Shloka 11
Cyavana Explains His Tests; Kuśika Seeks Brāhmaṇya for His Line (च्यवन–कुशिक संवादः)
कुशिक उवाच भगवन् सहधर्मो<5यं पण्डितैरिह धार्यते । प्रदानकाले कनन््यानामुच्यते च सदा बुधैः,कुशिकने कहा--भगवन्! यह अतिथिसेवारूप सहवधर्म विद्वान् पुरुष यहाँ सदा धारण करते हैं और कन्याओंके प्रदानकाल अर्थात् कन्याके विवाहके समयमें सदा पण्डितजन इसका उपदेश देते हैं
Kuśika uvāca—bhagavan, sahadharmo ’yaṃ paṇḍitair iha dhāryate | pradāna-kāle kanyānām ucyate ca sadā budhaiḥ ||
กุศิกะทูลว่า—“ข้าแต่ภควาน หน้าที่ประกอบคือการปรนนิบัติแขกนั้น บัณฑิตในแว่นแคว้นนี้ยึดถือสืบมา และในกาลมอบธิดาให้สมรส บัณฑิตผู้รู้ก็พร่ำสอนสิ่งนี้อยู่เสมอ”
कुशिक उवाच
Educational Q&A
That hospitality (service to guests) is an essential supporting duty within dharma, consistently upheld by the learned and explicitly recommended even in key life-ritual contexts such as giving a daughter in marriage.
Kuśika addresses a revered authority, citing the consensus of scholars and the wise: the practice of an auxiliary dharma—identified in context as hospitality—is maintained in society and taught as a standing injunction, including during marriage-related rites.