वृथा मनोरथस्तस्य दूर: स्वर्ग: पतत्यध: । प्रतिश्रुतस्यादानेन योऽर्थिनं विप्रलम्भते ॥ ३३ ॥
vrtha manorathas tasya durah svargah pataty adhah pratisrutasyadanena yo ’rthinam vipralambhate
- vrtha
- without any good result
- manorathah
- mental concoction
- tasya
- of him
- durah
- far away
- svargah
- elevation to the higher planeary system
- patati
- falls down
- adhah
- to a hellish condition of life
- pratisrutasya
- things promised
- adanena
- being unable to give
- yah
- anyone who
- arthinam
- a beggar
- vipralambhate
- cheats.
Far from being elevated to the heavenly planes or fulfilling one’s desire, one who does not properly give a beggar what he has promised falls down to a hellish condition of life.