ‘milk’ that sustains different ontological tiers, with humans assigned their own channel and responsibility.