गां दुग्धदोहामसतीं च भार्यां देहं पराधीनमसत्प्रजां च । वित्तं त्वतीर्थीकृतमङ्ग वाचं हीनां मया रक्षति दु:खदु:खी ॥ १९ ॥
gāṁ dugdha-dohām asatīṁ ca bhāryāṁ dehaṁ parādhīnam asat-prajāṁ ca vittaṁ tv atīrthī-kṛtam aṅga vācaṁ hīnāṁ mayā rakṣati duḥkha-duḥkhī
- gām
- a cow
- dugdha
- whose milk
- dohām
- already taken
- asatīm
- unchaste
- ca
- also
- bhāryām
- a wife
- deham
- a body
- para
- upon others
- adhīnam
- always dependent
- asat
- useless
- prajām
- children
- ca
- also
- vittam
- wealth
- tu
- but
- atīrthī-kṛtam
- not given to the proper recipient
- aṅga
- O Uddhava
- vācam
- Vedic knowledge
- hīnām
- devoid
- mayā
- of knowledge of Me
- rakṣati
- he takes care of
- duḥkha-duḥkhī
- he who suffers one misery after another
My dear Uddhava, that man is certainly most miserable who takes care of a cow that gives no milk, an unchaste wife, a body totally dependent on others, useless children or wealth not utilized for the right purpose. Similarly, one who studies Vedic knowledge devoid of My glories is also most miserable.