उपेत्य राजसदनं सोमवारे द्विजोत्तमैः । सपत्नीकैः कृतातिथ्यौ धौतपादौ बभूवतुः
upetya rājasadanaṃ somavāre dvijottamaiḥ | sapatnīkaiḥ kṛtātithyau dhautapādau babhūvatuḥ
سوموار کے دن شاہی محل میں پہنچ کر اُن دونوں کا، بیویوں سمیت معزز برہمنوں نے آتِتھْی (مہمان نوازی) سے استقبال کیا؛ پاؤں دھلوائے گئے اور دونوں کو شاستری طریقے سے مہمان کی طرح عزت دی گئی۔
Narrator
Scene: A royal hall on Somavāra: eminent brāhmaṇas with their wives receive two guests; attendants pour water to wash the guests’ feet; the atmosphere is orderly, reverent, and ritual-like.
Atithi-dharma: honoring guests—especially brāhmaṇas—through welcome and foot-washing is upheld as a meritorious duty.
No tīrtha is specified; the setting is a royal residence within the narrative.
Guest-honor practices: hospitality and washing the feet (pāda-dhautya/pāda-prakṣālana).