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ŚB 8.19.3

Devanagari

न ह्येतस्मिन्कुले कश्चिन्नि:सत्त्व: कृपण: पुमान् ।
प्रत्याख्याता प्रतिश्रुत्य यो वादाता द्विजातये ॥ ३ ॥

Text

na hy etasmin kule kaścin
niḥsattvaḥ kṛpaṇaḥ pumān
pratyākhyātā pratiśrutya
yo vādātā dvijātaye

Synonyms

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 — 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.