मातरं पितरं वृद्धं भार्यां साध्वीं सुतं शिशुम् । गुरुं विप्रं प्रपन्नं च कल्पोऽबिभ्रच्छ्वसन् मृत: ॥ ७ ॥
mātaraṁ pitaraṁ vṛddhaṁ bhāryāṁ sādhvīṁ sutam śiśum guruṁ vipraṁ prapannaṁ ca kalpo ’bibhrac chvasan-mṛtaḥ
- mātaram
- one’s mother
- pitaram
- and father
- vṛddham
- elderly
- bhāryām
- one’s wife
- sādhvīm
- chaste
- sutam
- one’s child
- śiśum
- very young
- gurum
- a spiritual master
- vipram
- a brāhmaṇa
- prapannam
- a person who has come to one for shelter
- ca
- and
- kalpaḥ
- able
- abibhrat
- not maintaining
- śvasan
- breathing
- mṛtaḥ
- dead
A man who, though able to do so, fails to support his elderly parents, chaste wife, young child or spiritual master, or who neglects a brāhmaṇa or anyone who comes to him for shelter, is considered dead, though breathing.