Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.72.23

rājanya-bandhavo hy ete

brahma-lińgāni bibhrati

dadāni bhikṣitaḿ tebhya

ātmānam api dustyajam

SYNONYMS

rājanya-bandhavaḥ — relatives of kṣatriyas; hi — indeed; ete — these; brahma — of brāhmaṇas; lińgāni — the signs; bibhrati — they are wearing; dadāni — I should give; bhikṣitam — what is begged; tebhyaḥ — to them; ātmānam — my own body; api — even; dustyajam — impossible to give up.

TRANSLATION

[Jarāsandha thought:] These are surely members of the royal order dressed as brāhmaṇas, but still I must grant their request for charity, even if they beg me for my own body.

PURPORT

Here Jarāsandha reveals his strong commitment to charity, especially when begged by brāhmaṇas.

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