Shloka 3
Janamejaya’s Appeal for Pacification and Śaunaka’s Counsel on Humility (जनमेजय-शौनक संवादः)
उवाच स्वागत तेडद्य ब्रूहि किं करवाणि ते । संतापश्च न कर्तव्य: स्वगृहे वर्तते भवान्,और बोला--'आज आपका स्वागत है। बोलिये, मैं आपकी क्या सेवा करूँ? आपको संताप नहीं करना चाहिये, आप इस समय अपने ही घरमें हैं
bhīṣma uvāca | svāgataṁ te 'dya brūhi kiṁ karavāṇi te | santāpaś ca na kartavyaḥ svagṛhe vartate bhavān |
Bhishma said: “Welcome to you today. Tell me—what can I do for you? You should not feel any distress; you are here as though in your own home.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharmic hospitality: a host should receive a guest with respect, offer service, and remove the guest’s anxiety by assuring safety and belonging.
Bhishma addresses an arriving person courteously, welcomes them, asks what assistance they need, and reassures them not to worry because they are being treated as at home.