सायन्तनं श्वस्तनं वा न सङ्गृह्णीत भिक्षुक: । मक्षिका इव सङ्गृह्णन् सह तेन विनश्यति ॥ १२ ॥
sāyantanaṁ śvastanaṁ vā na saṅgṛhṇīta bhikṣukaḥ makṣikā iva saṅgṛhṇan saha tena vinaśyati
- sāyantanam
- meant for the night
- śvastanam
- meant for tomorrow
- vā
- either
- na
- not
- saṅgṛhṇīta
- should accept
- bhikṣukaḥ
- a saintly mendicant
- makṣikā
- honeybee
- iva
- like
- saṅgṛhṇan
- collecting
- saha
- with
- tena
- that collection
- vinaśyati
- is destroyed
A saintly mendicant should not even collect foodstuffs to eat later in the same day or the next day. If he disregards this injunction and like the honeybee collects more and more delicious foodstuffs, that which he has collected will indeed ruin him.