SB 10.64.36

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto, Chapter 64: The Deliverance of King Nṛga

SB 10.64.35

SB 10.64.37

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 36

rājāno rāja-lakṣmyāndhā
nātma-pātaṁ vicakṣate
nirayaṁ ye 'bhimanyante
brahma-svaṁ sādhu bāliśāḥ

SYNONYMS

rājānaḥ—members of the kingly class; rāja—royal; lakṣmyā—by opulence; andhāḥ—blinded; na—do not; ātma—their own; pātam—fall; vicakṣate—foresee; nirayam—hell; ye—who; abhimanyante—hanker for; brahma-svam—a brāhmaṇa's property; sādhu—as appropriate; bāliśaḥ—childish.

TRANSLATION

Members of the royal order, blinded by royal opulence, fail to foresee their own downfall. Childishly hankering to enjoy a brāhmaṇa's property, they are actually hankering to go to hell.