Shloka 19
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
दद्याद्धात्रे विधात्रे बलिं द्वारे गृहस्य तु ।
अर्यम्णेऽथ बहिर्दद्याद् गृहेभ्यश्च समन्ततः ॥
dadyāddhātre vidhātre baliṃ dvāre gṛhasya tu / aryamṇe 'tha bahirdadyād gṛhebhyaś ca samantataḥ
گھر کے دروازے پر دھاتṛ اور وِدھاتṛ کے لیے بَلی رکھے؛ پھر باہر آریَمَن کے لیے بَلی دے، اور گھر کے چاروں طرف بھی بَلی قائم کرے۔
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FAQs
Householder life is sanctified by daily, disciplined giving: offerings are not merely ritual, but a training in responsibility toward cosmic order (ṛta) and social order—beginning at one’s own threshold and extending outward.
Primarily Ācāra/Dharma material (often embedded within Purāṇic teaching) rather than the five headline topics; it supports Purāṇic dharma instruction ancillary to vaṃśa/manvantara narratives.
The ‘door’ and ‘outside perimeter’ symbolize liminal space: offerings at boundaries ritually harmonize the seen and unseen forces around domestic life, establishing a protected, orderly field for dharmic living.