न वेद कृपण: श्रेय आत्मनो गुणवस्तुदृक् । तस्य तानिच्छतो यच्छेद्यदि सोऽपि तथाविध: ॥ ४९ ॥
na veda krpanah sreya atmano guna-vastu-drk tasya tan icchato yacched yadi so ’pi tatha-vidhah
- na
- not
- veda
- knows
- krpanah
- a miserly living entity
- sreyah
- the ultimate necessity
- atmanah
- of the soul
- guna-vastu-drk
- who is attracted by the creation of the modes of material nature
- tasya
- of him
- tan
- things created by the material energy
- icchatah
- desiring
- yacchet
- one bestows
- yadi
- if
- sah api
- he also
- tatha-vidhah
- of the kind (a foolish krpana who does not know his real self-interest).
Those who think material assets to be everything or to be the ultimate goal of life are called misers (krpanas). They do not know the ultimate necessity of the soul. Moreover, if one awards that which is desired by such fools, he must also be considered foolish.