Shloka 9
गालवस्य विषादः तथा विष्णुप्रयाणम्
Gālava’s Despair and Resolve to Seek Viṣṇu
सप्तर्षीणामन्यतमं वेषमास्थाय भारत । बुभुक्षुः क्षुभितो राजन्नाश्रमं कौशिकस्य तु,भारत! धर्म सप्तर्षियोंमेंसे एक (वसिष्ठजी)-का वेष धारण करके भूखसे पीड़ित हो भोजनकी इच्छासे विश्वामित्रके आश्रमपर आये
saptarṣīṇām anyatamaṁ veṣam āsthāya bhārata | bubhukṣuḥ kṣubhito rājann āśramaṁ kauśikasya tu ||
ナーラダは言った。「バーラタよ、七聖のうちの一人が姿を偽り、飢えに苦しみ食を求めて、王よ、カウシカ（ヴィシュヴァーミトラ）の庵へと来た。ここに示されるのは、飢えと欠乏が偉大なる者すら試し、苦境の客をいかに迎えるかによってダルマが量られるということである。」
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse sets up a dharma-test centered on hospitality: when a distressed guest arrives (even in disguise), one’s righteousness is revealed by compassion, restraint, and proper reception rather than by appearances.
Narada narrates that one of the Seven Sages, taking on a disguise, comes to Viśvāmitra’s (Kauśika’s) hermitage driven by hunger and seeking food—introducing an episode where the response to a hungry visitor becomes morally significant.