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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 3, Ch. 30 ]
TRANSLATION
When he suffers reverses in his occupation, he tries again and again to improve himself, but when he is baffled in all attempts and is ruined, he accepts money from others because of excessive greed.
TEXT 12
कुटुम्बमरणाकल्यो मन्दमाग्यो वृद्धमः । श्रिया विहीनः कृपणो व्यायञ्कृसिति मूढवीः ॥१२॥
kuṭumba-bharaṇākalpo manda-bhāgyo vṛthodyamaḥ śriyā-vihīnaḥ kṛpaṇo dhyāyañ chvasiti mūḍha-dhīḥ
kuṭumba—his family; bharaṇa—in maintaining; akalpaḥ—unable; manda-bhāgyaḥ—the unfortunate man; vṛthā—in vain; udyamaḥ—whose effort; śriyā—beauty, wealth; vihīnaḥ—bereft of; kṛpaṇaḥ—wretched; dhyāyan—grieving; śvasiti—he sighs; mūḍha—bewildered; dhīḥ—his intelligence.
TRANSLATION
Thus the unfortunate man, unsuccessful in maintaining his family members, is bereft of all beauty. He always thinks of his failure, grieving very deeply.
TEXT 13
एवं स्वमरणाकल्यं तत्कल्पप्रदयस्तथा । नाद्रियन्ते यथापूर्वं कीनाशा इव गोजरम् ॥१३॥
evam sva-bharaṇākalpam tat-kalatrādayas tathā nādriyante yathā pūrvam kīnāśā iva go-jaram
evam—thus; sva-bharaṇa—to maintain them; akalpam—unable; tat—his; kalatra—wife; ādayaḥ—and so on; tathā—so; na—not; ādriyante—do respect; yathā—as; pūrvam—before; kīnāśāḥ—farmers; iva—like; go-jaram—an old ox.