Devanagari
प्रायेणार्था: कदर्याणां न सुखाय कदाचन ।
इह चात्मोपतापाय मृतस्य नरकाय च ॥ १५ ॥
Verse text
prāyeṇārthāḥ kadaryāṇāṁ
na sukhāya kadācana
iha cātmopatāpāya
mṛtasya narakāya ca
Synonyms
prāyeṇa
—
generally
;
arthāḥ
—
items of wealth
;
kadaryāṇām
—
of those who are misers
;
na
—
do not
;
sukhāya
—
lead to happiness
;
kadācana
—
at any time
;
iha
—
in this life
;
ca
—
both
;
ātma
—
of himself
;
upatāpāya
—
result in the torment
;
mṛtasya
—
and of him when he has died
;
narakāya
—
in the attainment of hell
;
ca
—
and.
Translation
Generally, the wealth of misers never allows them any happiness. In this life it causes their self-torment, and when they die it sends them to hell.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Generally, the wealth of misers never allows them any happiness. In this life it causes their self-torment, and when they die it sends them to hell.
They go to hell because they do not perform daily or periodic rites out of fear of spending their money.
Purport
A miser is afraid to spend his money even for obligatory religious and social duties. Offending God and people in general, he goes to hell.