Shloka 23
Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)
तस्मात् त्वं सर्वयत्नेन यतस्वातिथिभोजने । पादोदकं पादघृतं दीपमन्न॑ प्रतिश्रयम्
tasmāt tvaṁ sarvayatnena yatasvātithibhojane | pādodakaṁ pādaghṛtaṁ dīpam annaṁ pratiśrayam |
Kaya’t dapat kang magsikap nang buong lakas upang parangalan at pakainin ang mga panauhin. Ihandog ang tubig na panghugas ng paa, pabango o ghee na ipapahid sa paa, isang ilawan, pagkain, at nararapat na masisilungan—ang mga paggalang na ito ang nagtataguyod ng dharma at nagpapanatili ng banal na ugnayan ng maybahay at manlalakbay.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Mārkaṇḍeya teaches that honoring guests is a central duty of the householder: one must actively provide the standard tokens of welcome—water for the feet, soothing unction, light, food, and shelter—because such care is a practical expression of dharma.
In his instruction, Mārkaṇḍeya urges the listener to be vigilant and wholehearted in atithi-sevā (service to guests), listing the concrete items traditionally offered to a traveler as part of righteous conduct.