SB 8.19.36

TEXT 36

TEXT

न तद्दानं प्रशंसन्ति येन वृत्तिर्विपद्यते ।
दानं यज्ञस्तपः कर्म लोके वृत्तिमतो यतः ॥ ३६ ॥

na tad danam prasamsanti

yena vrttir vipadyate

danam yajnas tapaḥ karma

loke vrttimato yataḥ

na-not; tat-that; danam-charity; prasamsanti-the saintly persons praise; yena-by which; vrttiḥ-one's livelihood; vipadyate-becomes endangered; danam-charity; yajnaḥ-sacrifice; tapaḥ-austerity; karma-fruitive activities; loke-in this world; vrttimataḥ-according to one's means of livelihood; yataḥ-as it is so.

TRANSLATION

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.]

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