SB 10.64.39
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 39
sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā
brahma-vṛttiṁ harec ca yaḥ
ṣaṣṭi-varṣa-sahasrāṇi
viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyate kṛmiḥ
SYNONYMS
sva—by himself; dattām—given; para—by another; dattām—given; vā—or; brahma-vṛttim—a brāhmaṇa's property; haret—steals; ca—and; yaḥ—who; ṣaṣṭi—sixty; varṣa—of years; sahasrāṇi—thousands; viṣṭhāyām—in feces; jāyate—is born; kṛmiḥ—a worm.
TRANSLATION
Whether it be his own gift or someone else's, a person who steals a brāhmaṇa's property will take birth as a worm in feces for sixty thousand years.