Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.9

tasyaivam yaksa-vittasya

cyutasyobhaya-lokatah

dharma-kama-vihinasya

cukrudhuh panca-bhaginah

SYNONYMS

tasya -- at him; evam -- in this way; yaksa-vittasya -- who simply kept his wealth without spending it, like the Yaksas, who guard the treasury of Kuvera; cyutasya -- who was deprived; ubhaya -- of both; lokatah -- worlds (this life and the next); dharma -- religiosity; kama -- and sense gratification; vihinasya -- lacking; cakrudhuh -- they became angry; panca-bhaginah -- the deities of the five prescribed household sacrifices.

TRANSLATION

In this way the presiding deities of the five family sacrifices became angry at the brahmana, who, being niggardly, guarded his wealth like a Yaksa, who had no good destination either in this world or the next, and who was totally deprived of religiosity and sense enjoyment.

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