सर्वाश्रमानुपादाय स्वाश्रमेण कलत्रवान् । व्यसनार्णवमत्येति जलयानैर्यथार्णवम् ॥ १८ ॥
sarvasraman upadaya svasramena kalatravan vyasanarnavam atyeti jala-yanair yatharnavam
- sarva
- all
- asraman
- social orders
- upadaya
- completing
- sva
- own
- asramena
- by the social orders
- kalatra-van
- a person living with a wife
- vyasana-arnavam
- the dangerous ocean of material existence
- atyeti
- one can cross over
- jala-yanaih
- with seagoing vessels
- yatha
- as
- arnavam
- the ocean.
As one can cross over the ocean with seagoing vessels, one can cross the dangerous situation of the material ocean by living with a wife.