अकिञ्चनानां हि धनं शिलोञ्छनं तेनेह निर्वर्तितसाधुसत्क्रिय: । कथं विगर्ह्यं नु करोम्यधीश्वरा: पौरोधसं हृष्यति येन दुर्मति: ॥ ३६ ॥
akincananam hi dhanam silonchanam teneha nirvartita-sadhu-satkriyah katham vigarhyam nu karomy adhisvarah paurodhasam hrsyati yena durmatih
- akincananam
- of persons who have taken to austerities and penances to become detached from worldly possessions
- hi
- certainly
- dhanam
- the wealth
- sila
- the collecting of grains left in the field
- unchanam
- and the collecting of grains left in the wholesale marketplace
- tena
- by that means
- iha
- here
- nirvartita
- accomplishing
- sadhu
- of the exalted devotees
- sat-kriyah
- all the pious activities
- katham
- how
- vigarhyam
- reproachable
- nu
- indeed
- karomi
- I shall execute
- adhisvarah
- O great governors of the planetary systems
- paurodhasam
- the duty of priesthood
- hrsyati
- is pleased
- yena
- by which
- durmatih
- one who is less intelligent
O exalted governors of various planes, the true brahmana, who has no material possessions, maintains himself by the profession of accepting silonchana. In other words, he picks up grains left in the field and on the ground in the wholesale marketplace. By this means, householder brahmanas who actually abide by the principles of austerity and penance maintain themselves and their families and perform all necessary pious activities. A brahmana who desires to achieve happiness by gaining wealth through professional priesthood must certainly have a very low mind. How shall I accept such priesthood?