Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 91: Bharadvāja’s Hospitality to Bharata, His Army and FamilyText 2.91.12
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Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 91: Bharadvāja’s Hospitality to Bharata, His Army and Family
Text 2.91.12
आह्वये विश्वकर्माणमहं त्वष्टारमेव च।
आतिथ्यं कर्तुमिच्छामि तत्र मे संविधीयताम्॥
āhvaye viśvakārmāṇam ahaṁ tvaṣṭāram eva ca
ātithyaṁ kartum icchāmi tatra me saṁvidhīyatām
āhvaye = call; viśvakārmāṇam = Viśvakarmā; aham = I; tvaṣṭāram = Tvaṣṭā; eva ca = and; ātithyam = hospitality; kartum icchāmi = I wish to provide; tatra = in this regard; me = for my sake; saṁvidhīyatām = may they make the necessary arrangements.
I call Viśvakarmā and Tvaṣṭā. I wish to provide hospitality. May they make the necessary arrangements in this regard for my sake.
Viśvakarmā is an architect for all [purposes]. Tvaṣṭā builds residences and the like. [Bharadvāja called them] to make the necessary arrangements to construct residences and so on for the sake of extending hospitality.