Shloka 22
कर्णपर्व — पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः | Karṇa Parva, Chapter 15: Pāṇḍya’s Advance and Aśvatthāmā’s Counterstroke
यदि मां मन्यसे वीर प्राप्तमहमिहातिथिम्
yadi māṃ manyase vīra prāptam aham ihātithim
قال سانجيا: «أيها البطل، إن كنتَ تعدّني ضيفًا قد قدم إلى هنا، فاستقبلني إذن كما يقتضي واجب الضيافة المقدّس (آتِثي-دهرما)».
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse gestures to ātithi-dharma: if someone is accepted as a guest, they should be received with honor and appropriate conduct. It frames ethical obligation through the social-religious norm of hospitality.
Sañjaya addresses a warrior-leader as “hero” and positions himself as an arriving guest. The statement functions as a preface to being received, heard, or granted proper attention in the midst of the larger war-time setting of the Karṇa Parva.