Shloka 3
Adhyaya 19 — Kartavirya Arjuna at Dattatreya’s Ashram: Boons, Sovereignty, and Vaishnava Praise
तथान्नसाधनैस्तस्य उच्छिष्टापोहनेन च ।
परितुष्टो मुनिर्भूतं तमुवाच तथैव सः ॥
tathā annasādhanaiḥ tasya ucchiṣṭāpohanena ca / parituṣṭo munir bhūtaṃ tam uvāca tathaiva saḥ
И также, приготовляя ему пищу и убирая остатки,—довольный, мудрец затем обратился к нему (стоящему перед ним).
FAQs
Instruction and blessing are portrayed as consequences of sustained humility and attentiveness; the sage’s speech is ‘earned’ by disciplined service.
Ākhyāna within vaṃśānucarita-type royal narrative; it models dharma rather than enumerating cosmology.
Clearing leftovers symbolizes removal of residual ego and desire (ucchiṣṭa) so that the ‘word of the sage’ can be received in a purified inner space.