न तथैतर्हि रोचन्ते गृहेषु गृहसम्पद: । यदि न स्याद्गृहे माता पत्नी वा पतिदेवता । व्यङ्गे रथ इव प्राज्ञ: को नामासीत दीनवत् ॥ १५ ॥
na tathaitarhi rocante grhesu grha-sampadah yadi na syad grhe mata patni va pati-devata vyange ratha iva prajnah ko namasita dinavat
- na
- not
- tatha
- like before
- etarhi
- at this moment
- rocante
- become pleasing
- grhesu
- at home
- grha-sampadah
- all household paraphernalia
- yadi
- if
- na
- not
- syat
- there is
- grhe
- at home
- mata
- mother
- patni
- wife
- va
- or
- pati-devata
- devoted to the husband
- vyange
- without wheels
- rathe
- in a chariot
- iva
- like
- prajnah
- learned man
- kah
- who is that
- nama
- indeed
- asita
- would sit
- dina-vat
- like a poverty-stricken creature
King Puranjana said: I do not understand why my household paraphernalia does not attract me as before. I think that if there is neither a mother nor devoted wife at home, the home is like a chariot without wheels. Where is the fool who will sit down on such an unworkable chariot?