Paropakaraya Satam Vibhutayah — Complete Lyrics
परोपकाराय सतां विभूतयः
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
पिबन्ति नद्यः स्वयमेव नाम्भः स्वयं न खादन्ति फलानि वृक्षाः।
नादन्ति सस्यं खलु वारिवाहाः परोपकाराय सतां विभूतयः॥
pibanti nadyaḥ svayam eva nāmbhaḥ svayaṁ na khādanti phalāni vṛkṣāḥ।
nādanti sasyaṁ khalu vāri-vāhāḥ paropakārāya satāṁ vibhūtayaḥ॥
Rivers do not drink their own water, trees do not eat their own fruit, and clouds do not devour the grain they nourish — the abundance of the noble exists for the welfare of others. Just as nature gives selflessly, the resources of the good are meant for the service of all.
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