गृहस्थकर्त्तव्यानिThe duties of the householder
Verse 49
ततः स्वधर्मनिरतानेकग्रामनिवासिनः । अभ्यागतानुदासीनान् गृहस्थः परिपालयेत् ॥ ४९ ॥
tataḥ svadharmaniratānēkagrāmanivāsinaḥ | abhyāgatānudāsīnān gṛhasthaḥ paripālayēt || 49 ||
Translation
and after that the householder should look after those devoted to their own dharma, the people of his village, guests who come, and the neutral.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- after that
- sva
- their own
- dharma
- to dharma
- niratān
- (niratān) those devoted
- ēka
- the same
- grāma
- in the village
- nivāsinaḥ
- dwellers
- abhyāgatān
- (abhyāgatān) guests who come
- udāsīnān
- the neutral
- gṛhasthaḥ
- the householder
- paripālayēt
- should look after
Meaning
The outer circle: after family and household ("after that", the commentary says, after supporting the brothers and the rest), those who live by their own dharma, fellow villagers, visitors, and even the "udāsīna", those who are neither friend nor foe. The text joins "eka-grāma-nivāsinaḥ", "dwellers in one village", the neighbours.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 48.