Shloka 12
Ajagara-vrata (The ‘Python’ Discipline): Prahrāda Questions a Wandering Sage
तानागतान् द्विजश्रेष्ठान् विरूपाक्षो विशाम्पते । यथा प्रतिजग्राह विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा,प्रजानाथ! विरूपाक्षने वहाँ पधारे हुए जन श्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मणोंका शास्त्रीय विधिके अनुसार यथायोग्य स्वागत-सत्कार किया
tān āgatān dvijaśreṣṭhān virūpākṣo viśāmpate | yathā pratijagrāha vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā prajānātha |
ビーシュマは言った。民の主よ、ヴィルーパークシャは到来した最上のバラモンたちを迎え、聖なる規定に照らした作法のとおりに、ふさわしく歓待し敬い、定められた儀礼を寸分違わず執り行った。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler upholds dharma not only through power but through disciplined conduct—especially honoring worthy guests and learned Brahmins with hospitality performed according to scriptural injunction (vidhi).
Bhishma recounts how Virupaksha received the arriving eminent Brahmins and offered them a proper welcome and ritual honor, following the prescribed procedures.