न देयं नोपभोग्यं च लुब्धैर्यद् दु:खसञ्चितम् । भुङ्क्ते तदपि तच्चान्यो मधुहेवार्थविन्मधु ॥ १५ ॥
na deyaṁ nopabhogyaṁ ca lubdhair yad duḥkha-sañcitam bhuṅkte tad api tac cānyo madhu-hevārthavin madhu
- na
- not
- deyam
- to be given in charity to others
- na
- not
- upabhogyam
- to be enjoyed personally
- ca
- also
- lubdhaiḥ
- by those who are greedy
- yat
- that which
- duḥkha
- with great struggle and pain
- sañcitam
- is accumulated
- bhuṅkte
- he enjoys
- tat
- that
- api
- nevertheless
- tat
- that
- ca
- also
- anyaḥ
- someone else
- madhu-hā
- the one who steals the honey from the beehive
- iva
- like
- artha
- wealth
- vit
- one who knows how to recognize
- madhu
- the honey
A greedy person accumulates a large quantity of money with great struggle and pain, but the person who has struggled so much to acquire this wealth is not always allowed to enjoy it himself or give it in charity to others. The greedy man is like the bee who struggles to produce a large quantity of honey, which is then stolen by a man who will enjoy it personally or sell it to others. No matter how carefully one hides his hard-earned wealth or tries to protect it, there are those who are expert in detecting the whereabouts of valuable things, and they will steal it.