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श्रीयुधिष्ठिर उवाच
गृहस्थ एतां पदवीं विधिना येन चाञ्जसा ।
यायाद्देवऋषे ब्रूहि मादृशो गृहमूढधीः ॥ १ ॥
 
sri-yudhisthira uvaca
grhastha etam padavim
vidhina yena canjasa
yayad deva-rse bruhi
madrso grha-mudha-dhih
sri-yudhisthirah uvaca-Yudhisthira Maharaja said; grhasthah-a person living with his family; etam-this (the process mentioned in the previous chapter); padavim-position of liberation; vidhina-according to the instructions of Vedic scripture; yena-by which; ca-also; anjasa-easily; yayat-may get; deva-rse-O great sage among the demigods; bruhi-kindly explain; madrsah-such as me; grha-mudha-dhih-completely ignorant of the goal of life.