SB 10.64.16

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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda


TEXT 16

kasyacid dvija-mukhyasya
bhraṣṭā gaur mama go-dhane
sampṛktāviduṣā sā ca
mayā dattā dvijātaye


SYNONYMS

kasyacit—of a certain; dvija—brāhmaṇa; mukhyasya—first class; bhraṣṭā—lost; gauḥ—a cow; mama—my; go-dhane—in the herd; sampṛktā—becoming mixed; aviduṣā—who was unaware; sā—she; ca—and; mayā—by me; dattā—given; dvi-jātaye—to (another) brāhmaṇa.


TRANSLATION

Once a cow belonging to a certain first-class brāhmaṇa wandered away and entered my herd. Unaware of this, I gave that cow in charity to a different brāhmaṇa.


PURPORT

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that the term dvija-mukhya, "first-class brāhmaṇa, here indicates a brāhmaṇa who has stopped accepting charity and would thus refuse to accept even one hundred thousand cows in exchange for the cow that had been improperly given away.

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