🪷 ŚB 7.13.36

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

विराग: सर्वकामेभ्य: शिक्षितो मे मधुव्रतात् । कृच्छ्राप्तं मधुवद्वित्तं हत्वाप्यन्यो हरेत्पतिम् ॥ ३६ ॥

Transliteration

virāgaḥ sarva-kāmebhyaḥ śikṣito me madhu-vratāt kṛcchrāptaṁ madhuvad vittaṁ hatvāpy anyo haret patim
Synonyms
virāgaḥ — detachment; sarva-kāmebhyaḥ — from all material desires; śikṣitaḥ — has been taught; me — unto me; madhu-vratāt — from the bumblebee; kṛcchra — with great difficulties; āptam — acquired; madhu-vat — as good as honey (“money is honey”); vittam — money; hatvā — killing; api — even; anyaḥ — another; haret — takes away; patim — the owner.

Translation

From the bumblebee I have learned to be unattached to accumulating money, for although money is as good as honey, anyone can kill its owner and take it away.

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