Chapter 5 · Verse 26

गृहेषु गृहकृत्यानामानन्त्याद्गृहमेधिनाम् । क्वावकाशः सुखं भोक्तुं वीचिस्थानामिवाम्बुधेः ॥ २६॥

IAST

gṛheṣu gṛhakṛtyānāmānantyādgṛhamedhinām | kvāvakāśaḥ sukhaṃ bhoktuṃ vīcisthānāmivāmbudheḥ || 26||

English

For householders, domestic duties are endless. Where is there room to enjoy happiness when one lives amid them like someone caught among the waves of the ocean?