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Uddhava Gita 18.10

18.10 Krishna to Uddhava

तदवध्यानविस्रस्त पुण्यस्कन्धस्य भूरिद । अर्थोऽप्यगच्छन्निधनं बह्वायासपरिश्रमः ॥

tadavadhyānavisrasta puṇyaskandhasya bhūrida | artho'pyagacchannidhanaṃ bahvāyāsapariśramaḥ ||

O generous one, through their displeasure at his neglect his store of merit crumbled, and his wealth too, gathered with great labour and toil, went to ruin.

हे उदार उद्धव, उनकी उपेक्षा से उसके पुण्य का भंडार ढह गया, और बड़े परिश्रम और कष्ट से कमाया हुआ उसका धन भी नष्ट हो गया।

Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ

What was hoarded with great effort did not last; the story asks what all that labour was for.

जो बड़े परिश्रम से जोड़ा गया वह टिका नहीं; कथा पूछती है कि वह सारा परिश्रम किसके लिए था।

Krishna tells Uddhava (addressed as 'generous one') how the miser lost his merit and his wealth.

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