Chapter 80
श्रीभगवानुवाच अपि ब्रह्मन् गुरुकुलाद् भवता लब्धदक्षिणात् । समावृत्तेन धर्मज्ञ भार्योढा सदृशी न वा ॥ २८ ॥
Transliteration
śrī-bhagavān uvāca api brahman gurukulād bhavatā labdha-dakṣiṇāt samāvṛttena dharma-jña bhāryoḍhā sadṛśī na vā
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
śrī-bhagavān uvāca — the Supreme Lord said; api — whether; brahman — O brāhmaṇa; gurukulāt — from the spiritual master’s school; bhavatā — by your good self; labdha — having received; dakṣiṇāt — remuneration; samāvṛttena — returned; dharma — of religious principles; jña — O knower; bhāryā — a wife; ūḍhā — married; sadṛśī — suitable; na — not; vā — or.
Translation
“The Supreme Lord said: My dear brāhmaṇa, you know well the ways of dharma. After you offered the gift of remuneration to our guru and returned home from his school, did you marry a compatible wife or not?”