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ŚB 10.64.36

राजानो राजलक्ष्म्यान्धा नात्मपातं विचक्षते ।
निरयं येऽभिमन्यन्ते ब्रह्मस्वं साधु बालिशा: ॥ ३६ ॥
rājāno rāja-lakṣmyāndhā
nātma-pātaṁ vicakṣate
nirayaṁ ye ’bhimanyante
brahma-svaṁ 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.
Text 35Texts 37-38
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