Shloka 14
कामबन्धन-निवृत्ति तथा शान्तिलक्षण-उपदेशः | Release from Desire-Bondage and the Marks of Peace
स्वदारनिरतो दान्तो हानसूयुर्जितिन्द्रिय: । ऋष्विक् पुरोहिताचार्यमातुलातिथिसंश्रितै:,गृहस्थ पुरुष सदा अपनी ही स्त्रीसे प्रेम करे। इन्द्रियोंका संयम करके जितेन्द्रिय बने। किसीके गुणोंमें दोष न ढूँढ़े। वह ऋत्विज, पुरोहित, आचार्य, मामा, अतिथि, शरणागत, वृद्ध, बालक, रोगी, वैद्य, जाति-भाई, सम्बन्धी, बन्धु-बान्धव, माता-पिता, कुटु॒म्बकी स्त्री, भाई, पुत्र, पत्नी, पुत्री तथा सेवक-समूहके साथ कभी विवाद न करे। जो इन सबके साथ कलह त्याग देता है, वह सब पापोंसे मुक्त हो जाता है
svadāra-nirato dānto hānāsūyur jitendriyaḥ | ṛṣvik-purohitācārya-mātulātithi-saṁśritaiḥ ||
Vyāsa said: A householder should be devoted to his own wife, self-restrained, free from malice and fault-finding, and a conqueror of the senses. He should not enter into quarrels with those to whom reverence or care is due—such as the officiating priests (ṛtvij), the family priest (purohita), the teacher (ācārya), the maternal uncle, guests, those who seek refuge, the aged, children, the sick, physicians, members of one’s own community, relatives and allies, one’s mother and father, the women of the household, brothers, sons, wife, daughters, and one’s servants. One who abandons contention with all these becomes freed from sins.
व्यास उवाच