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पूजनीया महाभागाः पुण्याश्च गृहदीप्तयः । स्त्रियः श्रियो गृहस्योक्तास्तस्माद्रक्ष्या विशेषतः॥५-३८-११॥
Women are to be honored: they are fortunate, auspicious, and the radiance of the household. They are called the prosperity of the home; therefore they should be specially protected.
english translation
पितुरन्तःपुरं दद्यान्मातुर्दद्यान्महानसम् । गोषु चात्मसमं दद्यात्स्वयमेव कृषिं व्रजेत् । भृत्यैर्वणिज्याचारं च पुत्रैः सेवेत ब्राह्मणान्॥५-३८-१२॥
One should assign the inner household to one’s father and the kitchen to one’s mother; among the cattle one should allot an equal share to oneself, and personally attend to agriculture. Through servants one should conduct trade, and with one’s sons one should render service to brāhmaṇas.
english translation
अद्भ्योऽग्निर्ब्रह्मतः क्षत्रमश्मनो लोहमुत्थितम् । तेषां सर्वत्रगं तेजः स्वासु योनिषु शाम्यति॥५-३८-१३॥
Fire arises from water; kṣatra (royal power) arises from brahman (sacral knowledge); iron arises from stone. Yet the pervasive potency of each becomes quieted within its own source.
english translation
नित्यं सन्तः कुले जाताः पावकोपमतेजसः । क्षमावन्तो निराकाराः काष्ठेऽग्निरिव शेरते॥५-३८-१४॥
The virtuous, born in good families, possess a brilliance comparable to fire. Patient and outwardly unassuming, they remain like fire lying hidden within wood.
english translation
यस्य मन्त्रं न जानन्ति बाह्याश्चाभ्यन्तराश्च ये । स राजा सर्वतश्चक्षुश्चिरमैश्वर्यमश्नुते॥५-३८-१५॥
That king whose counsel is known neither to outsiders nor to insiders becomes, in effect, all-seeing on every side and enjoys sovereignty for a long time.
english translation