Shloka 95
Bhīmasena–Hanūmān Saṃvāda: The Tail Test and the Divine Path
स्वागतं सर्वथैवेह तवाद्य मनुजर्षभ । इमान्यमृतकल्पानि मूलानि च फलानि च,मानवशिरोमणे! आज यहाँ सब प्रकारसे तुम्हारा स्वागत है। ये अमृतके समान मीठे फल-मूल खाकर यहींसे लौट जाओ, अन्यथा व्यर्थ ही तुम्हारे प्राण संकटमें पड़ जायाँगे। नरपुंगव! यदि मेरा कथन हितकर जान पड़े तो इसे अवश्य मानो
svāgataṁ sarvathaiveha tavādya manujarṣabha | imāny amṛtakalpāni mūlāni ca phalāni ca, mānavaśiromaṇe! ājya iha sarvaprakāreṇa tumhārā svāgata hai | ye amṛtake samāna mīṭhe phala-mūla khākara yahīṁse lauṭa jāo, anyathā vyartha hī tumhāre prāṇa saṅkaṭameṁ paṛa jāyāṁge | narapuṅgava! yadi merā kathana hitakara jān paṛe to ise avaśya māno
Vaiśampāyana said: “Welcome here in every way today, O best of men. Here are roots and fruits, sweet as nectar, O jewel among humans. Eat these and return from here; otherwise your life may fall into danger for no good reason. O bull among men—if my words seem beneficial, be sure to accept them.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Offer hospitality and give timely, welfare-oriented counsel: accept what sustains life (simple forest food) and avoid needless risk; heeding beneficial advice is presented as a mark of wisdom and dharma.
The narrator reports a speaker welcoming a heroic visitor, offering nectar-like roots and fruits, and urging him to turn back after eating, warning that proceeding further would place his life in unnecessary danger.