With this handful of barley, O king, you will not be able to gratify your guests, gods, Rishis, and Pitris? This your labour, therefore, is in vain.
नैतेनातिथयो राजन् देवर्षिपितरस्तथा। अद्य शक्यास्त्वया भर्तुं मोघस्तेऽयं परिश्रमः॥