140 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 14

A grhastha should be very much affectionate toward lower animals,
birds and bees, treating them exactly like his own children. A grhastha
should not indulge in killing animals or birds for sense gratification. He
should provide the necessities of life even to the dogs and the lowest
creatures and should not exploit others for sense gratification. Factually,
according to the instructions of Srimad-Bhagavatam, every grhastha is a
great communist who provides the means of living for everyone. What-
ever a grhastha may possess he should equally distribute to all living en-
tities, without discrimination. The best process is to distribute prasdda.

A grhastha should not be very much attached to his wife; he should
engage even his own wife in serving a guest with all attention. Whatever
money a grhastha accumulates by the grace of God he should spend in
five activities, namely worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
receiving Vaisnavas and saintly persons, distributing prasdda to the
general public and to all living entities, offering prasdda to his
forefathers, and also offering prasdda to his own self. Grhasthas should
always be ready to worship everyone as mentioned above. The grhastha
should not eat anything not offered to the Supreme Personality of God-
head. As it is said in the Bhagavad-gita (3.13), yajfia-sistasinah santo
mucyante sarva-kilbisaih: ““The devotees of the Lord are released from
all kinds of sins because they eat food that is offered first for sacrifice.””
The grhastha should also visit the holy places of pilgrimage mentioned in
the Purdnas. In this way he should fully engage in worshiping the
Supreme Personality of Godhead for the benefit of his family, his society,
his country, and humanity at large.

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Sri-yudhisthira uvdca
grhastha etarh padavirn
vidhina yena cafjasa
yayad deva-rse brihi
mddrso grha-miidha-dhih
