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—
ह्लादन्ते स्वेषु दारेषु घर्मार्ताः सलिलेष्विव। `विप्रवासकृशा दीना नरा मलिनवाससः
Finds delight in his own wife, just as those scorched by heat delight in water; men, emaciated by exile, miserable, and clad in dirty garments—
तेऽपि स्वदारांस्तुष्यन्ति दरिद्रा धनलाभवत्।' अप्रियोक्तोपि दाराणां न ब्रूयादप्रियं बुधः
Even they are pleased with their own wives, and the poor rejoice on gaining wealth; even if spoken to harshly by their wives, the wise do not utter harsh words in return.
रतिं प्रीतिं च धर्मं च तदायत्तमवेक्ष्य च। `आत्मनोऽर्धमिति श्रौतं सा रक्षति धनं प्रजाः
Considering that pleasure, affection, and righteousness depend on her, and knowing from the scriptures that she is half of oneself, she protects wealth and offspring.
शरीरं लोकयात्रां वै धर्मं स्वर्गमृषीन्पितॄन्।' आत्मनो जन्मनः क्षेत्रं पुण्या रामाः सनातनाः
The body, the journey through life, righteousness, heaven, the sages, and ancestors—all these, and the field of one's own birth, are sustained by virtuous women, eternal and pure.
ऋषीणामपि का शक्तिः स्रष्टुं रामामृते प्रजा-। `देवानामपि का शक्तिः कर्तुं संभवमात्मनः
What power have even the sages to create offspring without women? What power have even the gods to bring about their own birth?
पण्डितस्यापि लोकेषु स्त्रीषु सृष्टिः प्रतिष्ठिता। ऋषिभ्यो ह्यृषयः केचिच्चण्डालीष्वपि जज्ञिरे
Even for the learned, creation is established among women; some sages have been born from sages, and even from women of low caste.
परिसृत्य यथा सूनुर्धरणीरेणुकुण्ठितः। पितुरालिङ्गतेऽङ्गानि किमस्त्यभ्यधिकं ततः
Just as a son, covered in the dust of the earth, runs to embrace his father's limbs, what could be dearer than that?
स त्वं सूनुमनुप्राप्तं साभिलाषं मनस्विनम्। प्रेक्षमाणं कटाक्षेण किमर्थमवमन्यसे
So you, having obtained a son, intelligent and full of longing, who looks at you with sidelong glances—why do you disregard him?
अण्डानि बिभ्रति स्वानि न त्यजन्ति पिपीलिकाः। किं पुनस्त्वं न मन्येथाः सर्वथा पुत्रमीदृशम्
Ants carry their own eggs and do not abandon them; why then would you not regard a son such as this in every way?
न भरेथाः कथं नु त्वं मयि जातं स्वमात्मजम्। `ममाण्डानीति वर्ध्ते कोकिलाण्डानि वायसाः
How could you not support your own son born from me? The cuckoo raises its own eggs, and so do the crows.