आशाप्रतीक्षे संगतँ सूनृतां चेष्टापूर्ते पुत्रपशूँश्च सर्वान् । एतद्वृङ्क्ते पुरुषस्याल्पमेधसो यस्यानश्नन्वसति ब्राह्मणो गृहे ॥ ८॥

āśāpratīkṣe saṃgata~ sūnṛtāṃ ceṣṭāpūrte putrapaśū~śca sarvān । etadvṛṅkte puruṣasyālpamedhaso yasyānaśnanvasati brāhmaṇo gṛhe ॥ 8॥

āśā = is the hope for a desirable thing which is attainable though unknown; pratīkṣa = is expectation for something that is attainable and known; saṅgatam = the fruit derived from the association with spiritual people; sūnṛta = joy (in Vedic Sanskrit), 'kindly speech' in Jaina and later Brāhmanical works; iṣṭam = fruit produced by sacrifice, pūrtam = fruit resulting from such charitable works as planting gardens, etc. putra-paśūṃśca = sons and cattle; sarvān etat (sarvam etat) = all this; (he) vṛṅkte = excludes (from) i.e. destroys ; puruṣasya alpa-medhasaḥ = from (i.e. of) a person of little intelligence; yasya = in whose; gṛhe = house; brāhmaṇaḥ = a Brāhmana; anaśnan = not-eating,6 fasting; vasati = abides. Therefore a guest should not be neglected under any condition. This is the idea.