यो वै वाङ्मनसी सम्यगसंयच्छन् धिया यति: । तस्य व्रतं तपो दानं स्रवत्यामघटाम्बुवत् ॥ ४३ ॥
yo vai vāṅ-manasī saṁyag asaṁyacchan dhiyā yatiḥ tasya vrataṁ tapo dānaṁ sravaty āma-ghaṭāmbu-vat
- yaḥ
- one who
- vai
- certainly
- vāk-manasī
- the speech and mind
- saṁyak
- completely
- asaṁyacchan
- not controlling
- dhiyā
- by intelligence
- yatiḥ
- a transcendentalist
- tasya
- his
- vratam
- vows
- tapaḥ
- austerities
- dānam
- charity
- sravati
- run out
- āma
- unbaked
- ghaṭa
- in a pot
- ambu-vat
- like water
A transcendentalist who does not completely control his words and mind by superior intelligence will find that his spiritual vows, austerities and charity flow away just as water flows out of an unbaked clay pot.