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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.64

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 64

गृहस्थकर्त्तव्यानिThe duties of the householder

Verse 64

सन्तुष्टौ पितरौ यस्मिन्ननुरक्ताः सुहृद्गणाः । गायन्ति यद्यशो लोकास्तेन लोकत्रयं जितम् ॥ ६४ ॥

santuṣṭau pitarau yasminnanuraktāḥ suhṛdgaṇāḥ | gāyanti yadyaśō lōkāstēna lōkatrayaṁ jitam || 64 ||

Translation

He in whom his parents are content, to whom his friends are attached, whose fame people sing, has conquered the three worlds.

Word by word

santuṣṭau
are content
pitarau
his parents
yasmin
(yasmin) in whom
anuraktāḥ
attached
suhṛd
friends
gaṇāḥ
his
gāyanti
sing
yad
(yat) whose
yaśō
(yaśaḥ) fame
lōkās
(lokāḥ) people
tēna
by him
lōka
worlds
trayaṁ
the three
jitam
have been conquered

Meaning

Content parents, loyal friends and a good name: the household virtues of the earlier verses bear fruit.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 61.