Text 8] The Payo-vrata Process of Worship 215

grhesu—at home; yesu—which; atithayah—uninvited guests; na—
not; arcitah—welcomed; salilaih api—even by offering a glass of water;
yadi—if; niryanti—they go away; te—such household life; niinam—in-

deed; pheru-raja—of ja-kals; grha—the homes; upamah—like.

TRANSLATION

Homes from which guests go away without having been received
even with an offering of a little water are like those holes in the
field which are the homes of jackals.

PURPORT

In a field there may be holes made by snakes and mice, but when there
are very big holes, it may be supposed that jackals live there. Certainly
no one goes to take shelter in such homes. Thus the homes of human
beings where atithis, uninvited guests, are not properly received are like
the homes of jackals.

TEXT 8
FUA Fort a ea ean ata |
eaaifaahrn ag afta afi sfeFaq Ul <1

apy agnayas tu velayam

na huta havisa sati
tvayodvigna-dhiya bhadre
prosite mayi karhicit

api—whether; agnayah—fires; tu—indeed; velayam—in the fire
sacrifice; na—not; hutah—offered; havisa—by ghee; sati—O chaste
woman; tvaya—by you; udvigna-dhiya—because of some anxiety;
bhadre—O auspicious woman; prosite—was away from home; mayi—
when I; karhicit—sometimes.

TRANSLATION

O chaste and auspicious woman, when I left home for other
places, were you in so much anxiety that you did not offer obla-
tions of ghee into the fire?
