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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 19]
na hy etasmin kule kaścin niḥsattvaḥ kṛpaṇaḥ pumān pratyākhyātā pratiśrutya yo vādātā dvijātaye
na—not; hi—indeed; etasmin—in this; kule—in the dynasty or family; kaścit—anyone; niḥsattvaḥ—poor-minded; kṛpaṇaḥ—miser; pumān—any person; pratyākhyātā—refuses; pratiśrutya—after promising to give; yaḥ vā—either; adātā—not being charitable; dvijātaye—unto the brāhmaṇas.
TRANSLATION
I know that even until now, no one taking birth in your family has been poor-minded or miserly. No one has refused to give charity to brāhmaṇas, nor after promising to give charity has anyone failed to fulfill his promise.
TEXT 4
न सन्ति तीर्थे युधि चार्थिनार्थिताः पराश्रुखा ये त्वमनस्तिनो नृप । युष्मत्कुले यद्यशसामलेन प्रह्लाद उद्धाति यथोडुपः खे ॥ ४ ॥
na santi tīrthe yudhi cārthinārthitāḥ parāṅmukhā ye tv amanasvino nṛpa yuṣmat-kule yad yaśasāmalena prahrāda udbhāti yathoḍupaḥ khe
na—not; santi—there are; tīrthe—in holy places (where charity is given); yudhi—in the battlefield; ca—also; arthinā—by a brāhmaṇa or a kṣatriya; arthitāḥ—who have been asked; parāṅmukhāḥ—who refused their prayers; ye—such persons; tu—indeed; amanasvinaḥ—such low-minded, low-grade kings; nṛpa—O King (Bali Mahārāja); yuṣmat-kule—in your dynasty; yat—therein; yaśasā amalena—by im-