आत्मवृत्तमविज्ञाय कत्थसे बहु भिक्षुकि । किं न प्रतीक्षसेऽस्माकं गृहान् बलिभुजो यथा ॥ १६ ॥
atma-vrttam avijnaya katthase bahu bhiksuki kim na pratiksase ’smakam grhan balibhujo yatha
- atma-vrttam
- one’s own position
- avijnaya
- without understanding
- katthase
- you are talking madly
- bahu
- so much
- bhiksuki
- beggar
- kim
- whether
- na
- not
- pratiksase
- you wait
- asmakam
- our
- grhan
- at the house
- balibhujah
- crows
- yatha
- like.
You beggar, since you don’t understand your position, why should you unnecessarily talk so much? Don’t all of you wait at our house, depending on us for your livelihood like crows?