Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

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durjaraṁ bata brahma-svaṁ
bhuktam agner manāg api
tejīyaso ’pi kim uta
rājñāṁ īśvara-māninām

WORD BY WORD



TRANSLATION

[Lord Kṛṣṇa said:] How indigestible is the property of a brāhmaṇa, even when enjoyed just slightly and by one more potent than fire! What then to speak of kings who try to enjoy it, presuming themselves lords.

PURPORT

Even those made powerful by austerity, mystic yoga and so on cannot enjoy property stolen from a brāhmaṇa, and what to speak of others.

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