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SB 11.23.15

Devanāgarī

प्रायेणार्था: कदर्याणां न सुखाय कदाचन । इह चात्मोपतापाय मृतस्य नरकाय च ॥ १५ ॥

Text

prāyeṇārthāḥ kadaryāṇāṁ na sukhāya kadācana iha cātmopatāpāya mṛtasya narakāya ca

Synonyms

prāyeṇa—generally;arthāḥ—items of wealth;kadaryāṇām—of those who are misers;na—do not;sukhāya—lead to happiness;kadācana—at any time;iha—in this life;ca—both;ātma—of himself;upatāpāya—result in the torment;mṛtasya—and of him when he has died;narakāya—in the attainment of hell;ca—and.

Translation

Generally, the wealth of misers never allows them any happiness. In this life it causes their self-torment, and when they die it sends them to hell.

Purport

A miser is afraid to spend his money even for obligatory religious and social duties. Offending God and people in general, he goes to hell.
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