तत्संप्राप्य तथा कुर्यान्न गच्छेन्नरकं यथा २.
Having attained that, one should act so as not to go to hell.
यदि लाभे न यत्नस्ते मूलं रक्ष प्रयत्नतः २.
If there is no effort in gain, then carefully protect the source.
गंतुं दुःखोदधेः पारं तर यावन्न भिद्यते २.
Cross the ocean of suffering before it breaks apart.
नापक्रामति संसारादात्महा स नराधमः दानानि चात्र दीयंते परलोकार्थमादरात्॥ २.
That lowest man does not depart from worldly existence; here, gifts are given with reverence for the sake of the next world.
दानस्य तपसो वापि भगवन्किं च दुष्करम् २.
O Lord, what is difficult in charity or austerity?
न दानाद्दुष्करतरं पृथिव्यामस्ति किंचन २.
There is nothing on earth more difficult than charity.
परित्यज्य प्रियान्प्राणान्धनार्थे हि महाभयम् २.
Abandoning beloved life for the sake of wealth brings great fear.
सेवामन्ये प्रपद्यंते श्ववृत्तिरिति या स्मृता २.
Others resort to service, which is remembered as the conduct of dogs.
तस्य दुःखार्जितस्येह प्राणेभ्योपि गरीयसः २.
That wealth, earned through suffering, is even weightier than life itself.
यद्ददाति यदश्नाति तदेव धनिनो धनम् २.
Whatever the wealthy give or consume, that alone is their wealth.
अहन्यहनि याचंतमहं मन्ये गुरुं यथा २.
Day after day, I consider the one who begs as a teacher.
दीयमानं हि नापैति भूय एवाभिवर्धते २.
What is given does not depart; it grows ever greater.
एकजन्मसुखस्यार्थे सहस्राणि विलापयेत् २.
For the sake of happiness in one birth, one may spend thousands.
मूर्खो हि न ददात्यर्थानिह दारिद्र्यशंकया २.
A fool does not give wealth here, fearing poverty.
किं धनेन करिष्यंति देहिनो भंगुराश्रयाः २.
What will embodied beings do with wealth, whose foundation is fragile?
अक्षरद्वयमभ्यस्तं नास्तिनास्तीति यत्पुरा २.
The two syllables 'na asti'—'there is not'—were practiced long ago.
बोधयंति च यावंतो देहीति कृपणं जनाः २.
As many as say 'I am embodied,' they awaken the miserable.
दातुरेवोपकाराय वदत्यर्थीति देहि मे २.
For the benefit of the giver alone, the supplicant says, 'Give to me for the sake of wealth.'
दरिद्रा व्याधिता मूर्खाः परप्रेष्यकराः सदा २.
The poor, the sick, the foolish, always act as servants of others.
धनवंतमदातारं दरिद्रं वाऽतपस्विनम् २.
Whether wealthy and ungiving, or poor and ascetic.
शतेषु जायते शूरः सहस्रेषु च पंडितः २.
Among a hundred, a hero is born; among a thousand, a learned man.
गोभिर्विप्रैश्च वेदैश्च सतीभिः सत्यवादिभिः २.
With cows, Brahmins, Vedas, virtuous women, and speakers of truth.
शिबिरौशीनरोङ्गानि सुतं च प्रियमौरसम् २.
Shibi, Ushinara, Anga, and their beloved sons born of their own lineage.
प्रतर्द्दनः काशिपति प्रदाय नयने स्वके २.
Pratardana, king of Kashi, gave his own eyes.
निमी राष्ट्रं च वैदेहो जामदग्न्यो वसुंधराम् २.
Nimi, the Vaideha, gave his kingdom; Jamadagni gave the earth.
अवर्षति च पर्जन्ये सर्वभूतनिवासकृत् २.
When the rain did not fall, the one who provided shelter for all beings.
ब्रह्मदत्तश्च पांचाल्यो राजा बुद्धिमतां वरः २.
Brahmadatta, the Panchala king, foremost among the wise.
सहस्रजिच्च राजर्षिः प्राणानिष्टान्महायशाः २.
Sahasrajit, the royal sage, of great fame, gave his cherished life.
एते चान्ये च बहवः स्थाणोर्दानेन भक्तितः २.
These and many others, through gifts and devotion to Sthanu (Shiva).
एषां प्रतिष्ठिता कीर्तिर्यावत्स्थास्यति मेदिनी २.
Their fame will endure as long as the earth remains.