A LITTLE CHARITY IS BETTER THAN HOARDING PLENTY -PTML-10

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ऊष्मापि वित्तजो वृद्धिं तेजो नयति देहिनाम् ।
किं पुनस् तस्य सम्भोगस् त्याग-धर्म-समन्वितः ॥ ७० ॥

ūṣmāpi vittajo vṛddhiṃ tejo nayati dehinām |
kiṃ punas tasya sambhogas tyāga-dharma-samanvitaḥ || 2.70 ||

A man's luster increases When he feels the warmth of wealth; What to say when  his wealth is spent in enjoyment coupled with acts of charity. 

नाकस्माच् छाण्डिली मातर् विक्रीणाति तिलैस् तिलान् ।
लुञ्चितान् इतरैर् येन हेतुर् अत्र भविष्यति ॥ ७१ ॥
nākasmāc chāṇḍilī mātar vikrīṇāti tilais tilān |
luñcitān itarair yena hetur atra bhaviṣyati || 2.71 ||
Shandili woman will not sell her pounded and cleansed sesame seeds for uncleansed ones; obviously there is some motive.

ग्रासाद् अपि तद् अर्धं च कस्मान् नो दीयतेऽर्थिषु ।
इच्छानुरूपो विभवः कदा कस्य भविष्यति ॥ ७२ ॥

grāsād api tad ardhaṃ ca kasmān no dīyate'rthiṣu |
icchānurūpo vibhavaḥ kadā kasya bhaviṣyati || 2.72 ||

Even if one has very little, he should offer half of what he has to a hungry guest ; who in this world can say that he has everything he desired for?

ईश्वरा भूरि-दानेन यल् लभन्ते फलं किल ।
दरिद्रस् तच् च काकिण्या प्राप्नुयाद् इति न श्रुतिः ॥ ७३ ॥

īśvarā bhūri-dānena yal labhante phalaṃ kila |
daridras tac ca kākiṇyā prāpnuyād iti na śrutiḥ || 2.73 ||

It is well known from scriptures that a poor man obtains the same ‘punya’ by giving a Kakini( a meagre amount)which a rich man gets by gifting an expensive gift. 

दाता लघुर् अपि सेव्यो भवति न कृपणो महान् अपि समृद्ध्या ।
कूपो ऽन्तः-स्वादु-जलः प्रीत्यै लोकस्य न समुद्रः ॥ ७४ ॥

dātā laghur api sevyo bhavati na kṛpaṇo mahān api samṛddhyā |
kūpo 'ntaḥ-svādu-jalaḥ prītyai lokasya na samudraḥ || 2.74 ||

A poor man who gives even a little is praiseworthy; not a rich miser who refuses to part with his wealth. It is the small well with sweeet water which pleases men and not the ocean however vast it may be.

अकृत-त्याग-महिम्नां मिथ्या किं राज-राज-शब्देन ।
गोप्तारं न निधीनां महयन्ति महेश्वरं विबुधाः ॥ ७५ ॥

akṛta-tyāga-mahimnāṃ mithyā kiṃ rāja-rāja-śabdena |
goptāraṃ na nidhīnāṃ mahayanti maheśvaraṃ vibudhāḥ || 2.75 ||

What is the use of the title ‘Rajaraja’ who never gives any charity; Kubera, the guardian of wealth, is not called maheswara by the wise men.

सदा दान-परिक्षीणः शस्त एव करीश्वरः ।
अदानः पीन-गात्रो ऽपि निन्द्य एव हि गर्दभः ॥ ७६ ॥

sadā dāna-parikṣīṇaḥ śasta eva karīśvaraḥ |
adānaḥ pīna-gātro 'pi nindya eva hi gardabhaḥ || 2.76 ||

The lord of elephants who always manifests daana* ( *has two meanings- charity, rut juice )deserves praise even though lean; while an ass which does not give daana deserves to be despised even if fat-bellied.

सुशीलो ऽपि सुवृत्तो ऽपि यात्य् अदानाद् अधो घटः ।
पुनः कुब्जापि काणापि दानाद् उपरि कर्कटी ॥ ७७ ॥

suśīlo 'pi suvṛtto 'pi yāty adānād adho ghaṭaḥ |
punaḥ kubjāpi kāṇāpi dānād upari karkaṭī || 2.77 ||

Well-formed and well rounded a pot will go down by its not giving out water; where as a crooked, squint-eyed, ugly looking karkati( a type of vessel ) is kept up  because it gives out water.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH