Shloka 42
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
स्कन्धे विधाता देवाश्च पितरश्च महर्षयः । श्रेयोऽभिवर्षिणः सर्वे तथैवातिथिबान्धवाः ॥
skandhe vidhātā devāś ca pitaraś ca maharṣayaḥ | śreyo 'bhivarṣiṇaḥ sarve tathaivātithibāndhavāḥ ||
అతని భుజంపై స్రష్ట, దేవతలు, పితృదేవతలు, మహర్షులు—అందరూ నిలిచి అతనిపై క్షేమాన్ని కురిపిస్తారు; అలాగే అతిథులు మరియు బంధువులు కూడా.
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FAQs
The householder is portrayed as the social and ritual pillar: by sustaining guests, kin, and rites, he earns the blessings of cosmic and ancestral orders.
Ācāra/Dharma instruction; it supports purāṇic worldview but is not itself sarga/manvantara/vaṃśa narration.
‘On the shoulder’ suggests the embodied self as the bearer of cosmic obligations: when dharma is carried, higher forces ‘rain’ śreyas—inner clarity and harmony.