गृहेषु कूटधर्मेषु पुत्रदारधनार्थधी: । न परं विन्दते मूढो भ्राम्यन् संसारवर्त्मसु ॥ ६ ॥
grhesu kuta-dharmesu putra-dara-dhanartha-dhih na param vindate mudho bhramyan samsara-vartmasu
- grhesu
- in family life
- kuta-dharmesu
- in false occupational duties
- putra
- sons
- dara
- wife
- dhana
- wealth
- artha
- the goal of life
- dhih
- one who considers
- na
- not
- param
- transcendence
- vindate
- achieves
- mudhah
- rascal
- bhramyan
- wandering
- samsara
- of material existence
- vartmasu
- on the paths.
Those who are interested only in a so-called beautiful life—namely remaining as a householder entangled by sons and a wife and searching after wealth—think that such things are life’s ultimate goal. Such people simply wander in different types of bodies throughout this material existence without finding out the ultimate goal of life.