Varaha Purana 8.18: Adhyaya 8, Shloka 18
Dialogue on the Ethical Limits of Subsistence and the Five Great Sacrifices
Dharmavyādha, Mātaṅga, and Prasanna
तस्यागतस्य संबन्धी मतङ्गो जयतां वरः । आसनाद्यार्ध्यपाद्येन पूजयित्वेदमब्रवीत् । किमागमनकृत्यं ते किं करोम्यागतक्रियाम् ॥ ८.१८ ॥
tasyāgatasya sambandhī mataṅgo jayatāṃ varaḥ | āsanādyārghyapādyena pūjayitvedam abravīt | kim āgamanakṛtyaṃ te kiṃ karomy āgatakriyām || 8.18 ||
ثم إن ماتنغا—وهو الأسبق بين الظافرين، وله به صلة—أكرم الضيف الوافد بمقعد وبقرابين الاستقبال المألوفة (الأرغهيا وماء غسل القدمين)، ثم قال: «ما غاية مجيئك؟ وأيّ واجبٍ من واجبات الضيافة أؤديه لك وقد قدمت؟»
Mataṅga
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It preserves a conventional Sanskrit literary and dharma-ethical model of guest reception—offering a seat, arghya, and pādya—reflecting widely attested norms of ātithi-satkāra across Purāṇic and epic corpora.
No explicit geographic location is named in this verse; it focuses on interpersonal protocol and inquiry during a meeting.
The verse foregrounds courteous hospitality: honoring an arriving person with appropriate offerings and respectfully asking the purpose of the visit and how one may assist.
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