It is proper that I should entertain you with hospitality and that you should be served with propriety. Thus addressed the ascetic Ashtavakra said, in a sweet voice Let the dance go on.
आतिथ्यं परमं कार्य शुश्रूषा भवस्तथा। संवर्ततामित्युवाच मुनिर्मधुरया गिरा॥