Verse 47

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गृहस्पृहा पादनिबद्धशृङ्खलाकान्तासुताशा पटुकण्ठपाशः ।शीर्षे पतद्भूर्यशनिर्हि साक्षा -त्प्राणान्तहेतुः प्रबला धनाशा ॥ ४७ ॥

In plain words

Craving for a home is an iron fetter on your feet; longing for wife and children is a tight noose around your neck; and overwhelming greed for wealth is a lightning bolt crashing down upon your head, destroying your very life.

Close to the Sanskrit

The longing for a home is a chain bound to the feet; hope for wife and children is a strong noose at the throat; and the overwhelming desire for wealth is certainly a thunderbolt falling directly on the head, causing the end of life.