भयं प्रमत्तस्य वनेष्वपि स्याद् यत: स आस्ते सहषट्सपत्न: । जितेन्द्रियस्यात्मरतेर्बुधस्य गृहाश्रम: किं नु करोत्यवद्यम् ॥ १७ ॥
bhayam pramattasya vanesv api syad yatah sa aste saha-sat-sapatnah jitendriyasyatma-rater budhasya grhasramah kim nu karoty avadyam
- bhayam
- fear
- pramattasya
- of one who is bewildered
- vanesu
- in forests
- api
- even
- syat
- there must be
- yatah
- because
- sah
- he (one who is not self-controlled)
- aste
- is existing
- saha
- with
- sat-sapatnah
- six co-wives
- jita-indriyasya
- for one who has already conquered the senses
- atma-rateh
- self-satisfied
- budhasya
- for such a learned man
- grha-asramah
- household life
- kim
- what
- nu
- indeed
- karoti
- can do
- avadyam
- harm
Even if he goes from forest to forest, one who is not self-controlled must always fear material bondage because he is living with six co-wives—the mind and knowledge-acquiring senses. Even householder life, however, cannot harm a self-satisfied, learned man who has conquered his senses.