Shloka 28
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
ब्राह्मणं प्राहुरतिथिं स पूज्यः शक्तितो बुधैः ।
न पृच्छेद् गोत्रचरणं स्वाध्यायञ्चापि पण्डितः ॥
brāhmaṇaṃ prāhur atithiṃ sa pūjyaḥ śaktito budhaiḥ / na pṛcched gotracaraṇaṃ svādhyāyaṃ cāpi paṇḍitaḥ
برہمن کو ‘اَتِتھی’ کہا گیا ہے؛ داناؤں کو اپنی استطاعت کے مطابق اس کی تعظیم کرنی چاہیے۔ عالم شخص اس سے اس کا گوتر، چرن یا حتیٰ کہ سوادھیائے بھی نہ پوچھے۔
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FAQs
Hospitality must be unconditional and non-investigative: the guest is not to be screened for pedigree or credentials before being helped.
Ācāra/Dharma instruction; a normative social-ethical rule within the Purāṇic framework.
Refusing to ask gotra/caraṇa/svādhyāya curbs pride and factionalism; the guest is received as a bearer of sacred presence, not as a social category to be evaluated.