अयं हि परमो लाभो गृहेषु गृहमेधिनाम् । यन्नर्मैरीयते याम: प्रियया भीरु भामिनि ॥ ३१ ॥
ayaṁ hi paramo lābho gṛheṣu gṛha-medhinām yan narmair īyate yāmaḥ priyayā bhīru bhāmini
- ayam
- this
- hi
- indeed
- paramaḥ
- the greatest
- lābhaḥ
- gain
- gṛheṣu
- in family life
- gṛha-medhinām
- for worldly householders
- yat
- which
- narmaiḥ
- with joking words
- īyate
- is spent
- yāmaḥ
- time
- priyayā
- with one’s beloved
- bhīru
- O timid one
- bhāmini
- O temperamental one
The greatest pleasure worldly householders can enjoy at home is to spend time joking with their beloved wives, My dear timid and temperamental one.