एतैर्यथा हुतं दत्तं गृहीतमुषितं स्मृतम् । तथा चेद्वर्तसे पुत्र मुक्त एवाऽसि संकटात् ॥ ३० ॥
ētairyathā hutaṁ dattaṁ gṛhītamuṣitaṁ smṛtam | tathā cēdvartasē putra mukta ēvā’si saṁkaṭāt || 30 ||
Translation
If you live as they did, my son, making offerings, giving, receiving, dwelling and remembering, you are already free of these straits.
Word by word
- ētaiḥ
- by them
- yathā
- as
- hutaṁ
- offering
- dattaṁ
- giving
- gṛhītam
- receiving
- uṣitaṁ
- dwelling
- smṛtam
- remembering
- tathā
- so
- cēt
- if
- vartasē
- you live
- putra
- my son
- muktaḥ
- free
- ēva
- already
- asi
- you are
- saṁkaṭāt
- of these straits
Meaning
The list covers all of ordinary life: religious offering, giving and receiving, staying in a place, remembering. It is the manner of acting, not the giving up of action, that frees.