अथ च यत्र कौटुम्बिका दारापत्यादयो नाम्ना कर्मणा वृकसृगाला एवानिच्छतोऽपि कदर्यस्य कुटुम्बिन उरणकवत्संरक्ष्यमाणं मिषतोऽपि हरन्ति ॥ ३ ॥
atha ca yatra kautumbika darapatyadayo namna karmana vrka-srgala evanicchato ’pi kadaryasya kutumbina uranakavat samraksyamanam misato ’pi haranti.
- atha
- in this way
- ca
- also
- yatra
- in which
- kautumbikah
- the family members
- dara-apatya-adayah
- beginning with the wife and children
- namna
- by name only
- karmana
- by their behavior
- vrka-srgalah
- tigers and jackals
- eva
- certainly
- anicchatah
- of one who does not desire to spend his wealth
- api
- certainly
- kadaryasya
- being too miserly
- kutumbinah
- who is surrounded by family members
- uranaka-vat
- like a lamb
- samraksyamanam
- although protected
- misatah
- of one who is observing
- api
- even
- haranti
- they forcibly take away
My dear King, family members in this material world go under the names of wife and children, but actually they behave like tigers and jackals. A herdsman tries to protect his sheep to the best of his ability, but the tigers and foxes take them away by force. Similarly, although a miserly man wants to guard his money very carefully, his family members take away all his assets forcibly, even though he is very vigilant.