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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 18]
TRANSLATION
The sage, in meditation, was covered by the skin of a stag, and elongated, compressed hair was scattered all over him. The King, whose palate was dry from thirst, asked him for water.
PURPORT
The King, being thirsty, asked the sage for water. That such a great devotee and King asked for water from a sage absorbed in trance was certainly providential. Otherwise there was no chance of such a unique happening. Mahārāja Parīkṣit was thus placed in an awkward position so that gradually  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  could be revealed.
TEXT 28
अलञ्चतृणभूम्यादिरसम्प्राप्तार्घ्यस्ततः । अश्वातमिवात्मानं मन्यमानश्रुकोष ह ॥२८॥
alabdha-tṛṇa-bhūmy-ādir asamprāptārghya-sūṇṛtaḥ avajñātam ivātmānam manyamānaś cukopa ha
alabdha —having not received;  tṛṇa —seat of straw;  bhūmi —place;  ādiḥ-asamprāpta —not properly received;  arghya —water for reception;  sūṇṛtaḥ —sweet words;  avajñātam —thus being neglected;  iva —like that;  ātmānam —personally;  manyamānaḥ —thinking like that;  cukopa —became angry;  ha —in that way.
TRANSLATION
The King, not received by any formal welcome by means of being offered a seat, place, water and sweet addresses, considered himself neglected, and so thinking he became angry.
PURPORT
The law of reception in the codes of the Vedic principles states that even if an enemy is received at home, he must be received with all