स्तोकं स्तोकं ग्रसेद् ग्रासं देहो वर्तेत यावता । गृहानहिंसन्नातिष्ठेद् वृत्तिं माधुकरीं मुनि: ॥ ९ ॥
stokaṁ stokaṁ grased grāsaṁ deho varteta yāvatā gṛhān ahiṁsann ātiṣṭhed vṛttiṁ mādhukarīṁ muniḥ
- stokam stokam
- always, a little bit
- graset
- one should eat
- grāsam
- food
- dehaḥ
- the material body
- varteta
- that it may live
- yāvatā
- with that much
- gṛhān
- the householders
- ahiṁsan
- not harassing
- ātiṣṭhet
- one should practice
- vṛttim
- the occupation
- mādhu-karīm
- of the honeybee
- muniḥ
- a saintly person
A saintly person should accept only enough food to keep his body and soul together. He should go from door to door accepting just a little bit of food from each family. Thus he should practice the occupation of the honeybee.