Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.64.36

rājāno rāja-lakṣmyāndhā

nātma-pātaḿ vicakṣate

nirayaḿ ye 'bhimanyante

brahma-svaḿ sādhu bāliśāḥ

SYNONYMS

rājānaḥ — members of the kingly class; rāja — royal; lakṣmyā — by opulence; andhāḥ — blinded; na — do not; ātma — their own; pātam — fall; vicakṣate — foresee; nirayam — hell; ye — who; abhimanyante — hanker for; brahma-svam — a brāhmaṇa's property; sādhu — as appropriate; bāliśaḥ — childish.

TRANSLATION

Members of the royal order, blinded by royal opulence, fail to foresee their own downfall. Childishly hankering to enjoy a brāhmaṇa's property, they are actually hankering to go to hell.

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