Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.19.36

na tad dānaḿ praśaḿsanti

yena vṛttir vipadyate

dānaḿ yajñas tapaḥ karma

loke vṛttimato yataḥ

SYNONYMS

na — not; tat — that; dānam — charity; praśaḿsanti — the saintly persons praise; yena — by which; vṛttiḥ — one's livelihood; vipadyate — becomes endangered; dānam — charity; yajñaḥ — sacrifice; tapaḥ — austerity; karma — fruitive activities; loke — in this world; vṛttimataḥ — according to one's means of livelihood; yataḥ — as it is so.

TRANSLATION

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. [They are not possible for one who cannot maintain himself.]

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