Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.26.30

atha ca yas tv iha vā ātma-sambhāvanena svayam adhamo janma-tapo-vidyācāra-varnāśramavato varīyaso na bahu manyeta sa mritaka eva mritvā kshārakardame niraye 'vāk-śirā nipātito durantā yātanā hy aśnute

SYNONYMS

atha — furthermore; ca — also; yah — anyone who; tu — but; iha — in this life; vā — or; ātma-sambhāvanena — by false prestige; svayam — himself; adhamah — very degraded; janma — good birth; tapah — austerities; vidyā — knowledge; ācāra — good behavior; varna-āśrama-vatah — in terms of strictly following the principles of varnāśrama; varīyasah — of one who is more honorable; na — not; bahu — much; manyeta — respects; sah — he; mritakah — a dead body; eva — only; mritvā — after dying; kshārakardame — named Kshārakardama; niraye — in the hell; avāk-śirā — with his head downward; nipātitah — thrown; durantāh yātanāh — severe painful conditions; hi — indeed; aśnute — suffers.

TRANSLATION

A lowborn and abominable person who in this life becomes falsely proud, thinking "I am great," and who thus fails to show proper respect to one more elevated than he by birth, austerity, education, behavior, caste or spiritual order, is like a dead man even in this lifetime, and after death he is thrown headfirst into the hell known as Kshārakardama. There he must great suffer great tribulation at the hands of the agents of Yamarāja.

PURPORT

One should not become falsely proud. One must be respectful toward a person more elevated than he by birth, education, behavior, caste or spiritual order. If one does not show respect to such highly elevated persons but indulges in false pride, he receives punishment in Kshārakardama.

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