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विदुर उवाच । ऊर्ध्वं प्राणा ह्युत्क्रामन्ति यूनः स्थविर आयति । प्रत्युत्थानाभिवादाभ्यां पुनस्तान्प्रतिपद्यते ॥५-३८-१॥
Vidura said: When an elder approaches, the vital breaths of the younger rise up, as it were; by standing and offering reverent salutation, one regains them.
english translation
पीठं दत्त्वा साधवेऽभ्यागताय आनीयापः परिनिर्णिज्य पादौ । सुखं पृष्ट्वा प्रतिवेद्यात्मसंस्थं ततो दद्यादन्नमवेक्ष्य धीरः॥५-३८-२॥
Having offered a seat to a virtuous guest who has arrived, one should bring water and wash the feet; after inquiring about their well-being and learning their situation, a prudent person should then provide food according to one’s means.
english translation
यस्योदकं मधुपर्कं च गां च नमन्त्रवित्प्रतिगृह्णाति गेहे । लोभाद्भयादर्थकार्पण्यतो वा तस्यानर्थं जीवितमाहुरार्याः॥५-३८-३॥
The noble say that a householder’s life is without worth if, in his home, he does not properly receive a worthy guest with water, madhuparka, and a cow—whether from greed, fear, or miserly attachment to wealth.
english translation
चिकित्सकः शल्यकर्तावकीर्णी स्तेनः क्रूरो मद्यपो भ्रूणहा च । सेनाजीवी श्रुतिविक्रायकश्च भृशं प्रियोऽप्यतिथिर्नोदकार्हः॥५-३८-४॥
A physician, a surgeon, one of disreputable conduct, a thief, a cruel person, a habitual drinker, one who destroys an embryo, one who lives by military service, and one who sells sacred learning—however dear—are guests not deemed fit even for the offering of water.
english translation
अविक्रेयं लवणं पक्वमन्नं दधि क्षीरं मधु तैलं घृतं च । तिला मांसं मूलफलानि शाकं रक्तं वासः सर्वगन्धा गुडश्च॥५-३८-५॥
Salt, cooked food, curd, milk, honey, oil, and ghee; sesame, meat, roots and fruits, vegetables; red dye, garments, all kinds of perfumes, and jaggery—these are described as items not to be sold.
english translation