CC Adi 15.27

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, Chapter 15: The Lord's Paugaṇḍa-līlā

CC Adi 15.26

CC Adi 15.28

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.”