Shloka 42
Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha
तस्य भार्यत्रवीद् वाक्य मद्भागो दीयतामिति । गच्छत्वेष यथाकामं परितुष्टो द्विजोत्तम:
tasya bhāryātruvīd vākyaṁ mad-bhāgo dīyatām iti | gacchatveṣa yathākāmaṁ parituṣṭo dvijottamaḥ ||
তখন তাঁর স্ত্রী বললেন—“স্বামী! আমার অংশটি তাঁকে দিয়ে দিন। এই দ্বিজোত্তম ইচ্ছামতো সম্পূর্ণ তৃপ্ত হয়ে এখান থেকে প্রস্থান করুন।”
नकुल उवाच
Educational Q&A
True charity and dharma include prioritizing a worthy guest’s well-being; the wife’s willingness to give her own share models selfless generosity and the ideal of atithi-satkara (honoring the guest).
A Brahmin guest is to be fed or provided for; the householder’s wife intervenes and asks that her portion be given to him so that he may leave satisfied and according to his wish.