🪷 ŚB 8.16.5

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

अपि वाकुशलं किञ्चिद् गृहेषु गृहमेधिनि । धर्मस्यार्थस्य कामस्य यत्र योगो ह्ययोगिनाम् ॥ ५ ॥

Transliteration

api vākuśalaṁ kiñcid gṛheṣu gṛha-medhini dharmasyārthasya kāmasya yatra yogo hy ayoginām
Synonyms
api — I am wondering; vā — either; akuśalam — inauspiciousness; kiñcit — some; gṛheṣu — at home; gṛha-medhini — O my wife, who are attached to household life; dharmasya — of the principles of religion; arthasya — of the economic condition; kāmasya — of satisfaction of desires; yatra — at home; yogaḥ — the result of meditation; hi — indeed; ayoginām — even of those who are not transcendentalists.

Translation

O my wife, who are very much attached to household life, if the principles of religion, economic development and satisfaction of the senses are properly followed in household life, one’s activities are as good as those of a transcendentalist. I wonder whether there have been any discrepancies in following these principles.

गीता प्रेस, गोरखपुर · पृथक पाठ-साक्षी

Sanskrit and Hindi Witness

इस पाठ-साक्षी का श्लोक-पता वर्तमान ŚB मार्ग से ठीक मिलता है। गीता प्रेस और वर्तमान अंग्रेज़ी पाठ को मिलाया नहीं गया है; दोनों अपने-अपने स्रोत-रूप में साथ पढ़े जा सकते हैं।

ŚB 8.16.5 · गीता प्रेस पाठ

अपि वाकुशलं किञ्चिद् गृहेषु गृहमेधिनि। धर्मस्यार्थस्य कामस्य यत्र योगो ह्ययोगिनाम्॥ ५

हिन्दी टीका-पाठ

प्रिये! गृहस्थाश्रम तो, जो लोग योग नहीं कर सकते, उन्हें भी योगका फल देनेवाला है। इस गृहस्थाश्रममें रहकर धर्म, अर्थ और कामके सेवनमें किसी प्रकारका विघ्न तो नहीं हो रहा है?॥ ५॥

स्रोत-खंड सीमा · यह हिन्दी अंश गीता प्रेस डिजिटल पाठ में इस दृश्य श्लोक-इकाई के बाद आता है; इसे स्वतः एक-से-एक टीका या संस्करण-समानता नहीं माना गया है।

Source witness details
प्रथम-खण्ड · index_split_193.html · source order 189
Sanskrit SHA-256: d800fccf51c756abdb46d070f9bdb1111d7ed4e1ed75a412bb6d0a8810efe167
Hindi SHA-256: 08c9c1bb220bb636941cf6c08a1fddba21fb47dc21d76fa4024b8dbca1469cd8
Address crosswalk: exact · final textual equivalence: not claimed

Sources and Connected Bhāgavata Readings

After the Sanskrit, word meanings, translation, and reading navigation, these links connect the requested reference with its canonical received passage, parent chapter and skandha, and the wider Bhāgavata corpus without inventing artificial verse boundaries.

ŚB 8.16.5requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 8.16parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 8parent skandha chapter index/bhagavatammaster index for 12 skandhas, 335 chapters, and 13,003 reading pagesŚB 1.1.1satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi · the Bhāgavatam source meditationŚB 1.2.6supreme dharma as ahaitukī and apratihatā bhaktiŚB 1.2.11Brahman · Paramātmā · Bhagavān as one advaya-tattvaŚB 1.3.28kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam · Krishna-pramāṇa source sealŚB 10.10.29Dāmodara/Yamala-arjuna · Krishna as supreme original PersonŚB 10.10.30-31Krishna as Kāla · Viṣṇu · Paramātmā · AntaryāmīŚB 10.10.38speech, hearing, body, mind, head, and sight offered in Krishna-sevāŚB 10.10.39Gokuleśvara bound by love, smilingŚB 10.10.40Nārada correction as anugrahaŚB 10.10.41sādhu-darśana removes bondage-darknessŚB 12.2.18Kalki witness at ŚambhalaŚB 12.3.51Kali-yuga blessing through Krishna-kīrtanaSkandha 10 līlā index20-anchor Krishna-līlā reading pathway inside the Bhāgavatam master pageBG 7.7mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat · no source higher than KrishnaBG 10.8ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ · Krishna as source of allBG 15.15Krishna seated in every heart and the target of all Veda/binduDiamond of Darśanas · Bhāgavata prema as the Bindu made rasa/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation

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