The Rakshasa king Virupaksha, O monarch, received the guests, as they came, duly and according to the rites sanctioned in the scriptures.
तानागतान् द्विजश्रेष्ठान् विरूपाक्षो विशाम्पते। यथार्ह प्रतिजग्राह विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा॥