मुक्तस्ततो यदि बन्धाद्देवदत्त उपाच्छिनत्ति तस्मादपि विष्णुमित्र इत्यनवस्थिति: ॥ २४ ॥
muktas tato yadi bandhad devadatta upacchinatti tasmad api visnumitra ity anavasthitih.
- muktah
- liberated
- tatah
- from that
- yadi
- if
- bandhat
- from the government imprisonment or being beaten by the protector of the woman
- deva-dattah
- person named Devadatta
- upacchinatti
- takes the money from him
- tasmat
- from the person named Devadatta
- api
- again
- visnu-mitrah
- a person named Visnumitra
- iti
- thus
- anavasthitih
- the riches do not stay in one place but pass from one hand to another.
Stealing or cheating another person out of his money, the conditioned soul somehow or other keeps it in his possession and escapes punishment. Then another man, named Devadatta, cheats him and takes the money away. Similarly, another man, named Visnumitra, steals the money from Devadatta and takes it away. In any case, the money does not stay in one place. It passes from one hand to another. Ultimately no one can enjoy the money, and it remains the property of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.