Shloka 16
Amba approaches the Paraśurāma context; Hotravāhana’s counsel and Akṛtavraṇa’s report (अम्बोपाख्यानम्—रामदर्शनप्रसङ्गः)
ततस्ते तापसा: सर्वे पूजयन्ति सम त॑ नूपम् । पूजाभि: स्वागताद्याभिरासनेनोदकेन च,तब उन सब तापसोंने स्वागत, कुशल-प्रश्न, आसन-समर्पण और जल-दान आदि अतिथि-सत्कारके उपचारोंद्वारा राजा होत्रवाहनका समादर किया
tatas te tāpasāḥ sarve pūjayanti samatānūpam | pūjābhiḥ svāgatādyābhir āsanenodakena ca ||
അപ്പോൾ ആ തപസ്വികൾ എല്ലാവരും എത്തിയ രാജാവിനെ അതിഥിധർമ്മപ്രകാരം ആദരിച്ചു—സ്വാഗതവചനങ്ങൾ, ക്ഷേമാന്വേഷണം, ആസനം സമർപ്പിക്കൽ, ജലം നൽകൽ മുതലായ പൂജോപചാരങ്ങളാൽ.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights atithi-dharma (the duty of hospitality): welcoming a guest with respectful reception—greetings, welfare-inquiry, offering a seat, and water—is an ethical obligation upheld even by ascetics.
Bhīṣma narrates that a group of ascetics receive and honor King Samatānūpa, performing customary guest-courtesies such as welcome, asking after his well-being, offering a seat, and providing water.