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Atithi Satkara (अतिथिसत्कारः) (view source)
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The Taittiriya Upanishad says, <blockquote>देवपितृकार्याभ्यां न प्रमदितव्यम् । devapitr̥kāryābhyāṁ na pramaditavyam ।<ref name=":3">Taittiriya Upanishad, [https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/tait.html?lang=sa Shikshavalli], Anuvaka 11.2</ref> </blockquote>Meaning: Never swerve from the rites due to the devas and pitrs. (Taittiriya Upanishad, Shikshavalli, Anuvaka 11.2 ).<ref name=":4">Swami Sharvananda (1921), [http://estudantedavedanta.net/Taittiriya%20Upanishad%20-%20Swami%20Sarvanand%20[Sanskrit-English].pdf Taittiriya Upanishad], Madras: The Ramakrishna Math.</ref>
The Taittiriya Upanishad says, <blockquote>देवपितृकार्याभ्यां न प्रमदितव्यम् । devapitr̥kāryābhyāṁ na pramaditavyam ।<ref name=":3">Taittiriya Upanishad, [https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/tait.html?lang=sa Shikshavalli], Anuvaka 11.2</ref> </blockquote>Meaning: Never swerve from the rites due to the devas and pitrs. (Taittiriya Upanishad, Shikshavalli, Anuvaka 11.2 ).<ref name=":4">Swami Sharvananda (1921), [http://estudantedavedanta.net/Taittiriya%20Upanishad%20-%20Swami%20Sarvanand%20[Sanskrit-English].pdf Taittiriya Upanishad], Madras: The Ramakrishna Math.</ref>
The rites due to devas and pitrs manifest in the form of the [[Panchamahayajnas (पञ्चमहायज्ञाः)|Panchamahayajnas]] prescribed as a part of the [[Varnashrama Dharma (वर्णाश्रमधर्मः)|Varnashrama Dharma]]. One among the five yajnas is [[Nru Yajna (नृयज्ञः)|Nru Yajna]] and Atithi Satkara is one of its important constituents along with Bhikshadana. It is said that,<blockquote>नृयज्ञोऽतिथिपूजनम् | nr̥yajño'tithipūjanam । (Manu 3.70)<ref name=":02">Manusmrti, [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%83/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%83 Adhyaya 3]</ref></blockquote>Meaning : Nru Yajna refers to the hospitality offered to guests.<ref name=":12">Pt. Sri Rama Ramanuja Acharya, [http://www.srimatham.com/uploads/5/5/4/9/5549439/manu_for_modern_times.pdf The Laws of Manu for the 21st Century], srimatham.com</ref>
The rites due to devas and pitrs manifest in the form of the [[Panchamahayajnas (पञ्चमहायज्ञाः)|Panchamahayajnas]] prescribed as a part of the [[Varnashrama Dharma (वर्णाश्रमधर्मः)|Varnashrama Dharma]]. One among the five yajnas is [[Nru Yajna (नृयज्ञः)|Nru Yajna]] and Atithi Satkara is one of its important constituents along with Bhikshadana. It is said that,<blockquote>नृयज्ञोऽतिथिपूजनम् | nr̥yajño'tithipūjanam । (Manu 3.70)<ref name=":02">Manusmrti, [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%83/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%83 Adhyaya 3]</ref></blockquote>Meaning : The honouring of Guests is ‘offering to men’ (Nru Yajna).<ref name=":13">Ganganath Jha (1920-39), Manusmrti ([https://ia801603.us.archive.org/33/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.46010/2015.46010.Manusmrti--Vol-4.pdf Vol.4]), Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited.</ref>
It refers to respectful reception of brahmanas<ref name=":22">Pt. Girija Prasad Dvivedi (1917), [https://archive.org/details/ManusmrtiHindiTranslationGirijaPrasadDvivediNavalKishore The Manusmriti], Lucknow: Naval Kishore Press.</ref> - ब्राह्म्यं हुतं द्विजाग्र्यार्चा | brāhmyaṁ hutaṁ dvijāgryārcāis |<ref name=":02" /> (Manu. Smrt. 3.74)
It refers to respectful reception of brahmanas<ref name=":22">Pt. Girija Prasad Dvivedi (1917), [https://archive.org/details/ManusmrtiHindiTranslationGirijaPrasadDvivediNavalKishore The Manusmriti], Lucknow: Naval Kishore Press.</ref> - ब्राह्म्यं हुतं द्विजाग्र्यार्चा | brāhmyaṁ hutaṁ dvijāgryārcāis |<ref name=":02" /> (Manu. Smrt. 3.74)