Devanagari
यदृच्छयोपपन्नेन शुक्लेनोपार्जितेन वा ।
धनेनापीडयन् भृत्यान् न्यायेनैवाहरेत् क्रतून् ॥ ५१ ॥
Verse text
yadṛcchayopapannena
śuklenopārjitena vā
dhanenāpīḍayan bhṛtyān
nyāyenaivāharet kratūn
Synonyms
yadṛcchayā
—
without endeavor
;
upapannena
—
which is acquired
;
śuklena
—
by one’s honest occupation
;
upārjitena
—
acquired
;
vā
—
or
;
dhanena
—
with money
;
apīḍayan
—
not subjecting to discomfort
;
bhṛtyān
—
dependents
;
nyāyena
—
properly
;
eva
—
indeed
;
āharet
—
one should perform
;
kratūn
—
sacrifices and other religious ceremonies .
Translation
A householder should comfortably maintain his dependents either with money that comes of its own accord or with that gathered by honest execution of one’s duties. According to one’s means, one should perform sacrifices and other religious ceremonies.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
A householder should comfortably maintain his dependents either with money that comes of its own accord or with that gathered by honest execution of his duties. According to one’s means, one should perform sacrifices.
This verse describes optional duties.
Purport
The Lord here describes the religious duties that are to be performed as far as possible, according to one’s means, and when there is opportunity.