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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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<< VERSE 35 >>
brahma-svaṁ duranujñātaṁ bhuktaṁ hanti tri-pūruṣam prasahya tu balād bhuktaṁ daśa pūrvān daśāparān
WORD BY WORD
TRANSLATION
| If a person enjoys a brāhmaṇa’s property without receiving due permission, that property destroys three generations of his family. But if he takes it by force or gets the government or other outsiders to help him usurp it, then ten generations of his ancestors and ten generations of his descendants are all destroyed.
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PURPORT
| According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, tri-pūruṣa refers to oneself, one’s sons and one’s grandsons.
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