Shloka 39
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
कुटुम्बिना भोजनीयः समर्थे विभवे सति । श्रीमन्तं ज्ञातिमासाद्य यो ज्ञातिरवसीदति ॥
kuṭumbinā bhojanīyaḥ samarthe vibhave sati | śrīmantaṃ jñātim āsādya yo jñātir avasīdati ||
เมื่อมีความสามารถและทรัพย์พอเพียง คฤหัสถ์พึงถวายทานเป็นอาหาร หากญาติคนหนึ่งมาพึ่งญาติผู้มั่งคั่งแล้วกลับซูบเซาเพราะขัดสนหรือถูกละเลย ย่อมเป็นสิ่งน่าติเตียน।
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FAQs
Prosperity is ethically bound to responsibility. A householder’s dharma includes sustaining dependents and distressed kin; wealth without support of others becomes a moral failure.
This passage is primarily Ācāra/Dharma-śikṣā (conduct instruction) rather than the five purāṇic marks (sarga, pratisarga, vaṃśa, manvantara, vaṃśānucarita). It is an embedded didactic section within the purāṇa.
The ‘householder’ symbolizes the embodied self managing resources (prāṇa/artha). Feeding others signifies circulating life-energy through right action; withholding it leads to inner ‘decline’ (avasāda) and demerit.