गृहस्थकर्त्तव्यानिThe duties of the householder
Verse 41
विरले शयनं वासं त्यजेत् प्राज्ञः परस्त्रिया । अयुक्तभाषणञ्चैव स्त्रियं शौर्यन्न दर्शयेत् ॥ ४१ ॥
viralē śayanaṁ vāsaṁ tyajēt prājñaḥ parastriyā | ayuktabhāṣaṇañcaiva striyaṁ śauryanna darśayēt || 41 ||
Translation
The wise man should avoid lying down or staying in a lonely place with another's wife, and improper talk; and he should not show off his valour to a woman.
Word by word
- viralē
- in a lonely place
- śayanaṁ
- lying down
- vāsaṁ
- staying
- tyajēt
- should avoid
- prājñaḥ
- the wise man
- para
- of another
- striyā
- with the wife
- ayukta
- improper
- bhāṣaṇañ
- (bhāṣaṇam) talk
- ca
- and
- ēva
- also
- striyaṁ
- to a woman
- śauryan
- (śauryam) valour
- na
- not
- darśayēt
- he should show
Meaning
Practical guards of propriety. The commentary glosses "virala" as "a lonely place". Improper or suggestive talk is to be avoided, and so is "showing one's prowess" to a woman, the display meant to impress. The text has śauryan na, the usual sandhi for śauryaṁ na.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Virale: in a lonely place. (This explanation covers verses 41 and 42.)