Daily Duties of a Householder ; Mode of taking meals'^ Vydsa said : - Verse 18
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 19 · Verse 18
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Sanskrit Original
आत्मार्थं भोजनं यस्य रत्यर्थं यस्य मैथुनम। वृत्यर्थं यस्य चाधीतं निष्फलं तस्य जीवितम।।
ātmārthaṃ bhojanaṃ yasya ratyarthaṃ yasya maithunam| vṛtyarthaṃ yasya cādhītaṃ niṣphalaṃ tasya jīvitam||
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Indeed, one’s life is in vain, if the food is solely taken only by oneself, if the intercourse is solely for sexual pleasure, if the sole purpose of learning is to take up an avocation.