गृहस्थकर्त्तव्यानिThe duties of the householder
Verse 60
योगक्षेमरतो दक्षो धार्मिकः प्रियबान्धवः । मितवाङ्मितहासः स्यान्मान्याग्रे तु विशेषतः ॥ ६० ॥
yōgakṣēmaratō dakṣō dhārmikaḥ priyabāndhavaḥ | mitavāṅmitahāsaḥ syānmānyāgrē tu viśēṣataḥ || 60 ||
Translation
He should be intent on gaining and keeping, capable, righteous, dear to his kin, sparing in speech and in laughter, above all before those worthy of honour.
Word by word
- yōga
- on gaining
- kṣēma
- and keeping
- ratō
- (rataḥ) intent
- dakṣō
- (dakṣaḥ) capable
- dhārmikaḥ
- righteous
- priya
- dear
- bāndhavaḥ
- to his kin
- mita
- sparing
- vāṅ
- (vāk) in speech
- hāsaḥ
- in laughter
- syāt
- (syāt) he should be
- mānya
- of those worthy of honour
- agrē
- before
- tu
- and
- viśēṣataḥ
- above all
Meaning
"Yoga-kṣema", the commentary explains, is a pair: yoga is gaining what one does not have, kṣema keeping what one has. The householder is rightly concerned with both. Restraint in speech and laughter is asked always, and especially before elders and the honoured.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Yoga-kṣema-rataḥ: yoga is gaining what one does not have, kṣema is protecting what one has; devoted to both.