देवर्षिपितृभूतानि ज्ञातीन् बन्धूंश्च भागिन: । असंविभज्य चात्मानं यक्षवित्त: पतत्यध: ॥ २४ ॥
devarṣi-pitṛ-bhūtāni jñātīn bandhūṁś ca bhāginaḥ asaṁvibhajya cātmānaṁ yakṣa-vittaḥ pataty adhaḥ
- deva
- the demigods
- ṛṣi
- sages
- pitṛ
- departed forefathers
- bhūtāni
- and living entities in general
- jñātīn
- one’s immediate relatives
- bandhūn
- extended family
- ca
- and
- bhāginaḥ
- to the shareholders
- asaṁvibhajya
- not distributing
- ca
- and
- ātmānam
- to oneself
- yakṣa-vittaḥ
- whose wealth is simply like that of a Yakṣa
- patati
- he falls
- adhaḥ
- down
One who fails to distribute his wealth to the proper shareholders — the demigods, sages, forefathers and ordinary living entities, as well as his immediate relatives, in-laws and own self — is maintaining his wealth simply like a Yakṣa and will fall down.