Shloka 9
नैतेनातिथयो राजन् देवर्षिपितरस्तथा । अद्य शक््यास्त्वया भर्तु मोघस्तेडयं परिश्रम:,“राजन! इस मुद्ठीभर जौसे देवताओं, ऋषियों, पितरों तथा अतिथियोंका आप भरण- पोषण नहीं कर सकते, अत: आपका यह परिश्रम व्यर्थ है
arjuna uvāca | naitena atithayo rājan devarṣi-pitaras tathā | adya śakyās tvayā bhartuṃ moghas te 'yaṃ pariśramaḥ ||
नैतेनातिथयो राजन् देवर्षिपितरस्तथा । अद्य शक्यास्त्वया भर्तुं मोघस्तेऽयं परिश्रमः ॥
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma must be effective and proportionate to one’s means: obligations to guests, sages, and ancestors require sufficient resources; otherwise the action becomes ‘mogha’ (fruitless), however well-intended.
Arjuna addresses a king and points out that the small quantity at hand is inadequate to perform the expected duties of support and offerings to guests, divine seers, and ancestors, concluding that the king’s present exertion will not achieve its intended purpose.