भक्ताय चित्रा भगवान् हि सम्पदो राज्यं विभूतीर्न समर्थयत्यज: । अदीर्घबोधाय विचक्षण: स्वयं पश्यन् निपातं धनिनां मदोद्भवम् ॥ ३७ ॥
bhaktāya citrā bhagavān hi sampado rājyaṁ vibhūtīr na samarthayaty ajaḥ adīrgha-bodhāya vicakṣaṇaḥ svayaṁ paśyan nipātaṁ dhanināṁ madodbhavam
- bhaktāya
- to His devotee
- citrāḥ
- wonderful
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Lord
- hi
- indeed
- sampadaḥ
- opulences
- rājyam
- kingdom
- vibhūtīḥ
- material assets
- na samarthayati
- does not bestow
- ajaḥ
- unborn
- adīrgha
- short
- bodhāya
- whose understanding
- vicakṣanaḥ
- wise
- svayam
- Himself
- paśyan
- seeing
- nipātam
- the downfall
- dhaninām
- of the wealthy
- mada
- of the intoxication of pride
- udbhavam
- the rise
To a devotee who lacks spiritual insight, the Supreme Lord will not grant the wonderful opulences of this world — kingly power and material assets. Indeed, in His infinite wisdom the unborn Lord well knows how the intoxication of pride can cause the downfall of the wealthy.