गृहस्थकर्त्तव्यानिThe duties of the householder
Verse 36
जनन्या वर्द्धितो देहो जनकेन प्रपोषितः । स्वजनैः शिक्षितः प्रीत्या सोऽधमस्तान् परित्यजेत् ॥ ३६ ॥
jananyā varddhitō dēhō janakēna prapōṣitaḥ | svajanaiḥ śikṣitaḥ prītyā sō’dhamastān parityajēt || 36 ||
Translation
The body is nourished by the mother, fostered by the father, taught with love by one's own people: he who abandons them is the lowest of men.
Word by word
- jananyā
- by the mother
- varddhitō
- (varddhitaḥ) nourished
- dēhō
- (dehaḥ) the body
- janakēna
- by the father
- prapōṣitaḥ
- fostered
- svajanaiḥ
- by one's own people
- śikṣitaḥ
- taught
- prītyā
- with love
- sō
- (saḥ) he
- adhamas
- (adhamaḥ) the lowest
- tān
- them
- parityajēt
- who abandons
Meaning
The argument from gratitude. Everything one is was given by others: the body grew in and from the mother, the father provided for it, kinsfolk (the commentary's gloss of svajana) taught one with affection. To abandon them is ingratitude of the worst kind, and the man who does it is "adhama", the lowest.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Svajanaiḥ: by kinsfolk.