# SB 8.19.36 > न तद्दानं प्रशंसन्ति येन वृत्तिर्विपद्यते > दानं यज्ञअस्तपः कर्म लोके वृत्तिमतो यतः ॥३६॥ ## Text > na tad dānaṁ praśaṁsanti > yena vṛttir vipadyate > dānaṁ yajñas tapaḥ karma > loke vṛttimato yataḥ ## Synonyms *na*—not; *tat*—that; *dānam*—charity; *praśaṁsanti*—the saintly persons praise; *yena*—by which; *vṛttiḥ*—one's livelihood; *vipadyate*—becomes endangered; *dānam*—charity; *yajñaḥ*—sacrifice; *tapaḥ*—austerity; *karma*—fruitive activities; *loke*—in this world; *vṛttimataḥ*—according to one's means of livelihood; *yataḥ*—as it is so. ## Translation **Learned scholars do not praise that charity which endangers one's own livelihood. Charity, sacrifice, austerity and fruitive activities are possible for one who is competent to earn his livelihood properly. [They are not possible for one who cannot maintain himself.]**