सुदु:खोपार्जितैर्वित्तैराशासानां गृहाशिष: । मधुहेवाग्रतो भुङ्क्ते यतिर्वै गृहमेधिनाम् ॥ १६ ॥
su-duḥkhopārjitair vittair āśāsānāṁ gṛhāśiṣaḥ madhu-hevāgrato bhuṅkte yatir vai gṛha-medhinām
- su-duḥkha
- with great struggle
- upārjitaiḥ
- that which is acquired
- vittaiḥ
- material opulence
- āśāsānām
- of those fervently desiring
- gṛha
- related to domestic enjoyment
- āśiṣaḥ
- blessings
- madhu-hā
- the person who steals honey from the bees
- iva
- like
- agrataḥ
- first, before others
- bhuṅkte
- enjoys
- yatiḥ
- a saintly mendicant
- vai
- certainly
- gṛha-medhinām
- of those dedicated to material family life
Just as a hunter takes away the honey laboriously produced by the honeybees, similarly, saintly mendicants such as brahmacārīs and sannyāsīs are entitled to enjoy the property painstakingly accumulated by householders dedicated to family enjoyment.