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| A grhastha should perform grhya rites in the Vaivahika agni as well as the Panchamahayajnas and Nitya Paka.<ref name=":13" /> | | A grhastha should perform grhya rites in the Vaivahika agni as well as the Panchamahayajnas and Nitya Paka.<ref name=":13" /> |
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− | Doing homa in the vaivahika agni (the agni in whose presence one's marriage has taken place) as well as Vaishvadeva, Shanti-Paushtika karmas, Nitya paka, etc should be performed by a grhastha.<ref>Girija Prasad Dvivedi (1917), [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.343659/page/n217/mode/2up?view=theater The Manusmriti], Lucknow: Newal Kishore Press.</ref> | + | Doing homa in the vaivahika agni (the agni in whose presence one's marriage has taken place) as well as Vaishvadeva, Shanti-Paushtika karmas, Nitya paka, etc should be performed by a grhastha.<ref name=":15">Girija Prasad Dvivedi (1917), [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.343659/page/n217/mode/2up?view=theater The Manusmriti], Lucknow: Newal Kishore Press.</ref> |
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| According to the Mahabharata, honouring of guests, protection of the 3 fires (ie. garhapatya and others) is the duty of a grhastha. He must also perform the various ishtis and Pashubandhas according to the vidhis.<ref name=":8" /> | | According to the Mahabharata, honouring of guests, protection of the 3 fires (ie. garhapatya and others) is the duty of a grhastha. He must also perform the various ishtis and Pashubandhas according to the vidhis.<ref name=":8" /> |
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− | कृत्वैतद्बलिकर्मैवं अतिथिं पूर्वं आशयेत् । भिक्षां च भिक्षवे दद्याद्विधिवद्ब्रह्मचारिणे । । ३.९४[८४ं] । । | + | कृत्वैतद्बलिकर्मैवं अतिथिं पूर्वं आशयेत् । भिक्षां च भिक्षवे दद्याद्विधिवद्ब्रह्मचारिणे । । ३.९४ । ।<ref name=":0" /> |
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− | यत्पुण्यफलं आप्नोति गां दत्त्वा विधिवद्गुरोः । तत्पुण्यफलं आप्नोति भिक्षां दत्त्वा द्विजो गृही । । ३.९५[८५ं] । ।
| + | After the bali karma, a grhastha should perform atithi satkara and give bhiksha to a sannyasi and brahmachari.<ref name=":15" /> |
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− | संप्राप्ताय त्वतिथये प्रदद्यादासनोदके । अन्नं चैव यथाशक्ति सत्कृत्य विधिपूर्वकम् । । ३.९९[८९ं] । ।
| + | यत्पुण्यफलं आप्नोति गां दत्त्वा विधिवद्गुरोः । तत्पुण्यफलं आप्नोति भिक्षां दत्त्वा द्विजो गृही । । ३.९५ । ।<ref name=":0" /> |
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− | भुक्तवत्स्वथ विप्रेषु स्वेषु भृत्येषु चैव हि । भुञ्जीयातां ततः पश्चादवशिष्टं तु दम्पती । । ३.११६[१०६ं] । ।
| + | The Punya that is obtained by offering a cow to the guru that is the same Punya that one obtains by offering bhiksha to a sannyasi and brahmachari.<ref name=":15" /> |
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− | देवानृषीन्मनुष्यांश्च पितॄन्गृह्याश्च देवताः । पूजयित्वा ततः पश्चाद्गृहस्थः शेषभुग्भवेत् । । ३.११७[१०७ं] । ।<ref name=":0" /> | + | संप्राप्ताय त्वतिथये प्रदद्यादासनोदके । अन्नं चैव यथाशक्ति सत्कृत्य विधिपूर्वकम् । । ३.९९ । ।<ref name=":0" /> |
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| + | A grhastha should honour a guest with seat, water and food as per his ability.<ref name=":15" /> |
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| + | भुक्तवत्स्वथ विप्रेषु स्वेषु भृत्येषु चैव हि । भुञ्जीयातां ततः पश्चादवशिष्टं तु दम्पती । । ३.११६ । ।<ref name=":0" /> |
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| + | After feeding the brahmana, atithi, relatives, etc. a grhastha and his wife should eat the leftover food.<ref name=":15" /> |
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| + | देवानृषीन्मनुष्यांश्च पितॄन्गृह्याश्च देवताः । पूजयित्वा ततः पश्चाद्गृहस्थः शेषभुग्भवेत् । । ३.११७ । ।<ref name=":0" /> |
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| + | A grhastha should partake of the food leftover after the worship of deities, rshis, human beings, ancestors and the deities of the house.<ref name=":15" /> |
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| == कर्तव्यनिवृत्तिः ॥ Retirement from Duties == | | == कर्तव्यनिवृत्तिः ॥ Retirement from Duties == |