Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.64.40

na me brahma-dhanam bhuyad

yad grdhvalpayuso narah

parajitas cyuta rajyad

bhavanty udvejino 'hayah

SYNONYMS

na -- not; me -- to Me; brahma -- of brahmanas; dhanam -- the wealth; bhuyat -- may it come; yat -- which; grdhva -- desiring; alpa-ayusah -- short-lived; narah -- men; parajitah -- defeated; cyutah -- deprived; rajyat -- of kingdom; bhavanti -- become; udvejinah -- creators of distress; ahayah -- snakes.

TRANSLATION

I do not desire brahmanas' wealth. Those who lust after it become short-lived and are defeated. They lose their kingdoms and become snakes, who trouble others.

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