Shloka 47
Jarāsandha–Bhīma Niyuddha-prastāvaḥ
Commencement of the Regulated Duel
एवं च मामुपास्थाय कस्माच्च विधिनाहणाम् | प्रतीतां नानुगृह्नीत कार्य कि वास्मदागमे,“इस प्रकार मेरे यहाँ उपस्थित हो मेरे द्वारा विधिपूर्वक अर्पित की हुई इस पूजाको आपलोग ग्रहण क्यों नहीं करते हैं? फिर मेरे यहाँ आनेका प्रयोजन ही क्या है?”
evaṃ ca mām upāsthāya kasmāc ca vidhinā hānām | pratītāṃ nānugṛhṇīta kāryaṃ kiṃ vās madāgame ||
Vaiśampāyana nói: “Đã đến đứng trước ta như thế, cớ sao các ngươi không nhận lễ tiếp đãi mà ta đã dâng theo đúng nghi thức? Nếu các ngươi không nhận, vậy các ngươi đến nhà ta để làm gì?”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the dharma of hospitality and mutual respect: when honor is offered according to proper rites, refusing it without cause undermines social and ethical order and renders the visit purposeless.
A host (as narrated by Vaiśaṃpāyana) questions visiting parties who have approached him but decline the formal worship/ सम्मान he has prepared and offered; he challenges their refusal and asks why they came if they will not accept customary reception.