बिभर्षि कायं पीवानं सोद्यमो भोगवान्यथा ॥ १६ ॥ वित्तं चैवोद्यमवतां भोगो वित्तवतामिह । भोगिनां खलु देहोऽयं पीवा भवति नान्यथा ॥ १७ ॥
bibharsi kayam pivanam sodyamo bhogavan yatha vittam caivodyamavatam bhogo vittavatam iha bhoginam khalu deho ’yam piva bhavati nanyatha
- bibharsi
- you are maintaining
- kayam
- a body
- pivanam
- fat
- sa-udyamah
- one who endeavors
- bhogavan
- one who enjoys
- yatha
- as
- vittam
- money
- ca
- also
- eva
- certainly
- udyama-vatam
- of persons always engaged in economic development
- bhogah
- sense gratification
- vitta-vatam
- for persons who possess considerable wealth
- iha
- in this world
- bhoginam
- of the enjoyers, karmis
- khalu
- indeed
- dehah
- body
- ayam
- this
- piva
- very fat
- bhavati
- becomes
- na
- not
- anyatha
- otherwise
Seeing the saintly person to be quite fat, Prahlada Maharaja said: My dear sir, you undergo no endeavor to earn your livelihood, but you have a stout body, exactly like that of a materialistic enjoyer. I know that if one is very rich and has nothing to do, he becomes extremely fat by eating and sleeping and performing no work.