गुरुर्न स स्यात्स्वजनो न स स्यात् पिता न स स्याज्जननी न सा स्यात् । दैवं न तत्स्यान्न पतिश्च स स्या- न्न मोचयेद्य: समुपेतमृत्युम् ॥ १८ ॥
gurur na sa syat sva-jano na sa syat pita na sa syaj janani na sa syat daivam na tat syan na patis ca sa syan na mocayed yah samupeta-mrtyum
- guruh
- a spiritual master
- na
- not
- sah
- he
- syat
- should become
- sva-janah
- a relative
- na
- not
- sah
- such a person
- syat
- should become
- pita
- a father
- na
- not
- sah
- he
- syat
- should become
- janani
- a mother
- na
- not
- sa
- she
- syat
- should become
- daivam
- the worshipable deity
- na
- not
- tat
- that
- syat
- should become
- na
- not
- patih
- a husband
- ca
- also
- sah
- he
- syat
- should become
- na
- not
- mocayet
- can deliver
- yah
- who
- samupeta-mrtyum
- one who is on the path of repeated birth and death
One who cannot deliver his dependents from the path of repeated birth and death should never become a spiritual master, a father, a husband, a mother or a worshipable demigod.