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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.7.34
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 34
- dānasya tapaso vāpi
- yac ceṣṭā-pūrtayoḥ phalam
- pravāsa-sthasya yo dharmo
- yaś ca puṁsa utāpadi
dānasyaof charity — of charity; tapasaḥof penance — of penance; vāpilake — lake; yatthat which — that which; caand — and; iṣṭāendeavor — endeavor; pūrtayoḥof reservoirs of water — of reservoirs of water; phalamfruitive result — fruitive result; pravāsaone who is away from home-sthasyaone who is away from home — one who is away from home; yaḥthat which — that which; dharmaḥduty — duty; yaḥand which caand which — and which; puṁsaḥof man — of man; utadescribed — described; āpadiin danger — in danger.
Please also describe the fruitive results of charity and penance and of digging reservoirs of water. Please describe the situation of persons who are away from home and also the duty of a man in an awkward position.
The digging of reservoirs of water for public use is a great work of charity, and retiring from family life after fifty years of age is a great act of penance performed by the sober human being.