With his means of livelihood gone, a destitute man ought to desire for such means as may enable him to perform such duties as are laid down for him. O Sanjaya; both the man whose means of livelihood is not gone and the one who is in distress, are culpable (if they act as if they are not what they are)O Sanjaya,
लुप्तायां तु प्रकृतौ येन कर्म निष्पादयेत् तत् परीप्सेद् विहीनः। प्रकृतिस्थश्चादि वर्तमान उभौ गौ भवतः संजयैतौ॥