Shloka 41
Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha
स उज्छवृत्तिस्तं प्रेक्ष्य क्षुधरापरिगतं द्विजम् । आहारं चिन्तयामास कथं तुष्टो भवेदिति
sa ujjhavṛttis taṃ prekṣya kṣudharāparigataṃ dvijam | āhāraṃ cintayāmāsa kathaṃ tuṣṭo bhaved iti ||
那位以清苦为生的人见这位“再生者”宾客仍为饥渴所迫，便思量起食物来：“如何才能使这位婆罗门得以满足？”
नकुल उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores atithi-dharma: a righteous person must actively seek to relieve a guest’s hunger and distress, treating the guest’s satisfaction as a moral responsibility rather than a formality.
Nakula describes an austere householder who notices that the visiting brahmin is still afflicted by hunger and thirst, and therefore begins searching in his mind for some means of providing food so the guest may be satisfied.