तिस्रो रात्रीर्यदवात्सीर्गृहे मे- ऽनश्नन् ब्रह्मन्नतिथिर्नमस्यः । नमस्तेऽस्तु ब्रह्मन् स्वस्ति मेऽस्तु तस्मात्प्रति त्रीन्वरान्वृणीष्व ॥ ९॥

tisro rātrīryadavātsīrgṛhe me- 'naśnan brahmannatithirnamasyaḥ । namaste'stu brahman svasti me'stu tasmātprati trīnvarānvṛṇīṣva ॥ 9॥

brahman = O Brāhmaṇa; yat = since; avātsīḥ = you have stayed; grhe me = in my house; tisraḥ rātrīḥ = for three nights; anaśnan = without eating, atithiḥ = a guest; and namasyaḥ = worthy of being saluted (venerable) as you are; therefore; namaḥ te astu = salutations be to you; Brahman = O Brāhmaṇa; svasti = let there be good fortune; me = for me; (through the aversion of the negative effects accruing); tasmāt = therefore, (from the lapse caused by your abiding in my house without food) vṛṇīśva = ask for; trīn varān = three boons —any particular three things you like; prati = one in respect of each night you have spent without food.