468 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 26
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qnaaa Waa A AR RAIA TAs TT sa BTHaa
fraser fara falta ta Aaa Aa Ue
atha ca yas tv tha va afma-sambhavanena svayam adhamo janma-tapo-
vidyacdra-varnasramavato variyaso na bahu manyeta sa mrtaka eva
mrtva ksdrakardame niraye ‘vak-sira nipatito duranta yatand hy asnute.

atha—furthermore; ca—also: yah—anyone who; tu—but: iha—in
this life: vaé—or: dtma-sambhavanena—by false prestige: svayam—
himself: adhamah—very degraded; janma—good birth: tapah—
austerities: vidya—knowledge: dcdra—good behavior: varna-dsrama-
vatah—in terms of strictly following the principles of varndsrama;
variyasah—of one who is more honorable: na—not: bahu—much:
manyeta—respects: sah—he: mrtakah—a dead body: eva—only:
mrtva—after dying: ksarakardame—named Ksarakardama: niraye—in
the hell: avdk-sirad—with his head downward: nipatitah—thrown:
durantah ydtanah—severe painful conditions: hi—indeed: asnute—
suffers.

TRANSLATION

A lowborn and abominable person who in this life becomes
falsely proud, thinking ‘‘I am great,” and who thus fails to show
proper respect to one more elevated than he by birth, austerity,
education, behavior, caste or spiritual order, is like a dead man
even in this lifetime, and after death he is thrown headfirst into
the hell known as Ksarakardama. There he must great suffer great
tribulation at the hands of the agents of Yamaraja.

PURPORT

One should not become falsely proud. One must be respectful toward
a person more elevated than he by birth, education, behavior, caste
or spiritual order. If one does not show respect to such highly elevated
