चीराणि किं पथि न सन्ति दिशन्ति भिक्षां नैवाङ्घ्रिपा: परभृत: सरितोऽप्यशुष्यन् । रुद्धा गुहा: किमजितोऽवति नोपसन्नान् कस्माद् भजन्ति कवयो धनदुर्मदान्धान् ॥ ५ ॥
cirani kim pathi na santi disanti bhiksam naivanghripah para-bhrtah sarito ’py asusyan ruddha guhah kim ajito ’vati nopasannan kasmad bhajanti kavayo dhana-durmadandhan
- cirani
- torn clothes
- kim
- whether
- pathi
- on the road
- na
- not
- santi
- there is
- disanti
- give in charity
- bhiksam
- alms
- na
- not
- eva
- also
- anghripah
- the trees
- para-bhrtah
- one who maintains others
- saritah
- the rivers
- api
- also
- asusyan
- have dried up
- ruddhah
- closed
- guhah
- caves
- kim
- whether
- ajitah
- the Almighty Lord
- avati
- give protection
- na
- not
- upasannan
- the surrendered soul
- kasmat
- what for, then
- bhajanti
- flatters
- kavayah
- the learned
- dhana
- wealth
- durmada-andhan
- too intoxicated by
Are there no torn clothes lying on the common road? Do the trees, which exist for maintaining others, no longer give alms in charity? Do the rivers, being dried up, no longer supply water to the thirsty? Are the caves of the mountains now closed, or, above all, does the Almighty Lord not protect the fully surrendered souls? Why then do the learned sages go to flatter those who are intoxicated by hard-earned wealth?