🪷 ŚB 2.1.3

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Sanskrit

निद्रया ह्रियते नक्तं व्यवायेन च वा वय: । दिवा चार्थेहया राजन् कुटुम्बभरणेन वा ॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration

nidrayā hriyate naktaṁ vyavāyena ca vā vayaḥ divā cārthehayā rājan kuṭumba-bharaṇena vā
Synonyms
nidrayā — by sleeping; hriyate — wastes; naktam — night; vyavāyena — sex indulgence; ca — also; vā — either; vayaḥ — duration of life; divā — days; ca — and; artha — economic; īhayā — development; rājan — O King; kuṭumba — family members; bharaṇena — maintaining; vā — either.

Translation

The lifetime of such an envious householder is passed at night either in sleeping or in sex indulgence, and in the daytime either in making money or maintaining family members.

Reading Notes

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