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TEXT 6
jnatayah pitarau putra
bhratarah suhrdo pare
yad vadanti yad icchanti
canumodeta nirmamah
SYNONYMS
jnatayahrelatives, family members; pitarauthe father and mother; putrahchildren; bhratarahbrothers; suhrdahfriends; apareand others; yatwhatever; vadantithey suggest (in regard to ones means of livelihood); yatwhatever; icchantithey wish; caand; anumodetahe should agree; nirmamahbut without taking them seriously.
TRANSLATION
An intelligent man in human society should make his own program of activities very simple. If there are suggestions from his friends, children, parents, brothers or anyone else, he should externally agree, saying, Yes, that is all right, but internally he should be determined not to create a cumbersome life in which the purpose of life will not be fulfilled.
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