Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.24

devarsi-pitr-bhutani

jnatin bandhums ca bhaginah

asamvibhajya catmanam

yaksa-vittah pataty adhah

SYNONYMS

deva -- the demigods; rsi -- sages; pitr -- departed forefathers; bhutani -- and living entities in general; jnatin -- one's immediate relatives; bandhun -- extended family; ca -- and; bhaginah -- to the shareholders; asamvibhajya -- not distributing; ca -- and; atmanam -- to oneself; yaksa-vittah -- whose wealth is simply like that of a Yaksa; patati -- he falls; adhah -- down.

TRANSLATION

One who fails to distribute his wealth to the proper shareholders -- the demigods, sages, forefathers and ordinary living entities, as well as his immediate relatives, in-laws and own self -- is maintaining his wealth simply like a Yaksa and will fall down.

PURPORT

One who does not share his wealth with the above-mentioned authorized persons and does not even enjoy the wealth himself will certainly suffer unlimited problems in life.

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