Atithir Yasya Bhagnasho — Complete Lyrics
अतिथिर्यस्य भग्नाशो
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
अतिथिर्यस्य भग्नाशो गृहात्प्रतिनिवर्तते।
स तस्मै दुष्कृतं दत्त्वा पुण्यमादाय गच्छति॥
atithir yasya bhagnāśo gṛhāt pratinivartate।
sa tasmai duṣkṛtaṁ dattvā puṇyam ādāya gacchati॥
The guest who turns back from a house with his hopes broken (turned away unwelcomed) leaves behind for that householder all his own demerits and departs carrying away the householder's merit. The verse warns that to send away a guest disappointed is to lose one's spiritual merit and inherit the guest's sins.
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