नैतादृशानां स्वजनव्यपेक्षया गृहान्प्रतीयादनवस्थितात्मनाम् । येऽभ्यागतान् वक्रधियाभिचक्षते आरोपितभ्रूभिरमर्षणाक्षिभि: ॥ १८ ॥
naitadrsanam sva-jana-vyapeksaya grhan pratiyad anavasthitatmanam ye ’bhyagatan vakra-dhiyabhicaksate aropita-bhrubhir amarsanaksibhih
- na
- not
- etadrsanam
- like this
- sva-jana
- kinsmen
- vyapeksaya
- depending on that
- grhan
- in the house of
- pratiyat
- one should go
- anavasthita
- disturbed
- atmanam
- mind
- ye
- those
- abhyagatan
- guests
- vakra-dhiya
- with a cold reception
- abhicaksate
- looking at
- aropita-bhrubhih
- with raised eyebrows
- amarsana
- angry
- aksibhih
- with the eyes.
One should not go to anyone’s house, even on the consideration of his being a relative or a friend, when the man is disturbed in his mind and looks upon the guest with raised eyebrows and angry eyes.