त्वमेव चातकाधारोऽसीति केषां न गोचरः ।
किमम्भोदवरास्माकं कार्पण्योक्तं प्रतीक्षसे
tvam eva cātakādhāro’stīti keṣāṁ na gocaraḥ |
kim ambhoda-varāsmākaṁ kārpaṇyoktiṁ pratīkṣase ||
(Nīti-śatakam: 50)
“To whom is it not known that you alone are the support [“reservoir”] of the cātakas? So why, O dear cloud, do you wait for our expressions of deprivation [before showering rain upon us]?”
Commentary
A great person does not wait for dependents or distressed persons to beg for help, but rather voluntarily comes forward to help them when they are in need without any inclination to demean them.