शृण्वन्भगवतोऽभीक्ष्णमवतारकथामृतम् । श्रद्दधानो यथाकालमुपशान्तजनावृत: ॥ ३ ॥ सत्सङ्गाच्छनकै: सङ्गमात्मजायात्मजादिषु । विमुञ्चेन्मुच्यमानेषु स्वयं स्वप्नवदुत्थित: ॥ ४ ॥
srnvan bhagavato ’bhiksnam avatara-kathamrtam sraddadhano yatha-kalam upasanta-janavrtah sat-sangac chanakaih sangam atma-jayatmajadisu vimuncen mucyamanesu svayam svapnavad utthitah
- srnvan
- hearing
- bhagavatah
- of the Lord
- abhiksnam
- always
- avatara
- of the incarnations
- katha
- narrations
- amrtam
- the nectar
- sraddadhanah
- being very faithful in hearing about the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- yatha-kalam
- according to time (generally a grhastha can find time in the evening or in the afternoon)
- upasanta
- completely relieved of material activities
- jana
- by persons
- avrtah
- being surrounded
- sat-sangat
- from such good association
- sanakaih
- gradually
- sangam
- association
- atma
- in the body
- jaya
- wife
- atma-ja-adisu
- as well as in children
- vimuncet
- one should get free from the attachment for such association
- mucyamanesu
- being severed (from him)
- svayam
- personally
- svapna-vat
- like a dream
- utthitah
- awakened
A grhastha must associate again and again with saintly persons, and with great respect he must hear the nectar of the activities of the Supreme Lord and His incarnations as these activities are described in Srimad-Bhagavatam and other Puranas. Thus one should gradually become detached from affection for his wife and children, exactly like a man awakening from a dream.