Varaha Purana 17.16: Adhyaya 17, Shloka 16
King Prajāpāla’s Visit to Sage Mahātapā’s Hermitage and the Doctrinal Praise of Nārāyaṇa
स मुनिस्तं नृपं दृष्ट्वा प्रजापालमकल्मषम् । अभ्यागतक्रियां चक्रे आसनस्वागतादिभिः ॥ १७.१६ ॥
sa munis taṁ nṛpaṁ dṛṣṭvā prajā-pālam akalmaṣam | abhyāgata-kriyāṁ cakre āsana-svāgatādibhiḥ || 17.16 ||
Jener Muni, als er den König sah — den Beschützer des Volkes, frei von Makel —, vollzog die üblichen Riten der Gastaufnahme, beginnend mit dem Anbieten eines Sitzes und Worten des Willkommens.
Narrator (default frame: Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue context; speaker not explicit in this verse)
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It preserves a normative social ethic found across Sanskrit literature: the formal reception of guests (abhyāgata-kriyā), reflecting ideals of civility, reciprocity, and the moral economy of travel and patronage in premodern South Asia.
No specific place-name appears in this verse; it is a general narrative description of an encounter between a sage and a king.
The verse foregrounds disciplined hospitality—offering a seat, welcome, and related courtesies—as a culturally valued duty, while also characterizing the ideal ruler as a protector of the people and ethically “unstained.”
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