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However, (even if there is no food to offer) grasses, place, water and kind word as the fourth, never fail in the house of good people.<ref name=":13" /><blockquote>तृणानि भूमिरुदकं वाक्चतुर्थी च सूनृता । एतान्यपि सतां गेहे नोच्छिद्यन्ते कदा चन । । ३.१०१ । ।<ref name=":02" /></blockquote><blockquote>tr̥ṇāni bhūmirudakaṁ vākcaturthī ca sūnr̥tā । etānyapi satāṁ gehe nocchidyante kadā cana । । 3.101 । ।</blockquote>

However, (even if there is no food to offer) grasses, place, water and kind word as the fourth, never fail in the house of good people.<ref name=":13" /><blockquote>तृणानि भूमिरुदकं वाक्चतुर्थी च सूनृता । एतान्यपि सतां गेहे नोच्छिद्यन्ते कदा चन । । ३.१०१ । ।<ref name=":02" /></blockquote><blockquote>tr̥ṇāni bhūmirudakaṁ vākcaturthī ca sūnr̥tā । etānyapi satāṁ gehe nocchidyante kadā cana । । 3.101 । ।</blockquote>

==आतिथ्यधर्माः ॥ Principles of hospitality==

==आतिथ्यधर्माः ॥ Principles of hospitality==

Some of the Principles of hospitality as enumerated in the Manusmrti are as follows.

Hospitality is one of grhastha's (householder’s) chief duties. It is said that, he must ever feed his guests first, then the Brahmanas and his relatives, and then he and his wife should eat.<ref>Swami Sivananda (1999), [http://www.dlshq.org/download/hinduismbk.pdf All About Hinduism], Uttar Pradesh: The Divine Life Society.</ref> Some of the Principles of hospitality as enumerated in the Manusmrti are as follows.

*The guest brought by the sun in the evening should not be driven away by the house-holder. Arrived in (an appropriate) time, or not, the guest shall not stay in the house without partaking food (enjoying hospitality).<ref name=":13" /><blockquote>अप्रणोद्योऽतिथिः सायं सूर्योढो गृहमेधिना । काले प्राप्तस्त्वकाले वा नास्यानश्नन्गृहे वसेत् । । ३.१०५ । ।<ref name=":02" /></blockquote><blockquote>apraṇodyo'tithiḥ sāyaṁ sūryoḍho gr̥hamedhinā । kāle prāptastvakāle vā nāsyānaśnangr̥he vaset । । 3.105 । ।</blockquote>

*The guest brought by the sun in the evening should not be driven away by the house-holder. Arrived in (an appropriate) time, or not, the guest shall not stay in the house without partaking food (enjoying hospitality).<ref name=":13" /><blockquote>अप्रणोद्योऽतिथिः सायं सूर्योढो गृहमेधिना । काले प्राप्तस्त्वकाले वा नास्यानश्नन्गृहे वसेत् । । ३.१०५ । ।<ref name=":02" /></blockquote><blockquote>apraṇodyo'tithiḥ sāyaṁ sūryoḍho gr̥hamedhinā । kāle prāptastvakāle vā nāsyānaśnangr̥he vaset । । 3.105 । ।</blockquote>

*If a guest arrives after the Vaishvadeva offering has been finished, the householder must make food and give him and not from the Bali offering.<ref name=":22" /><blockquote>वैश्वदेवे तु निर्वृत्ते यद्यन्योऽतिथिराव्रजेत् । तस्याप्यन्नं यथाशक्ति प्रदद्यान्न बलिं हरेत् । । ३.१०८ । ।<ref name=":02" /></blockquote><blockquote>vaiśvadeve tu nirvr̥tte yadyanyo'tithirāvrajet । tasyāpyannaṁ yathāśakti pradadyānna baliṁ haret । । 3.108 । ।</blockquote>

*If a guest arrives after the Vaishvadeva offering has been finished, the householder must make food and give him and not from the Bali offering.<ref name=":22" /><blockquote>वैश्वदेवे तु निर्वृत्ते यद्यन्योऽतिथिराव्रजेत् । तस्याप्यन्नं यथाशक्ति प्रदद्यान्न बलिं हरेत् । । ३.१०८ । ।<ref name=":02" /></blockquote><blockquote>vaiśvadeve tu nirvr̥tte yadyanyo'tithirāvrajet । tasyāpyannaṁ yathāśakti pradadyānna baliṁ haret । । 3.108 । ।</blockquote>

*One should not eat what one does not offer to one's guest. In fact, the honouring of guests is conducive to wealth, fame, longevity and heaven.<ref name=":13" /><blockquote>न वै स्वयं तदश्नीयादतिथिं यन्न भोजयेत् । धन्यं यशस्यं आयुष्यं स्वर्ग्यं वातिथिपूजनम् । । ३.१०६ । ।<ref name=":02" /></blockquote><blockquote>na vai svayaṁ tadaśnīyādatithiṁ yanna bhojayet । dhanyaṁ yaśasyaṁ āyuṣyaṁ svargyaṁ vātithipūjanam । । 3.106 । ।</blockquote>

*One should not eat what one does not offer to one's guest. In fact, the honouring of guests is conducive to wealth, fame, longevity and heaven.<ref name=":13" /><blockquote>न वै स्वयं तदश्नीयादतिथिं यन्न भोजयेत् । धन्यं यशस्यं आयुष्यं स्वर्ग्यं वातिथिपूजनम् । । ३.१०६ । ।<ref name=":02" /></blockquote><blockquote>na vai svayaṁ tadaśnīyādatithiṁ yanna bhojayet । dhanyaṁ yaśasyaṁ āyuṣyaṁ svargyaṁ vātithipūjanam । । 3.106 । ।</blockquote>

==अतिथिनिरादरफलम् ॥ Fruit of disrespecting a guest==

==अतिथिनिरादरफलम् ॥ Fruit of disrespecting a guest==

According to Manusmrti, if a guest is not honoured, he takes away all the spiritual merit (punya) even of a man who subsists by agriculture and offers oblations in five fires.<ref name=":22" /><blockquote>शिलानप्युञ्छतो नित्यं पञ्चाग्नीनपि जुह्वतः । सर्वं सुकृतं आदत्ते ब्राह्मणोऽनर्चितो वसन् । । ३.१०० । ।<ref name=":02" /></blockquote><blockquote>śilānapyuñchato nityaṁ pañcāgnīnapi juhvataḥ । sarvaṁ sukr̥taṁ ādatte brāhmaṇo'narcito vasan । । 3.100 । ।</blockquote>

According to Manusmrti, if a guest is not honoured, he takes away all the adhyatmik merit (punya) even of a man who subsists by agriculture and offers oblations in five fires.<ref name=":22" /><blockquote>शिलानप्युञ्छतो नित्यं पञ्चाग्नीनपि जुह्वतः । सर्वं सुकृतं आदत्ते ब्राह्मणोऽनर्चितो वसन् । । ३.१०० । ।<ref name=":02" /></blockquote><blockquote>śilānapyuñchato nityaṁ pañcāgnīnapi juhvataḥ । sarvaṁ sukr̥taṁ ādatte brāhmaṇo'narcito vasan । । 3.100 । ।</blockquote>

== References ==

== References ==