Words Well Worth 10: Worthless Vain These Four

Vain is to ocean a rainfall, Vain, food to him filled to the full, Charity to one wanting none, Vain as lamp to radiant sun! __________________________________________________ The transliteration of the subhāśhita is given below: vŗthā vŗśhţi samudreśhu vŗthā tŗptasya bhojanam | vŗthā dānam samŗddhasya vŗthā dīpah diva api cha || vŗthā: vain, useless, meaningless, of no avail; vŗśhţih: rainfall; samudreśhu: upon the ocean/sea; tŗptasya: to one content, not hungry; bhojanam: food, meals; dānam: charity, alms, gift; samŗddhasya: to affluent, endowed with wealth; dīpah: a lamp; diva api cha: during light, daytime. Topic: rainfall, food, charity, light