न तद्दानं प्रशंसन्ति येन वृत्तिर्विपद्यते ।
दानं यज्ञस्तपः कर्म लोके वृत्तिमतो यतः ॥ ३६ ॥
na-not; tat-that; danam-charity; prasamsanti-the saintly persons praise; yena-by which; vrttih-one's livelihood; vipadyate-becomes endangered; danam-charity; yajnah-sacrifice; tapah-austerity; karma-fruitive activities; loke-in this world; vrttimatah-according to one's means of livelihood; yatah-as it is so.
Learned scholars do not praise that charity which endangers one's own livelihood. Charity, sacrifice, austerity and fruitive activities are possible for one who is competent to earn his livelihood properly. [They are not possible for one who cannot maintain himself.]