Adhyaya 34 — Duties of Women
सायं प्रातश्च भोक्तव्यं कृत्वा चातिथिपूजनम् ।
प्राङ्मुखोदङ्मुको वापि वाग्यतो दन्तधावनम् ॥
sāyaṃ prātaś ca bhoktavyaṃ kṛtvā cātithipūjanam | prāṅmukhodaṅmukho vāpi vāgyato dantadhāvanam ||
అతిథిని పూజించి/సత్కరించి ఉదయం మరియు సాయంత్రం భోజనం చేయాలి. వాక్సంయమంతో తూర్పు లేదా ఉత్తరముఖంగా దంతాలను శుభ్రం చేయాలి.
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The householder’s life is structured around service and restraint: feeding oneself is subordinated to honoring guests, and even simple acts like brushing are to be done with mindfulness and discipline.
Ancillary dharma-śāstra style guidance; not a direct instance of sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita.
Facing east/north aligns the act with auspicious directions (symbolically ‘illumination’ and ‘uprightness’), while restraint of speech suggests conserving prāṇa and curbing distraction at liminal daily acts.