सुलभा युधि विप्रर्षे ह्यनिवृत्तास्तनुत्यज: । न तथा तीर्थ आयाते श्रद्धया ये धनत्यज: ॥ ९ ॥
sulabha yudhi viprarse hy anivrttas tanu-tyajah na tatha tirtha ayate sraddhaya ye dhana-tyajah
- su-labhah
- very easily obtained
- yudhi
- in the battlefield
- vipra-rse
- O best of the brahmanas
- hi
- indeed
- anivrttah
- not being afraid of fighting
- tanu-tyajah
- and thus lay down their lives
- na
- not
- tatha
- as
- tirthe ayate
- on the arrival of a saintly person who creates holy places
- sraddhaya
- with faith and devotion
- ye
- those who
- dhana-tyajah
- can give up their accumulated wealth.
O best of the brahmanas, many men have laid down their lives on the battlefield, being unafraid of fighting, but rarely has one gotten the chance to give his accumulated wealth faithfully to a saintly person who creates holy places.