Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 29, Shloka 25
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
मुहूर्तस्याष्टमं भागमुदीक्ष्योऽप्यतिथिर्भवेत् ।
अतिथिं तत्र सम्प्राप्तमन्नाद्येनोदकेन च ॥
muhūrtasyāṣṭamaṃ bhāgam udīkṣyo 'py atithir bhavet / atithiṃ tatra samprāptam annādyenodakena ca
Kahit matapos maghintay ng ikawalong bahagi ng isang muhūrta, maaaring dumating ang panauhin. Kapag may panauhing dumating doon, dapat siyang parangalan sa pamamagitan ng pagkain at iba pang kailangan, at pati na rin ng tubig.
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FAQs
Hospitality is proactive: the householder is taught to remain available for a reasonable time, recognizing that the guest’s arrival is unpredictable and ethically binding.
Ācāra/Dharma: prescriptive social ethic embedded in Purāṇic instruction.
Waiting a measured interval disciplines impatience; it symbolically affirms that dharma can ‘arrive’ at any moment and must be received with preparedness.