mātaram - one's mother; pitaram - and father; vṛddham - elderly; bhāryām - one's wife; sādhvīm - chaste; sutam - one's child; śiśum - very young; gurum - a spiritual master; vipram - a brāhmaṇa; prapannam - a person who has come to one for shelter; ca - and; kalpaḥ - able; abibhrat - not maintaining; śvasan - breathing; mṛtaḥ - dead.

A man who, though able to do so, fails to support his elderly parents, chaste wife, young child or spiritual master, or who neglects a brāhmaṇa or anyone who comes to him for shelter, is considered dead, though breathing.