न तद्दानं प्रशंसन्ति येन वृत्तिर्विपद्यते । दानं यज्ञस्तप: कर्म लोके वृत्तिमतो यत: ॥ ३६ ॥
na tad danam prasamsanti yena vrttir vipadyate danam yajnas tapah karma loke vrttimato yatah
- na
- not
- tat
- that
- danam
- charity
- prasamsanti
- the saintly persons praise
- yena
- by which
- vrttih
- one’s livelihood
- vipadyate
- becomes endangered
- danam
- charity
- yajnah
- sacrifice
- tapah
- austerity
- karma
- fruitive activities
- loke
- in this world
- vrttimatah
- according to one’s means of livelihood
- yatah
- as it is so.
Learned scholars do not praise that charity which endangers one’s own livelihood. Charity, sacrifice, austerity and fruitive activities are possible for one who is competent to earn his livelihood properly.