न नूनं मुक्तसङ्गानां तादृशानां द्विजर्षभ । गृहेष्वभिनिवेशोऽयं पुंसां भवितुमर्हति ॥ २ ॥
na nunam mukta-sanganam tadrsanam dvijarsabha grhesv abhiniveso ’yam pumsam bhavitum arhati
- na
- not
- nunam
- certainly
- mukta-sanganam
- who are free from attachment
- tadrsanam
- such
- dvija-rsabha
- O greatest of the brahmanas
- grhesu
- to family life
- abhinivesah
- excessive attachment
- ayam
- this
- pumsam
- of persons
- bhavitum
- to be
- arhati
- is possible.
Devotees are certainly liberated persons. Therefore, O greatest of the brahmanas, they cannot possibly be absorbed in family affairs.