तत्र गच्छन्स्त्रियं मोहाद्धर्मात्प्रच्यवते परात्
There, one who approaches a woman out of delusion deviates from dharma and the highest good.
ऋतुकालाभिगामी यः स्वदारनिरतश्च यः
He who approaches his wife at the proper time and is devoted to her alone,
ऋतुः षोडशयामिन्यश्चतस्रस्ता सुगर्हिताः
The menstrual period lasts sixteen nights; four of these are well suited.
त्यक्त्वा चंद्रमसं दुःस्थं मघां पौष्णं विहाय च शुचिं पुत्रं प्रसूयेत पुरुषार्थप्रसाधकम्
Avoiding the nights of the moon, the difficult Magha, and Pausha, one should produce a pure son, who fulfills the aims of life.
आर्षे विवाहे गोद्वंद्वं यदुक्तं तन्न शस्यते
In the Ṛṣi marriage, what is called the exchange of cattle is not recommended.
अपत्यविक्रयी कल्पं वसेद्विट्कृमिभोजने
One who sells offspring should live as one who eats excrement and worms.
स्त्रीधनान्युपजीवंति ये मोहादिह बांधवाः
Those relatives who subsist on a woman's property here out of delusion—
पत्या तुष्यति यत्र स्त्री तुष्येद्यत्र स्त्रिया पतिः 4.1.38.
Where the wife is pleased by the husband, and the husband is pleased by the wife—
वाणिज्यं नृपतेः सेवा वेदानध्यापनं तथा
Trade, service to the king, and teaching the Vedas—
कुर्याद्वैवाहिके वह्नौ गृह्यकर्मान्वहं गृही
One should perform household rites daily at the marital fire.
गृहस्थाश्रमिणः पंच सूना कर्म दिने दिने
There are five daily acts of violence for the householder.
तासां च पंचसूनानां निराकरणहेतवः
And there are causes for the removal of those five acts of violence.
पाठनं ब्रह्मयज्ञः स्यात्तर्पणं च पितृ क्रतुः
Recitation is the sacrifice to Brahman; offering is the rite for the ancestors.
पितृप्रीतिं प्रकुर्वाणः कुर्वीत श्राद्धमन्वहम्
One who seeks the pleasure of the ancestors should perform the śrāddha daily.
गोदानेन च यत्पुण्यं पात्राय विधिपूर्वकम्
The merit gained by giving a cow, according to rule, to a worthy recipient—
तपोविद्यासमिद्दीप्ते हुतं विप्रास्य पावके
When austerity and knowledge are ablaze, the offering made in the priest's fire—
अनर्चितोऽतिथिर्गेहाद्भग्नाशो यस्य गच्छति
The guest who is not honored departs from the house with broken hope.
सांत्वपूर्वाणि वाक्यानि शय्यार्थे भूस्तृणोदके 4.1.38.
Words of consolation, a bed, earth, grass, and water for the guest—
गृहस्थः परपाकादी प्रेत्य तत्पशुतां व्रजेत्
A householder who eats another's food after death attains the state of an animal.
आदित्योढोऽतिथिः सायं सत्कर्तव्यः प्रयत्नतः
A guest who arrives at sunset should be honored with great care.
भुंजानोऽतिथिशेषान्नमिहायुर्धनभाग्भवेत्
By eating the food left for the guest, one attains long life and wealth here.
वैश्वदेवांत संप्राप्तः सूर्योढो वातिथिः स्मृतः
The guest who arrives at the end of the Vaiśvadeva rite at sunset is called an atithi.
बलिपात्रकरे विप्रे यद्यन्योतिथिरागतः
If, while a Brahmin is preparing the offering, another guest arrives,
कुमाराश्च स्ववासिन्यो गर्भिण्योऽतिरुजान्विताः
— whether they are boys, women of the household, pregnant women, or those suffering greatly —
पितृदेवमनुष्येभ्यो दत्त्वाश्नात्यमृतं गृही
After giving to ancestors, gods, and humans, the householder eats food that is like nectar.
माध्याह्निकं वैश्वदेवं गृहस्थः स्वयमाचरेत्
The householder himself should perform the midday Vaiśvadeva rite.
एतत्सायंतनं नाम वैश्वदेवं गृहाश्रमे
This is called the evening Vaiśvadeva in the householder’s stage of life.
वैश्वदेवेन ये हीना आतिथ्येन विवर्जिताः 4.1.38.
Those who are deprived of Vaiśvadeva and hospitality,
अकृत्वा वैश्वदेवं तु भुंजते ये द्विजाधमाः
And those inferior twice-born who eat without performing Vaiśvadeva,
वेदोदितं स्वकं कर्म नित्यं कुर्यादतंद्रितः
One should always perform one’s own duties as prescribed in the Vedas, without laziness.