पथि च्युतं तिष्ठति दिष्टरक्षितं गृहे स्थितं तद्विहतं विनश्यति । जीवत्यनाथोऽपि तदीक्षितो वने गृहेऽभिगुप्तोऽस्य हतो न जीवति ॥ ४० ॥
pathi cyutam tisthati dista-raksitam grhe sthitam tad-vihatam vinasyati jivaty anatho ’pi tad-iksito vane grhe ’bhigupto ’sya hato na jivati
- pathi
- on the public road
- cyutam
- some possession dropped
- tisthati
- it remains
- dista-raksitam
- protected by destiny
- grhe
- at home
- sthitam
- although situated
- tat-vihatam
- struck by the will of the Supreme
- vinasyati
- it is lost
- jivati
- remains alive
- anathah api
- although without a protector
- tat-iksitah
- being protected by the Lord
- vane
- in the forest
- grhe
- at home
- abhiguptah
- well hidden and protected
- asya
- of this one
- hatah
- struck
- na
- not
- jivati
- lives
Sometimes one loses his money on a public street, where everyone can see it, and yet his money is protected by destiny and not seen by others. Thus the man who lost it gets it back. On the other hand, if the Lord does not give protection, even money maintained very securely at home is lost. If the Supreme Lord gives one protection, even though one has no protector and is in the jungle, one remains alive, whereas a person well protected at home by relatives and others sometimes dies, no one being able to protect him.