सच्छास्त्रसाधुवृत्तानामविरोधिनि कर्मणि । रमते धीर्यथाप्राप्ते साध्वीवाऽन्तःपुराजिरे ॥ २६ ॥
sacchāstrasādhuvṛttānāmavirōdhini karmaṇi | ramatē dhīryathāprāptē sādhvīvā’ntaḥpurājirē || 26 ||
Translation
The understanding delights in action as it comes, so long as it does not conflict with good scripture and the conduct of the good, as a faithful wife delights in the inner courtyard.
Word by word
- sat
- good
- śāstra
- scripture
- sādhu
- of the good
- vṛttānām
- and the conduct
- avirōdhini
- that does not conflict with
- karmaṇi
- in action
- ramatē
- delights
- dhīr
- (dhīḥ) the understanding
- yathāprāptē
- as it comes
- sādhvī
- a faithful wife
- iva
- as
- antaḥpura
- inner
- ajirē
- in the courtyard
Meaning
The commentary: by knowing the true scriptures, the understanding of those of good conduct delights in action fitting to the scriptures. The image is of contentment within a boundary, not as confinement but as the place one is glad to be.