धर्म एव हि साधूनां सर्वेषां हितकारणम्। नित्यं मिथ्याविहीनानां न च दुःखावहो भवेत्
'For righteousness alone is the cause of welfare for all the virtuous, always free from falsehood, and it does not bring sorrow.'
मन्यते पापकं कृत्वा न कश्चिद्वेत्ति मामिति। विदन्ति चैनं देवाश्च यश्चैवान्तरपूरुषः
'One thinks, having done evil, that no one knows me; but the gods know, as does the inner soul.'
आदित्यचन्द्रावनिलोऽनलश्च द्यौर्भूमिरापो हृदयं यमश्च। अहश्च रात्रिश्च उभे च सन्ध्ये धर्मश्च जानाति नरस्य वृत्तम्
The sun, the moon, the wind, and fire; the sky, the earth, the waters, the heart, and Yama; day and night, both twilights, and Dharma—all know the conduct of a man.
यमो वैवस्वतस्तस्य निर्यातयति दुष्कृतम्। हृदि स्थितः कर्मसाक्षी क्षेत्रज्ञो यस्य तुष्यति
Yama, son of Vivasvat, dispenses punishment for his evil deeds; the witness to his actions, the knower of the field who dwells in the heart, is pleased with the righteous.
न तुष्यति च यस्यैष पुरुषस्य दुरात्मनः। तं यमः पापकर्माणं निर्भर्त्सयति दुष्कृतम्
But if this inner witness is not pleased with a wicked man, then Yama reproaches that evil-doer for his misdeeds.
योऽवमत्यात्मनात्मानमन्यथा प्रतिपद्यते। न तस्य देवाः श्रेयांसो यस्यात्मापि न कारणम्
He who disregards his own self and acts otherwise—such a man, for whom even his own self is not a cause, does not attain the blessings of the gods.
स्वयं प्राप्तेति मामेवं मावमंस्था पतिव्रताम्। अर्चार्हां नार्चयसि मां स्वयं भार्यामुपस्थिताम्
Do not think of me as easily obtained, nor look down upon your devoted wife; though worthy of worship, you do not honor me, your wife, who stands before you.
किमर्थं मां प्राकृतवदुपप्रेक्षसि संसदि। नखल्वहमिदं शून्ये रौमि किं न शृणोषि मे
Why do you treat me like an ordinary woman in this assembly? Surely, I am not speaking these words in vain—why do you not listen to me?
यदि मे याचमानाया वचनं न करिष्यसि। दुष्यन्त शतधा त्वद्य मूर्धा ते विफलिष्यति
If you do not fulfill the words I, who am pleading with you, speak, O Duṣyanta, then today your head will split into a hundred pieces.
जायां पतिः संप्रविश्य यदस्यां जायते पुनः। जायायास्तद्धि जायात्वं पौराणाः कवयो विदुः
When a husband unites with his wife and a child is born from her, that is truly her offspring—the ancient sages have declared this.
यदागमवतः पुंसस्तदपत्यं प्रजायते। तत्तारयति संतत्या पूर्वप्रेतान्पितामहान्
When a son is born to a man who follows the proper path, that son, by his lineage, delivers his forefathers and ancestors.
पुन्नाम्नो नरकाद्यस्मात्पितरं त्रायते सुतः। तस्मात्पुत्र इति प्रोक्तः पूर्वमेव स्वयंभुवा
A son saves his father from the hell called Put, and therefore he is called 'putra'—this was declared long ago by the Self-born.
पुत्रेण लोकाञ्जयन्ति पौत्रेणानन्त्यमश्नुते। अथ पौत्रस्य पुत्रेण मोदन्ते प्रपितामहाः
By a son, men conquer the worlds; by a grandson, they attain endlessness; and by the son of a grandson, great-grandfathers rejoice.
सा भार्या या गृहे दक्षा सा भार्या या प्रजावती। सा भार्या या पतिप्राणा सा भार्या या पतिव्रता
She is a wife who is skilled in the household, she is a wife who bears children, she is a wife whose life is devoted to her husband, she is a wife who is faithful.
अर्धं भार्या मनुष्यस्य भार्या श्रेष्ठतमः सखा। भार्या मूलं त्रिवर्गस्य यः सभार्यः स बन्धुमान्
A wife is half of a man; a wife is his best friend; a wife is the root of the three aims of life; he who has a wife is truly connected.
भार्यावन्तः क्रियावन्तः सभार्या गृहमेधिनः। भार्यावन्तः प्रमोदन्ते भार्यावन्तः श्रियावृताः
Householders with wives perform their duties; those with wives are joyful; those with wives are endowed with prosperity.
सखायः प्रविविक्तेषु भवन्त्येताः प्रियंवदाः। पितरो धर्मकार्येषु भवन्त्यार्तस्य मातरः
In solitude, wives are pleasant companions; in matters of duty, they are like fathers; in times of distress, they are like mothers.
कान्तारेष्वपि विश्रामो जनस्याध्वनि कस्य वै। यः सदारः स विश्वास्यस्तस्माद्दाराः परा गतिः
Who, on a journey, finds rest even in the wilderness? He who has a wife is to be trusted; therefore, a wife is the highest refuge.
संसरन्तमभिप्रेतं विषमेष्वेकपातिनम्। भार्यैवान्वेति भर्तारं सततं या पतिव्रता
When a man is beset by difficulties and misfortune, it is only the devoted wife who always follows her husband.
प्रथमं संस्थिता भार्या पतिं प्रेत्य प्रतीक्षते। पूर्वप्रेतं तु भर्तारं पश्चात्साप्यनुगच्छति
The wife, having departed first, waits for her husband after death; but if the husband dies first, she follows him thereafter.
एतस्मात्कारणाद्राजन्पाणिग्रहणमिष्यते। यदाप्नोति पतिर्भार्यामिह लोके परत्र च
For this reason, O King, marriage is approved: whatever the husband attains, the wife shares, both in this world and the next.
पोषणार्थं शरीरस्य पाथेयं स्वर्गतस्य वै।' आत्माऽऽत्मनैव जनितः पुत्र इत्युच्यते बुधैः
For the nourishment of the body, provisions are needed even in heaven; the son, born from oneself, is called 'self' by the wise.
तस्माद्भार्यां पतिः पश्येन्मातृवत्पुत्रमातरम्। `अन्तरात्मैव सर्वस्य पुत्रो नामोच्यते सदा
Therefore, a husband should regard his wife as a mother, and the mother of his son; for the inner self of all is always called the son.
गती रूपं च चेष्टा च आवर्ता लक्षणानि च। पितॄणां यानि दृश्यन्ते पुत्राणां सन्ति तानि च
The movements, form, actions, tendencies, and marks seen in the fathers are also found in the sons.
तेषां शीलगुणाचारास्तत्संपर्काच्छुभाशुभात्।' भार्यायां जनितं पुत्रमादर्शे स्वमिवाननम्
Their character, virtues, and conduct—by contact, whether auspicious or inauspicious—are reflected in the son born of the wife, just as one's own face is seen in a mirror.
जनिता मोदते प्रेक्ष्य स्वर्गं प्राप्येव पुण्यकृत्। `पतिव्रतारूपधराः परबीजस्य संग्रहात्
The father rejoices on seeing his son, as a virtuous man rejoices on attaining heaven; but those who bear the form of a devoted wife, yet accept another's seed—
कुलं विनाश्य भर्तॄणां नरकं यान्ति दारुणम्। परेण जनिताः पुत्राः स्वभार्यायां यथेष्टतः
Destroying the lineage of their husbands, they go to terrible hell; sons born from another in one's own wife, as desired—
मम पुत्रा इति मतास्ते पुत्रा अपि शत्रवः। द्विषन्ति प्रतिकुर्वन्ति न ते वचनंकारिणः
Though considered 'my sons,' such sons are in fact enemies; they hate, oppose, and do not obey their supposed father.
द्वेष्टि तांश्च पिता चापि स्वबीजे न तथा नृप। न द्वेष्टि पितरं पुत्रो जनितारमथापि वा
The father also hates them, but not so with his own seed, O King; a son does not hate his father or his true begetter.
न द्वेष्टि जनिता पुत्रं तस्मादात्मा सुतो भवेत्।' दह्यमाना मनोदुःखैर्व्याधिभिस्तुमुलैर्जनः
Nor does the begetter hate his son; therefore, the son is truly one's own self. Even when tormented by mental sorrows and severe diseases, a person—