यदृच्छालाभतुष्टस्य तेजो विप्रस्य वर्धते । तत् प्रशाम्यत्यसन्तोषादम्भसेवाशुशुक्षणि: ॥ २६ ॥
yadrccha-labha-tustasya tejo viprasya vardhate tat prasamyaty asantosad ambhasevasusuksanih
- yadrccha-labha-tustasya
- who is satisfied by things obtained by the grace of God
- tejah
- the brilliant effulgence
- viprasya
- of a brahmana
- vardhate
- increases
- tat
- that (effulgence)
- prasamyati
- is diminished
- asantosat
- because of dissatisfaction
- ambhasa
- by pouring of water
- iva
- as
- asusuksanih
- a fire.
A brahmana who is satisfied with whatever is providentially obtained is increasingly enlightened with spiritual power, but the spiritual potency of a dissatisfied brahmana decreases, as fire diminishes in potency when water is sprinkled upon it.