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SB 8.20.5

Devanāgarī

नाहं बिभेमि निरयान्नाधन्यादसुखार्णवात् । न स्थानच्यवनान्मृत्योर्यथा विप्रप्रलम्भनात् ॥ ५ ॥

Text

nāhaṁ bibhemi nirayān nādhanyād asukhārṇavāt na sthāna-cyavanān mṛtyor yathā vipra-pralambhanāt

Synonyms

na—not;aham—I;bibhemi—am afraid of;nirayāt—from a hellish condition of life;na—nor;adhanyāt—from a poverty-stricken condition;asukha-arṇavāt—nor from an ocean of distresses;na—nor;sthāna-cyavanāt—from falling from a position;mṛtyoḥ—nor from death;yathā—as;vipra-pralambhanāt—from the cheating of abrāhmaṇa..

Translation

I do not fear hell, poverty, an ocean of distress, falldown from my position or even death itself as much as I fear cheating a brāhmaṇa.

← SB 8.20.4Chapter 20SB 8.20.6