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यच्छन् जलम् अपि जलदो वल्लभताम् एति सकल-लोकस्य ।
नित्यं प्रसारित-करो मित्रो ऽपि न वीक्षितुं शक्यः ॥ ७८ ॥

yacchan jalam api jalado vallabhatām eti sakala-lokasya |
nityaṃ prasārita-karo mitro 'pi na vīkṣituṃ śakyaḥ || 2.78 ||

A cloud giving mere water becomes dear to all people, while the sun with his hands (rays)always out-stretched is not capable of even being looked at.

सत्-पात्रं महती श्रद्धा देशे काले यथोचिते ।
यद् दीयते विवेक-ज्ञैस् तद् अनन्ताय कल्पते ॥ ७९ ॥
sat-pātraṃ mahatī śraddhā deśe kāle yathocite |
yad dīyate viveka-jñais tad anantāya kalpate || 2.79 ||
Charity that is given to the deserving, at the appropriate time and place and with great faith and with clear discrimination between what is good and bad, its benefits are limitless.

अतितृष्णा न कर्तव्या तृष्णां नैव परित्यजेत् ।
अतितृष्णाभिभूतस्य शिखा भवति मस्तके ॥ ८० ॥
atitṛṣṇā na kartavyā tṛṣṇāṃ naiva parityajet |
atitṛṣṇābhibhūtasya śikhā bhavati mastake || 2.80 ||
Extreme yearning should be avoided without rejecting desire itself. A person obsessed by greed is like a person whose head is as though aflame.

अकृतेऽप्य् उद्यमे पुंसाम् अन्य-जन्म-कृतं फलम् ।
शुभाशुभं समभ्येति विधिना संनियोजितम् ॥ ८१ ॥

akṛte'py udyame puṃsām anya-janma-kṛtaṃ phalam |
śubhāśubhaṃ samabhyeti vidhinā saṃniyojitam || 2.81 ||

Even though no effort may be made for it, the good or bad fruit obtained from previous births, come to men as ordained by fate.

यस्मिन् देशे च काले च वयसा यादृशेन च ।
कृतं शुभाशुभं कर्म तत् तथा तेन भुज्यते ॥ ८२ ॥

yasmin deśe cha kāle cha vayasā yādṛśena cha |
kṛtaṃ śubhāśubhaṃ karma tat tathā tena bhujyate || 2.82 ||

Just as good or evil done by a man in a by-gone life at a particular place, or time or stage of life, so is its fruit experienced by him.

शनैः शनैश् च भोक्तव्यं स्वयं वित्तम् उपार्जितम् ।
रसायनम् इव प्राज्ञैर् हेलया न कदाचन ॥ ८३ ॥

śanaiḥ śanaiś ca bhoktavyaṃ svayaṃ vittam upārjitam |
rasāyanam iva prājñair helayā na kadācana || 2.83 ||

The wise enjoy the wealth earned by their own effort, in small doses, like taking a potent medicine, and not carelessly. 

आयुः कर्म च वित्तं च विद्या निधनम् एव च ।
पञ्चैतानि हि सृज्यन्ते गर्भस्थस्यैव देहिनः ॥ ८४ ॥

āyuḥ karma ca vittaṃ ca vidyā nidhanam eva ca |
pañcaitāni hi sṛjyante garbhasthasyaiva dehinaḥ || 2.84 ||

Duration of life, nature of profession, prosperity, knowledge and time of death of a person; these five are decided even while he is in the mother’s womb.

सकृद् अपि दृष्ट्वा पुरुषं विबुधा जानन्ति सारतां तस्य ।
हस्त-तुलयापि निपुणाः पल-प्रमाणा विजानन्ति ॥ ८५ ॥

sakṛd api dṛṣṭvā puruṣaṃ vibudhā jānanti sāratāṃ tasya |
hasta-tulayāpi nipuṇāḥ pala-pramāṇā vijānanti || 2.85 ||

The wise men know the mettle of a person, just by a single glance. Experts can guess the weight of an object just by weighing it in their hands.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH