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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.48

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 48

गृहस्थकर्त्तव्यानिThe duties of the householder

Verse 48

एवं क्रमेण भ्रातॄंश्च स्वसृभ्रातृसुतानपि । ज्ञातीन् मित्राणि भृत्यांश्च पालयेत्तोषयेद् गृही ॥ ४८ ॥

ēvaṁ kramēṇa bhrātṝṁśca svasṛbhrātṛsutānapi | jñātīn mitrāṇi bhṛtyāṁśca pālayēttōṣayēd gṛhī || 48 ||

Translation

In the same way, in due order, the householder should support and please his brothers, his sisters' and brothers' sons, his kinsmen, friends and servants;

Word by word

ēvaṁ
in the same way
kramēṇa
in due order
bhrātṝṁś
(bhrātṝn) his brothers
ca
and
svasṛ
his sisters'
bhrātṛ
and brothers'
sutān
(sutān) sons
api
also
jñātīn
kinsmen
mitrāṇi
friends
bhṛtyāṁś
(bhṛtyān) servants
pālayēt
(pālayet) should support
tōṣayēd
(toṣayet) and please
gṛhī
the householder

Meaning

The circle of duty widens: siblings, nephews, the wider kin (jñāti), friends, servants. "In due order", krameṇa: the nearest first. The commentary reads this verse with the next.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Tataḥ (in 49): after that, after supporting and pleasing the brothers and the rest. Udāsīnān: those neither friend nor foe, the neutral. (This explanation covers verses 48 and 49.)