भजतोऽपि न वै केचिद् भजन्त्यभजत: कुत: । आत्मारामा ह्याप्तकामा अकृतज्ञा गुरुद्रुह: ॥ १९ ॥
bhajato ’pi na vai kecid bhajanty abhajataḥ kutaḥ ātmārāmā hy āpta-kāmā akṛta-jñā guru-druhaḥ
- bhajataḥ
- with those who are acting favorably
- api
- even
- na
- not
- vai
- certainly
- kecit
- some
- bhajanti
- reciprocate
- abhajataḥ
- with those who are not acting favorably
- kutaḥ
- what to speak of
- ātma-ārāmāḥ
- the self-satisfied
- hi
- indeed
- āpta-kāmāḥ
- those who have already attained their material desires
- akṛta-jñāḥ
- those who are ungrateful
- guru-druhaḥ
- those who are inimical to superiors
Then there are those individuals who are spiritually self-satisfied, materially fulfilled or by nature ungrateful or simply envious of superiors. Such persons will not love even those who love them, what to speak of those who are inimical.