गार्हस्थ्याश्रमग्रहणम्Entering the householder's stage
Verse 228
जितेन्द्रियः सत्यवादी ब्रह्मज्ञानपरो भव । स्वाध्यायाऽऽश्रमकर्माणि यथाधर्मेण साधय ॥ २२८ ॥
jitēndriyaḥ satyavādī brahmajñānaparō bhava | svādhyāyā’’śramakarmāṇi yathādharmēṇa sādhaya || 228 ||
Translation
"Be master of your senses, truthful, devoted to the knowledge of Brahman. Carry out your study and the duties of your stage according to dharma."
Word by word
- jita
- mastered
- indriyaḥ
- (indriyaḥ) whose senses
- satya
- truth
- vādī
- speaking
- brahmajñāna
- to the knowledge of Brahman
- paraḥ
- (paraḥ) devoted
- bhava
- be
- svādhyāya
- study
- āśrama
- of the stage
- karmāṇi
- and the duties
- yathā
- according to
- dharmēṇa
- dharma
- sādhaya
- carry out
Meaning
The guru's whole charge in one line: self-control, truth, the knowledge of Brahman, and study (svādhyāya) with the duties of the householder, done rightly.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
What should the guru say to the pupil who has entered the householder's stage? To that he says "jitendriya" and the rest.