The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣyam

Verse 323

आददेऽसाविति मम समिद्धेऽहौषीरिष्टा-सुकृते त आददेऽसाविति मम समिद्धे-ऽहौषीराशापराकाशौ त आददेऽसावितिस वा एष निरिन्द्रियो विसुकृतोऽस्मा-ल्लोकात्प्रैति यमेवंविद्ब्राह्मणः शपति त-स्मादेवंविच्छ्रोत्रियस्य दारेण नोपहास-मिच्छेदुत ह्येवंवित्परो भवति ॥ १२ ॥

In plain words

'I take it, so-and-so' — so he says. 'Into my kindled fire you poured your sacrifices, your merit — that I take now, so-and-so.' 'Into my kindled fire you poured your hopes, your reaching aspirations — that I take now, so-and-so.' Whoever a Brāhmaṇa who understands this curses in that way leaves this world with no vigor left in him, no merit left in him. So a man who understands this should never trifle with a scholar's wife — because simply knowing this much already makes him an enemy to be feared.

Close to the Sanskrit

'I take, so-and-so' — thus. 'In my kindled fire you have offered your sacrifices and your merit; that I take, so-and-so' — thus. 'In my kindled fire you have offered your hopes and your aspirations; that I take, so-and-so' — thus. He indeed, this man whom a Brāhmaṇa who knows thus curses, departs from this world devoid of vigor, stripped of merit. Therefore one who knows this should not desire dalliance with the wife of a Vedic scholar — for indeed one who knows this becomes his enemy.