अतिथिरुवाच ।ममातिकार्श्यश्रमयोर्भगवन् श्रृणु कारणम् ।कथयामि तथाभूतं वयं नासत्यवादिनः
In plain words
The guest said: Blessed one, hear the reason for this great leanness and weariness of mine. I shall tell it exactly as it happened — we are not speakers of falsehood.