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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 20]
the sinful reactions of speaking lies. Under the circumstances, one can just imagine how this has overburdened the earth, and indeed the entire universe.
TEXT 5
नाहं बिभेमि निरयान्नाधन्यादसुखार्णवात् । न स्थानच्यवनान्मृत्योर्यथा विप्रप्रलम्भनात् ॥ ५ ॥
nāhaṁ bibhemi nirayān nādhanyād asukhārṇavāt na sthāna-cyavanān mṛtyor yathā vipra-pralambhanāt
na—not; aham—I; bibhemi—am afraid of; nirayāt—from a hellish condition of life; na—nor; adhanyāt—from a poverty-stricken condition; asukha-arṇavāt—nor from an ocean of distresses; na—nor; sthāna-cyavanāt—from falling from a position; mṛtyoh—nor from death; yathā—as; vipra-pralambhanāt—from the cheating of a brāhmaṇa.
TRANSLATION
I do not fear hell, poverty, an ocean of distress, falldown from my position or even death itself as much as I fear cheating a brāhmaṇa.
TEXT 6
यद् यद्धास्यति लोकेऽस्मिन्संपरेतं धनादिकम् । तस्य त्यागे निमित्तं किं विप्रस्तुष्येन्न तेन चेत् ॥ ६ ॥
yad yad dhāsyati loke 'smin samparetaṁ dhanādikam tasya tyāge nimittaṁ kiṁ vipras tuṣyen na tena cet
yat yat—whatsoever; hāsyati—will leave; loke—in the world; asmin—in this; samparetaṁ—one who is already dead; dhanādikam—his wealth and riches; tasya—of such wealth; tyāge—in