द्वाविमावनुशोचन्ति बालावसदवग्रहौ । यल्लोकशास्त्रोपनतं न राति न तदिच्छति ॥ २५ ॥
dvav imav anusocanti balav asad-avagrahau yal loka-sastropanatam na rati na tad icchati
- dvau
- two kinds
- imau
- these
- anusocanti
- they lament
- balau
- ignorant
- asat
- the foolish
- avagrahau
- taking the path of
- yat
- that which
- loka
- by custom
- sastra
- by scriptures
- upanatam
- presented
- na
- never
- rati
- follows
- na
- neither
- tat
- that
- icchati
- desires.
One who does not give charity according to the customs or injunctions of the scriptures and one who does not accept charity in that way are considered to be in the mode of ignorance. Such persons follow the path of the foolish. Surely they must lament at the end.