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ŚB 10.64.39

Devanagari

स्वदत्तां परदत्तां वा ब्रह्मवृत्तिं हरेच्च य: ।
षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि विष्ठायां जायते कृमि: ॥ ३९ ॥

Text

sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā
brahma-vṛttiṁ harec ca yaḥ
ṣaṣṭi-varṣa-sahasrāṇi
viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyate kṛmiḥ

Synonyms

sva — by himself; dattām — given; para — by another; dattām — given; — or; brahma-vṛttim — a brāhmaṇa’s property; haret — steals; ca — and; yaḥ — who; ṣaṣṭi — sixty; varṣa — of years; sahasrāṇi — thousands; viṣṭhāyām — in feces; jāyate — is born; kṛmiḥ — a worm.

Translation

Whether it be his own gift or someone else’s, a person who steals a brāhmaṇa’s property will take birth as a worm in feces for sixty thousand years.