CC Adi 15.27 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 15: The Lord's Paugaṇḍa-līlā

Ādi-līlā 15.26 - Ādi-līlā 15.28

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 27

na gṛhaṁ gṛham ity āhur

gṛhiṇī gṛham ucyate

tayā hi sahitaḥ sarvān

puruṣārthān samaśnute

SYNONYMS

na—not; gṛham—the home; gṛham—the house; iti—thus; āhuḥ—said; gṛhiṇī—the wife; gṛham—home; ucyate—it is said; tayā—with her; hi—certainly; sahitaḥ—together; sarvān—all; puruṣa-arthān—goals of human life; samaśnute—perfects.

TRANSLATION

"Merely a house is not a home, for it is a wife who gives a home its meaning. If one lives at home with his wife, together they can fulfill all the interests of human life."

Ādi-līlā 15.26 - Ādi-līlā 15.28