कथं प्रियाया अनुकम्पिताया: सङ्गं रहस्यं रुचिरांश्च मन्त्रान् । सुहृत्सु तत्स्नेहसित: शिशूनां कलाक्षराणामनुरक्तचित्त: ॥ ११ ॥ पुत्रान्स्मरंस्ता दुहितृर्हृदय्या भ्रातृन् स्वसृर्वा पितरौ च दीनौ । गृहान् मनोज्ञोरुपरिच्छदांश्च वृत्तीश्च कुल्या: पशुभृत्यवर्गान् ॥ १२ ॥ त्यजेत कोशस्कृदिवेहमान: कर्माणि लोभादवितृप्तकाम: । औपस्थ्यजैह्वं बहुमन्यमान: कथं विरज्येत दुरन्तमोह: ॥ १३ ॥
katham priyaya anukampitayah sangam rahasyam rucirams ca mantran suhrtsu tat-sneha-sitah sisunam kalaksaranam anurakta-cittah putran smarams ta duhitrr hrdayya bhratrn svasrr va pitarau ca dinau grhan manojnoru-paricchadams ca vrttis ca kulyah pasu-bhrtya-vargan tyajeta kosas-krd ivehamanah karmani lobhad avitrpta-kamah aupasthya-jaihvam bahu-manyamanah katham virajyeta duranta-mohah
- katham
- how
- priyayah
- of the dearmost wife
- anukampitayah
- always affectionate and compassionate
- sangam
- the association
- rahasyam
- solitary
- ruciran
- very pleasing and acceptable
- ca
- and
- mantran
- instructions
- suhrtsu
- to the wife and children
- tat-sneha-sitah
- being bound by their affection
- sisunam
- to the small children
- kala-aksaranam
- speaking in broken language
- anurakta-cittah
- a person whose mind is attracted
- putran
- the sons
- smaran
- thinking of
- tah
- them
- duhitrh
- the daughters (married and staying at the homes of their husbands)
- hrdayyah
- always situated in the core of the heart
- bhratrn
- the brothers
- svasrh va
- or the sisters
- pitarau
- father and mother
- ca
- and
- dinau
- who in old age are mostly invalids
- grhan
- household affairs
- manojna
- very attractive
- uru
- much
- paricchadan
- furniture
- ca
- and
- vrttih
- big sources of income (industry, business)
- ca
- and
- kulyah
- connected with the family
- pasu
- of animals (cows, elephants and other household animals)
- bhrtya
- servants and maidservants
- vargan
- groups
- tyajeta
- can give up
- kosah-krt
- the silkworm
- iva
- like
- ihamanah
- performing
- karmani
- different activities
- lobhat
- because of insatiable desires
- avitrpta-kamah
- whose increasing desires are not satisfied
- aupasthya
- pleasure from the genitals
- jaihvam
- and the tongue
- bahu-manyamanah
- considering as very important
- katham
- how
- virajyeta
- is able to give up
- duranta-mohah
- being in great illusion
How can a person who is most affectionate to his family, the core of his heart being always filled with their pictures, give up their association? Specifically, a wife is always very kind and sympathetic and always pleases her husband in a solitary place. Who could give up the association of such a dear and affectionate wife? Small children talk in broken language, very pleasing to hear, and their affectionate father always thinks of their sweet words. How could he give up their association? One’s elderly parents and one’s sons and daughters are also very dear. A daughter is especially dear to her father, and while living at her husband’s house she is always in his mind. Who could give up that association? Aside from this, in household affairs there are many decorated items of household furniture, and there are also animals and servants. Who could give up such comforts? The attached householder is like a silkworm, which weaves a cocoon in which it becomes imprisoned, unable to get out. Simply for the satisfaction of two important senses — the genitals and the tongue — one is bound by material conditions. How can one escape?