धर्मो ह्यत्रार्थकामौ च प्रजानन्दोऽमृतं यश: । लोका विशोका विरजा यान्न केवलिनो विदु: ॥ ३९ ॥
dharmo hy atrartha-kamau ca prajanando ’mrtam yasah loka visoka viraja yan na kevalino viduh
- dharmah
- religious ritual
- hi
- certainly
- atra
- here (in this grhastha-asrama, or householder life)
- artha
- economic development
- kamau
- sense gratification
- ca
- and
- praja-anandah
- the pleasure of generations
- amrtam
- the results of sacrifice
- yasah
- reputation
- lokah
- planeary systems
- visokah
- without lamentation
- virajah
- without disease
- yan
- which
- na
- never
- kevalinah
- the transcendentalists
- viduh
- know.
The woman continued: In this material world, a householder’s life brings all kinds of happiness in religion, economic development, sense gratification and the begetting of children, sons and grandsons. After that, one may desire liberation as well as material reputation. The householder can appreciate the results of sacrifices, which enable him to gain promotion to superior planeary systems. All this material happiness is practically unknown to the transcendentalists. They cannot even imagine such happiness.