Manava Dharmashastra 4.29

4.29

uktamidamuttarārthamanūdyate |
na kaścidatithiranarcito gṛhe vaset | sarvo'tithirarcito gṛhe vāsanīyaḥ |
śaktitaḥ | eko dvau bahavo yāvantaḥ śakyante'rcayituṃ sarve āsanādibhirarcanīyāḥ| arcāpūrvakametadebhyo vasatīṃ prakalpayitum, na tu sarveṇa sarvamāsanāśanaśayyānāṃ svatvanivṛttirucyate |
bhaktayūṣamāṃsānnājyāśanāsambhave pṛthagupādānāt mūlaphalaṃ jñātavyam |

No guest shall dwell in his house without being honoured, to the best of his ability, with seat, food, bed, or with water, fruits and roots.—(29).

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
What is said here has already been said before; it is reiterated here for the purpose of laying down the additional details that follow.

‘No guest shall dwell in his house unhonoured.’—That is, all guests should be lodged in the house after being honoured.

‘To the best of his ability.’— One or two, or several,—as many as can he duly honoured—shall be honoured with seat and other things. What is meant is that when guests are living in one’s house, all these things should be provided for them, in a respectful manner; it does not mean that one should give away one’s proprietary right over all these articles in.the house. Since ‘fruits and roots’ have been mentioned separately, it follows that these are to be given only in the event of other kinds of food, in the shape of rice, juice, meat and butter, being not available.—(29)