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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.7.48
rājanyair ajitātmabhih
sānubandham śucārpitam
SYNONYMS
yaih — by those; kopitam — enraged; brahma-kulam — the order of the brāhmanas; rājanyaih — by the administrative order; ajita — unrestricted; ātmabhih — by oneself; tat — that; kulam — family; pradahati — is burnt up; āśu — within no time; sa-anubandham — together with family members; śucā-arpitam — being put into grief.
TRANSLATION
If the kingly administrative order, being unrestricted in sense control, offends the brāhmana order and enrages them, then the fire of that rage burns up the whole body of the royal family and brings grief upon all.
PURPORT
The brāhmana order of society, or the spiritually advanced caste or community, and the members of such highly elevated families, were always held in great esteem by the other, subordinate castes, namely the administrative kingly order, the mercantile order and the laborers.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness