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 His wife, ensnared in the hunter's cage, heard him wailing thus for her. And she felt greatly fulfilled. If her husband was so intensely pleased with her, there was nothing more that she wanted in the world. Forgetting her own woes, she could think only of protecting the dharma of her husband. And she advised him that he had a guest in the house, and it was his primary duty to look after him. He should therefore stop worrying about her and prepare to offer proper hospitality to the hunter. She even advised her husband that he had been blessed with sons and daughters, he had already fulfilled himself, and therefore he need not be constrained to protect his own body while arranging the necessary hospitality for the guest.
-The pigeon almost cried with pleasure on listening to the sage advice of his wife. And immediately, he offered himself and his house at the  service of that cruel guest. He graciously welcomed the hunter, asked him to feel free as if he were in his own house, and lovingly enquired after  his needs. The pigeon also reassured him that he, the hunter, had come to his house and even an enemy coming thus ought to be offered proper  welcome. After all, a tree does not withdraw its shade from the one who comes to it with the intention of cutting it down:  <blockquote>अरावप्युचितं कार्यमातिथ्यं गृहमागते। छेत्तुमप्यागते छायां नोपसंहरते द्रुमः॥ (Maha. Shan. 12.146.5)</blockquote><blockquote>''arāvapyucitaṁ kāryamātithyaṁ gr̥hamāgate। chettumapyāgate chāyāṁ nopasaṁharate drumaḥ॥ (Maha. Shan. 12.146.5)''</blockquote>The hunter, accepting the offer of hospitality from the pigeon requested him to find a way of saving him from the biting cold. The pigeon  gathered a large heap of dry leaves, and then flew to the blacksmith to bring fire. Soon he had a big blaze going. The hunter luxuriously warmed  himself up on the fire. He was relieved of the cold. And then he began to feel the pangs of hunger.
+The pigeon almost cried with pleasure on listening to the sage advice of his wife. And immediately, he offered himself and his house at the  seva (सेवा | selfless service) of that cruel guest. He graciously welcomed the hunter, asked him to feel free as if he were in his own house, and lovingly enquired after  his needs. The pigeon also reassured him that he, the hunter, had come to his house and even an enemy coming thus ought to be offered proper  welcome. After all, a tree does not withdraw its shade from the one who comes to it with the intention of cutting it down:  <blockquote>अरावप्युचितं कार्यमातिथ्यं गृहमागते। छेत्तुमप्यागते छायां नोपसंहरते द्रुमः॥ (Maha. Shan. 12.146.5)</blockquote><blockquote>''arāvapyucitaṁ kāryamātithyaṁ gr̥hamāgate। chettumapyāgate chāyāṁ nopasaṁharate drumaḥ॥ (Maha. Shan. 12.146.5)''</blockquote>The hunter, accepting the offer of hospitality from the pigeon requested him to find a way of saving him from the biting cold. The pigeon  gathered a large heap of dry leaves, and then flew to the blacksmith to bring fire. Soon he had a big blaze going. The hunter luxuriously warmed  himself up on the fire. He was relieved of the cold. And then he began to feel the pangs of hunger.
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 === Attaining Svarga ===
-<blockquote>मितं ददाति हि पिता मितं भ्राता मितं सुतः॥ 12-148-6</blockquote><blockquote>अमितस्य हि दातारं भर्तारं का न पूजयेत्। नास्ति भर्तृसमो नाथो नास्ति भर्तृसमं सुखम्॥ 12-148-7</blockquote><blockquote>''mitaṁ dadāti hi pitā mitaṁ bhrātā mitaṁ sutaḥ॥ 12-148-6''</blockquote><blockquote>''amitasya hi dātāraṁ bhartāraṁ kā na pūjayet। nāsti bhartr̥samo nātho nāsti bhartr̥samaṁ sukham॥ 12-148-7''</blockquote>The  she-pigeon, released from the  cage, began  to  recall the happy times she had spent with her husband. The qualities of a good husband reverberate in her words - A father, brother, and son can only give limited happiness to a woman, what she gains in the company of her husband is endless or infinite. Such a husband, which lady does not revere? For a woman, there is no greater protector than the husband and no greater happiness than him; for whose sake she foregoes wealth and ultimately even her ownself.<ref>Shastri, Ramnarayanadatta Pandey. ''[https://archive.org/stream/Mahabharata04SanskritHindiPanditRamnarayanGitaPress/Mahabharata05_Sanskrit-hindi_panditRamnarayan_gitaPress#page/n433/mode/2up Mahabharata Volume 5 (With Hindi Translation)]'' Gorakhpur : Gita Press</ref>
+<blockquote>मितं ददाति हि पिता मितं भ्राता मितं सुतः॥ 12-148-6</blockquote><blockquote>अमितस्य हि दातारं भर्तारं का न पूजयेत्। नास्ति भर्तृसमो नाथो नास्ति भर्तृसमं सुखम्॥ 12-148-7</blockquote><blockquote>''mitaṁ dadāti hi pitā mitaṁ bhrātā mitaṁ sutaḥ॥ 12-148-6''</blockquote><blockquote>''amitasya hi dātāraṁ bhartāraṁ kā na pūjayet। nāsti bhartr̥samo nātho nāsti bhartr̥samaṁ sukham॥ 12-148-7''</blockquote>The  she-pigeon, released from the  cage, began  to  recall the happy times she had spent with her husband. The qualities of a good husband reverberate in her words - A father, brother, and son can only give limited happiness to a woman, what she gains in the company of her husband is endless or infinite. Such a husband, which lady does not revere? For a woman, there is no greater protector than the husband and no greater happiness than him; for whose sake she foregoes wealth and ultimately even her ownself.<ref>Shastri, Ramnarayanadatta Pandey. ''[https://archive.org/stream/MAHABHARATA_201902/MAHABHARATA-05 Mahabharata Volume 5 (With Hindi Translation)]'' Gorakhpur : Gita Press</ref>
 Thus, unable to bear the pain of separation, the she-pigeon too jumped into the  fire. Soon  she was united  with  her  husband,  and  the  two of them  together  ascended to the heavens in  a celestial chariot, escorted by hundreds  of crores of men  of great virtue, each  of whom was sitting in his own celestial chariot.

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 One  day,  while  he  was  going  about  his  business  of  dispensing death  in  the  forest,  suddenly there  arose  a  vicious  storm.  Mighty winds began  to fell the trees, the  sky was overcast with dense  clouds, and  the  darkness  was broken  only  by the  occasional  glow  of  lightning.  Soon  it began  to  rain.  And  in  no  time  the  whole  earth  was covered  deep  in  water.
-The hunter  almost fainted  in  that incessant rain  and  the  sudden cold. He  lost his way. And  while moving around  wildly without  direction, he  could not  even  make out the mounts and  the  ditches in the forest. Around him he  saw droves of birds and herds  of  animals running  around  in great fright. Birds hid  themselves in their nests, animals sought out the  safety of  dry  high  lands.  But many perished  in  the  rain  and  cold.  The hunter  was  also  half-dead  with  cold.  He  could neither stand,  nor walk. <blockquote>स तु शीतहतैर्गात्रैर्न जगाम न तस्थिवान्। ददर्श पतितां भूमौ कपोतीं शीतविह्वलाम्॥ (Maha. Shan. 12.143.25)</blockquote><blockquote>''sa tu śītahatairgātrairna jagāma na tasthivān। dadarśa patitāṁ bhūmau kapotīṁ śītavihvalām॥ (Maha. Shan. 12.143.25)''</blockquote>In this state he saw a she-pigeon lying on the ground. Suffering from severe cold, she  was unable to move or fly. The hunter too was in an  equally helpless condition. But, even then, by sheer  force of habit, he picked her up and  consigned her to the cage. Used to living in sin, he could  think  of nothing better even in  his hour  of intense  suffering.
+The hunter  almost fainted  in  that incessant rain  and  the  sudden cold. He  lost his way. And  while moving around  wildly without  direction, he  could not  even  make out the mounts and  the  ditches in the forest. Around him he  saw droves of birds and herds  of  animals running  around  in great fright. Birds hid  themselves in their nests, animals sought out the  safety of  dry  high  lands.  But many perished  in  the  rain  and  cold.  The hunter  was  also  half-dead  with  cold.  He  could neither stand,  nor walk. <blockquote>स तु शीतहतैर्गात्रैर्न जगाम न तस्थिवान्। ददर्श पतितां भूमौ कपोतीं शीतविह्वलाम्॥ (Maha. Shan. 12.143.25)</blockquote><blockquote>''sa tu śītahatairgātrairna jagāma na tasthivān। dadarśa patitāṁ bhūmau kapotīṁ śītavihvalām॥ (Maha. Shan. 12.143.25)''</blockquote>In this state he saw a she-pigeon lying on the ground. Suffering from severe cold, she  was unable to move or fly. The hunter too was in an  equally helpless condition. But, even then, by sheer  force of habit, he picked her up and  consigned her to the cage. Used to living in papa (पापम्), he could  think  of nothing better even in  his hour  of intense  suffering.
 Then,  all of a sudden, he  saw a big tree. Its  foliage  was thick,  dense and  dark  like  a cloud. Numerous  birds, seeking shade, shelter  and fruit,  had  made  it their home. It seemed  as  if the tree,  like  a  saint, had  taken  form  only for  the  purpose  of serving others.  As soon  as the hunter saw that tree, the clouds began  to break, and bright  stars began  to shine  through.
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 Thus, unable to bear the pain of separation, the she-pigeon too jumped into the  fire. Soon  she was united  with  her  husband,  and  the  two of them  together  ascended to the heavens in  a celestial chariot, escorted by hundreds  of crores of men  of great virtue, each  of whom was sitting in his own celestial chariot.
-The  hunter, overcoming all temptations, entered a deep and inhospitable  forest, full of thorny shrubs and savage beasts. Soon he was consumed by a great forest-fire, which cleansed him of all his sins; and thus he too found a distinguished  abode in the heavens.
+The  hunter, overcoming all temptations, entered a deep and inhospitable  forest, full of thorny shrubs and savage beasts. Soon he was consumed by a great forest-fire, which cleansed him of all his papas; and thus he too found a distinguished  abode in the heavens.
 Thus did the  sage pigeon-couple  serve their guest, and fulfilled  the dharma  of  [[Grhasthashrama (गृहस्थाश्रमः)|grhasthashrama]]. Their  commitment  to  dharma  was,  of course,  extraordinary.  Through  such  commitment  they not only earned  a  place  for  themselves  in  the  heavens,  but  also  brought  a violent person,  like  the hunter,  back  to   righteousness   and  opened the path  of heavens  for  him.

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 The  pigeon almost  cried  with  pleasure  on  listening  to  the  sage advice of his wife. And immediately, he  offered   himself  and  his house  at  the  service  of  that  cruel  guest. He graciously welcomed the  hunter, asked  him  to  feel  free  as  if he  were  in  his  own  house, and lovingly enquired  after  his  needs. The  pigeon  also  reassured him  that he, the hunter, had come to his house and  even an  enemy coming  thus ought  to be  offered  proper  welcome. After all, a tree does not withdraw  its shade  from  the one who  comes  to  it with  the intention  of cutting  it down:  <blockquote>अरावप्युचितं कार्यमातिथ्यं गृहमागते। छेत्तुमप्यागते छायां नोपसंहरते द्रुमः॥ (Maha. Shan. 12.146.5)</blockquote>The  hunter,  accepting  the  offer  of  hospitality  from  the  pigeon requested  him  to  find  a  way  of saving  him  from  the  biting  cold. The  pigeon  gathered  a  large  heap  of  dry  leaves, and  then flew  to the  blacksmith  to  bring  fire.  Soon  he  had  a  big  blaze  going.  The hunter  luxuriously warmed  himself up on  the  fire.  He  was relieved of the  cold. And  then  he began  to feel  the pangs  of  hunger.
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-There  was  of  course  no  food  accumulated  in  the  nest  of  the host.  He  was  a  pigeon,  who ate as he  picked the grains.  He had no occasion to put away any of the grains he picked for use at a later  time.  For once he felt unhappy about such livelihood of a pigeon.  Of what use was this livelihood that left him with nothing for entertaining the guests at his  door?
+There  was  of  course  no  food  accumulated  in  the  nest  of  the host.  He was  a  pigeon,  who ate as he  picked the grains.  He had no occasion to put away any of the grains he picked for use at a later  time.  For once he felt unhappy about such livelihood of a pigeon.  Of what use was this livelihood that left him with nothing for entertaining the guests at his  door?
 But, whatever be the kind of livelihood assigned  to him, he could hardly allow a guest  to go hungry. He, therefore, thought for  some time and, quickly making up  his mind, gathered  some more leaves and  let  the  fire  blaze  high  again. He  told  the  hunter  that he  had no food  to offer  him, but requested him to accept his body  instead. With  this request and with the resolve to satiate the hunger of  his guest, he went  around  the fire  thrice and then dropped himself into the blaze.<blockquote>निश्चिता खलु मे बुद्धिरतिथिप्रतिपूजयने॥ (Maha. Shan. 12.146.22)</blockquote><blockquote>ततः कृतप्रतिज्ञो वै स पक्षी प्रहसन्निव। तमग्निं त्रिःपरिक्रम्य प्रविवेश महामतिः॥ (Maha. Shan. 12.146.23)</blockquote>The  hunter  was shocked  to the  core  of his being. He  had  seen  the pigeon  so  gladly  sacrificing himself to honour  and satisfy an unworthy guest like him. He could no more bear to continue the life he had  been leading till then.  He quickly released the she-pigeon that he had encaged, and leaving behind  everything - the  stick, the torch, the snare and the cage —he set out on a great journey,  that would  lead to  his death, with the resolve that he would follow the example of the pigeon and bring himself back to the life of dharma by incessant fasting and by undertaking great austerities.

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	Thus did the sage pigeon-couple serve their guest, and fulfilled the dharma of grhasthasrama. Their commitment to dharma was, of course, extraordinary. Through such commitment they not only earned a place for themselves in the heavens, but also brought a violent person, like the hunter, back to righteousness and opened the path of heavens for him.		Thus did the sage pigeon-couple serve their guest, and fulfilled the dharma of grhasthasrama. Their commitment to dharma was, of course, extraordinary. Through such commitment they not only earned a place for themselves in the heavens, but also brought a violent person, like the hunter, back to righteousness and opened the path of heavens for him.
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		+	Atithi satkara (Samskrit : अतिथिसत्कारः) or offering hospitality to an uninvited guest is ordained as the dharma of a grihasta, to be followed as a nityakriya. It has been an ancient practice to provide food, clothing and shelter to an uninvited guest, a traveller and to the needy; and towards this purpose annasatras, chatrams
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		+	शरणागतस्य कर्तव्यमातिथ्यं हि प्रयत्नतः। पञ्चयज्ञप्रवृत्तेन गृहस्थेन विशेषतः॥ (Maha. Shan. 146.6)
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		+	पञ्चयज्ञांस्तु यो मोहान्न करोति गृहाश्रमे। तस्य नायं न च परो लोको भवति धर्मतः॥(Maha. Shan. 146.7)
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	Once upon a time in a great forest there roamed a terrible hunter. He was fearsome and looked like Kala, the Mrityudevata. Everyday he would set up his snare, catch birds of the forest in droves, kill them all, and sell them for their flesh. This was his daily routine. And he continued to ply his cruel trade day after day, for a long long time.		Once upon a time in a great forest there roamed a terrible hunter. He was fearsome and looked like Kala, the Mrityudevata. Everyday he would set up his snare, catch birds of the forest in droves, kill them all, and sell them for their flesh. This was his daily routine. And he continued to ply his cruel trade day after day, for a long long time.