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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.37

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 37

गृहस्थकर्त्तव्यानिThe duties of the householder

Verse 37

एषामर्थे महेशानि कृत्वा कष्टशतान्यपि । प्रीणयेत् सततं शक्त्या धर्मो ह्येष सनातनः ॥ ३७ ॥

ēṣāmarthē mahēśāni kṛtvā kaṣṭaśatānyapi | prīṇayēt satataṁ śaktyā dharmō hyēṣa sanātanaḥ || 37 ||

Translation

For their sake, Maheśānī, even bearing a hundred hardships, he should always please them as best he can: this is the eternal dharma.

Word by word

ēṣām
(eṣām) their
arthē
for the sake
mahēśāni
O Maheśānī
kṛtvā
bearing
kaṣṭa
hardships
śatāni
(śatāni) a hundred
api
even
prīṇayēt
he should please
satataṁ
always
śaktyā
as best he can
dharmō
(dharmaḥ) dharma
hi
indeed
ēṣa
(eṣaḥ) this
sanātanaḥ
eternal

Meaning

"Their" is the mother and the rest, the commentary says, and "please" means to please them. A hundred hardships are not too many. The verse repeats the refrain "this is the eternal dharma" from verse 35, closing the passage on obligations to family.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Eṣām: of these, the mother and the rest. Prīṇayet: he should please the mother and the rest.