दूरे वार्ययनं तीर्थं लावण्यं केशधारणम् । उदरंभरता स्वार्थ: सत्यत्वे धार्ष्ट्यमेव हि । दाक्ष्यं कुटुम्बभरणं यशोऽर्थे धर्मसेवनम् ॥ ६ ॥
dūre vāry-ayanaṁ tīrthaṁ lāvaṇyaṁ keśa-dhāraṇam udaraṁ-bharatā svārthaḥ satyatve dhārṣṭyam eva hi dākṣyaṁ kuṭumba-bharaṇaṁ yaśo ’rthe dharma-sevanam
- dūre
- situated far away
- vāri
- of water
- ayanam
- a reservoir
- tīrtham
- holy place
- lāvaṇyam
- beauty
- keśa
- hair
- dhāraṇam
- carrying
- udaram-bharatā
- filling the belly
- sva-arthaḥ
- the goal of life
- satyatve
- in so-called truth
- dhārṣṭyam
- audacity
- eva
- simply
- hi
- indeed
- dākṣyam
- expertise
- kuṭumba-bharaṇam
- maintaining a family
- yaśaḥ
- fame
- arthe
- for the sake of
- dharma-sevanam
- observance of religious principles
A sacred place will be taken to consist of no more than a reservoir of water located at a distance, and beauty will be thought to depend on one’s hairstyle. Filling the belly will become the goal of life, and one who is audacious will be accepted as truthful. He who can maintain a family will be regarded as an expert man, and the principles of religion will be observed only for the sake of reputation.