Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.64.40

na me brahma-dhanaḿ bhūyād

yad gṛdhvālpāyuṣo narāḥ

parājitāś cyutā rājyād

bhavanty udvejino 'hayaḥ

SYNONYMS

na — not; me — to Me; brahma — of brāhmaṇas; dhanam — the wealth; bhūyāt — may it come; yat — which; gṛdhvā — desiring; alpa-āyuṣaḥ — short-lived; narāḥ — men; parājitāḥ — defeated; cyutāḥ — deprived; rājyāt — of kingdom; bhavanti — become; udvejinaḥ — creators of distress; ahayaḥ — snakes.

TRANSLATION

I do not desire brāhmaṇas' 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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