SB 10.64.39

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

SB 10.64.37-38 - SB 10.64.40

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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 and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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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.

SB 10.64.37-38 - SB 10.64.40