Shloka 14
अन्तर्वन-विद्यारण्योपमा
The Allegory of the Inner Forest of Knowledge
आतिथयं प्रतिगृह्नन्ति तत्र तत्र महर्षय: । अचितेषु प्रलीनेषु तेष्वन्यद् रोचते वनम्
ātithyaṃ pratigṛhṇanti tatra tatra maharṣayaḥ | aciteṣu pralīneṣu teṣv anyad rocata vanaṃ ||
ບັນດາມະຫາຣິສີປາກົດຂຶ້ນບ່ອນນັ້ນບ່ອນນີ້ ແລະຮັບອາຕິຖະຍະ (ການຕ້ອນຮັບແຂກ) ໃນຍັນນັ້ນ ພ້ອມຮັບການບູຊາ. ເມື່ອຣິສີຜູ້ບໍ່ອາດເຫັນເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນ ລະລາຍກັບເຂົ້າສູ່ຄວາມບໍ່ປາກົດອີກຄັ້ງ ປ່ານັ້ນກໍສ່ອງສະຫວ່າງຂຶ້ນໃນຮູບພາບອັນພິສົດອີກຢ່າງ ດັ່ງເປີດເຜີຍລັດສະໝີອັນລະອຽດອ່ອນດຸດດັ່ງພຣະພຣະຫມັນ.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Hospitality to guests—especially to the wise and holy—should be offered without attachment to recognition. When service is rendered selflessly, the sacred dimension of the world becomes perceptible; what seemed ordinary (the forest) reveals a higher radiance.
A Brahmin describes how great seers arrive in various places and accept hospitality. After receiving it, they withdraw or become unperceived, and then the forest appears transformed—shining in a distinct, wondrous way, suggesting their subtle presence and the sanctifying effect of the rite.