SB 10.45.7
Devanāgarī
मातरं पितरं वृद्धं भार्यां साध्वीं सुतं शिशुम् । गुरुं विप्रं प्रपन्नं च कल्पोऽबिभ्रच्छ्वसन् मृत: ॥ ७ ॥
Text
mātaraṁ pitaraṁ vṛddhaṁ bhāryāṁ sādhvīṁ sutam śiśum guruṁ vipraṁ prapannaṁ ca kalpo ’bibhrac chvasan-mṛtaḥ
Synonyms
mātaram—one’s mother;pitaram—and father;vṛddham—elderly;bhāryām—one’s wife;sādhvīm—chaste;sutam—one’s child;śiśum—very young;gurum—a spiritual master;vipram—abrāhmaṇa;prapannam—a person who has come to one for shelter;ca—and;kalpaḥ—able;abibhrat—not maintaining;śvasan—breathing;mṛtaḥ—dead.
Translation
A man who, though able to do so, fails to support his elderly parents, chaste wife, young child or spiritual master, or who neglects a brāhmaṇa or anyone who comes to him for shelter, is considered dead, though breathing.
