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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 16]
TRANSLATION
O most gentle one, I wonder whether anything inauspicious has now taken place in regard to religious principles, the  brāhmaṇas  or the people in general, who are subject to the whims of death.
PURPORT
There are prescribed duties for all the inhabitants of this material world, especially for the  brāhmaṇas  but also for the people in general, who are subject to the whims of death. Kaśyapa Muni wondered whether the regulative principles, which are meant for the well-being of everyone, had been disobeyed. He accordingly continued his inquiries for seven verses.
TEXT 5
अपि वाकुशलं किञ्चिद् गृहेषु गृहमेधिनि । घर्मसार्थस्य कामस्य यत्र योगो ह्ययोगिनाम् ॥ ५ ॥
api vākuśalam kiñcid gṛheṣu gṛha-medhini dharmasyārthasya kāmasya yatra yogo hy ayoginām
api —I am wondering;  vā —either;  akuśalam —inauspiciousness;  kiñcit —some;  gṛheṣu —at home;  gṛha-medhini —O my wife, who are attached to household life;  dharmasya —of the principles of religion;  arthasya —of the economic condition;  kāmasya —of satisfaction of desires;  yatra —at home;  yogaḥ —the result of meditation;  hi —indeed;  ayoginām —even of those who are not transcendentalists.
TRANSLATION
O my wife, who are very much attached to household life, if the principles of religion, economic development and satisfaction of the senses are properly followed in household life, one's activities are as good as those of a transcendentalist. I wonder whether there have been any discrepancies in following these principles.