नूनं स्वार्थपरो लोको न वेद परसङ्कटम् । यदि वेद न याचेत नेति नाह यदीश्वर: ॥ ६ ॥
nunam svartha-paro loko na veda para-sankatam yadi veda na yaceta neti naha yad isvarah
- nunam
- certainly
- sva-artha-parah
- interested only in sense gratification in this life or the next
- lokah
- materialistic people in general
- na
- not
- veda
- know
- para-sankatam
- the pain of others
- yadi
- if
- veda
- know
- na
- not
- yaceta
- would ask
- na
- no
- iti
- thus
- na aha
- does not say
- yat
- since
- isvarah
- able to give charity.
Those who are too self-interested beg something from others, not knowing of others’ pain. But if the beggar knew the difficulty of the giver, he would not ask for anything. Similarly, he who is able to give charity does not know the beggar’s difficulty, for otherwise he would not refuse to give the beggar anything he might want as charity.